Ariadne Labs is seeking proposals from rural hospitals to launch and evaluate a home-based acute care intervention, called Rural Home Hospital, which is an adaptation of the Home Hospital Model for rural communities. The trial is designed to assess whether home hospitalized patients receive high-quality care that costs less as compared to traditional hospital care. Rural hospitals are eligible to apply. Rural hospitals operating in value-based arrangements will be the most competitive, including HMOs, the Veterans Administration, the Indian Health Service, CMS transformation initiatives, rural Accountable Care Organizations, and rural Medicare Advantage plans. 

Awards will be approximately $190,000 in cost-reimbursement, in addition to technical assistance to support the design, implementation, continuous monitoring, and evaluation of the intervention. Up to three hospitals will be chosen to participate.