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Live at HLTH: Removing the Policy Barriers to Home-Based Care—featuring Krista Drobac

Episode Summary

On this episode, Krista Drobac joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd, Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jordan Schlain to explore the innovations in hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home we achieved during the pandemic. Krista discusses who benefits most from home-based care (and who might want to opt out) and describes how providers can identify environmental risks when they’re in a patient’s home. Listen in to understand why Krista advocates for value-based reimbursement models and learn what you can do to help persuade legislators to embrace home-based care.

Episode Notes

When Krista Drobac first started thinking about home-based health care, she assumed that the biggest barriers to adoption would be cultural. But she quickly learned that policy was the problem.


And then came COVID-19. Regulations were loosened, and we were allowed to experiment with caring for patients at home.

 

So, how do we convince policymakers to preserve the advances in home-based care made during the pandemic and change the rules for good?


Krista serves as Partner at Sirona Strategies, Executive Director of the Alliance for Connected Care and Founder of Moving Health Home,  a coalition working to change policy to enable the home to be a clinical site of care.

 

Krista has 25 years of experience in federal and state government policy and public affairs, and she consults on Medicare, Medicaid, digital health, social determinants of health and new care models.
 

On this episode, Krista joins hosts Dr. Jessica Shepherd, Dr. Gautam Gulati and Dr. Jordan Schlain to explore the innovations in hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home we achieved during the pandemic.

 

Krista discusses who benefits most from home-based care (and who might want to opt out) and describes how providers can identify environmental risks when they’re in a patient’s home.

 

Listen in to understand why Krista advocates for value-based reimbursement models and learn what you can do to help persuade legislators to embrace home-based care.

 

Topics Covered


 

Connect with Krista Drobac

Moving Health Home


 

Connect with Dr. Jessica Shepherd, Dr. Gautam Gulati & Dr. Jordan Shlain

HLTH

Dr. Shepherd on Twitter

Dr. Shepherd on LinkedIn

Dr. Gulati on Twitter

Dr. Gulati on LinkedIn

Dr. Shlain on Twitter

Dr. Shlain on LinkedIn

 

Resources

America’s Essential Hospitals

CMS COVID Waivers

Moving Health Home Studies

White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health

Social Determinants of Health