November 13, 2025 (AUSTIN, Texas) ––Texas’ public and teaching hospitals applaud the enactment of legislation to fund the federal government through Jan. 30, 2026, and re-start innovative Hospital at Home programs for Medicare and Medicaid patients.
“Re-authorization of the Hospital at Home authority is absolutely essential to continue this reliable and effective option for care,” Maureen Milligan, PhD, CEO, Teaching Hospitals of Texas. “Hospital at Home programs extend hospitals’ inpatient capacity, alleviate strain on limited inpatient beds, and mitigate the need for resource-intensive and lengthy construction of additional brick-and-mortar units and facilities. We are focused now on securing permanent authorization of the program to end cyclical program risk of expiration and care disruptions.”
Teaching Hospitals of Texas developed a profile series of three member hospitals’ Hospital at Home programs, deployed to deliver high-quality, cost-effective inpatient care in patients’ homes, expand inpatient care capacity, and reduce emergency department boarding.
The Hospital at Home profiles include:
- University Health: Launched in July 2021, the hospital’s program has cared for about 4,000 inpatients, including oncology and post-partum patients, in their homes.
- Harris Health: Since early 2024, the Hospital at Home program has cared for nearly 330 seriously ill patients in their homes.
- Parkland Health: Implemented in April 2022, Parkland’s program has cared for more than 1,000 hospital-at-home patients.
As of September 2025, more than 400 hospitals in 39 states had CMS’ permission to provide home-based acute medical care through Hospital at Home programs. Started during the pandemic to meet the need for increased inpatient capacity, the program has continued through a series of Congressional re-authorizations in 2022, 2024, and again in March and November 2025 with authorization now provided through January 30, 2026. House Bill 1890, 89th Legislature, created state authority for hospital-at-home programs.
“Hospital at Home programs have proven again and again to extend inpatient care capacity all while delivering quality outcomes and empowering patients,” added Milligan. “They also have proven to be a highly valued and desirable option for patients who otherwise would likely refuse hospitalization.”
Profiles of the Hospital at Home programs are available here.
