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

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 CoveredThe regulatory barriers to moving health care into the home prior to the pandemicHow Moving Health Home was launched to preserve the innovation and advances in home-based care made during COVIDWho benefits most from home-based care and who might want to opt outWhat the hospital-at-home model looks like and how it took off during the pandemicThe regulatory challenges Moving Home Health faces in executing SNF-at-homeHow home-based care allows providers to identify environmental risksWhy value-based care reimbursement models are more appropriate for home-based care than fee-for-serviceHow home-based care might improve a patient’s mental and emotional healthWhy we need a large-scale demonstration of the benefits of home-based care to change policyThe power of patient voice in convincing legislatures and hospital systems to embrace home-based careHow we might incentivize or persuade Americans to choose healthy foodHow the social determinants of health or SDOH are influenced by policy Connect with Krista DrobacMoving Health Home Connect with Dr. Jessica Shepherd, Dr. Gautam Gulati & Dr. Jordan ShlainHLTHDr. Shepherd on TwitterDr. Shepherd on LinkedInDr. Gulati on TwitterDr. Gulati on LinkedInDr. Shlain on TwitterDr. Shlain on LinkedIn ResourcesAmerica’s Essential HospitalsCMS COVID WaiversMoving Health Home StudiesWhite House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and HealthSocial Determinants of Health