In a study reported in the journal Health Affairs, researchers describe how many accountable care organizations (ACOs) are employing home visits as a strategy to improve care management, identify patients’ needs, and reduce hospital use. They found that 80% of ACOs use home visits within 72 hours of hospital discharge for at least some of their patients.
The study can be obtained at https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00003.