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Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver flexibilities

Special permissions granted by the government that allow hospitals to provide certain types of urgent, inpatient-level care to patients in their homes, instead of requiring them to stay in a traditional hospital building, while still getting paid by Medicare.

Social Security Act

A foundational federal law that established many social welfare programs in the United States, including Medicare and Medicaid, which provide health insurance for seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income individuals.

Title XVIII of the Social Security Act

The specific part of the Social Security Act that outlines the Medicare program, which provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 or older, some younger people with disabilities, and people with End-Stage Renal Disease.

Secretary

Refers to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees many federal health programs, including Medicare.

Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs)

A system used by Medicare and some other insurers to classify hospital stays into groups based on diagnoses, procedures, and other factors. Hospitals are paid a flat rate for each DRG, which helps to control costs and standardize payments.

Selection bias

A problem in research studies where the way participants are chosen (or choose to participate) makes the study results not truly representative of the larger population, or makes it hard to compare different groups fairly.