Our Members
Telehealth Voters Pledge
Join a growing coalition of patient advocates, clinicians, and healthcare organizations in a commitment to make permanent Medicare telehealth an unavoidable issue in 2026 in town halls, debates, and forums across America.
The Alliance for Connected Care aims to:
Demonstrate the importance of Connected Care as a tool for improved quality and efficiency.
Build significant and high-level support for Connected Care among leaders in Congress and the Administration.
Enable more telehealth to support new models of care.
Lift geographic and site restrictions for telehealth in Medicare.
Alliance News
Alliance Urges HHS to Prioritize Telehealth in SUD Care
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted comments to HHS's request for comments on policy priorities to advance care for substance use disorder (SUD) under the Great American Recovery Initiative. Telehealth is uniquely equipped to expand and scale behavioral health care, especially for prevention and treatment. The Alliance urged HHS to work with the Drug Enforcement Administration to make permanent flexibilities that allow telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances (like medication for opioid use disorder); current flexibilities end on December 31, 2026, putting patient care and safety at risk. Read the full comments here or below: [...]
Alliance Submits Statement to House Education and Workforce Markup of SHARE Act
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a statement to the House Committee on Education and Workforce urging members to advance the bipartisan SHARE Act (H.R. 2332) during the Committee's full committee markup. The SHARE Act would clarify state licensing agencies' authority to access FBI criminal history records for background checks under interstate occupational licensing compacts, removing a persistent bottleneck that delays multistate licensure, weakens telehealth networks, and ultimately limits patient access to care. Read the full statement here or below:
Alliance Joins Letter In Support of the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act of 2026
The Alliance for Connected Care joined over 35 organizations in a stakeholder letter supporting the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act of 2026. The bill would authorize states to access the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) criminal history records for professional licensing under interstate compacts to overcome current challenges and facilitate seamless and efficient background checks for multistate or reciprocal licenses. Read the letter here or below:
The Alliance Signals Support of Illinois Nurse Licensure Compact
The Alliance for Connected Care is in strong support of HB 4369, which would bring Illinois into the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). This legislation is crucial to Illinois’ continued leadership on health care. Enacting HB 4369 would bring to fruition Illinois’s commitment to expanding access to care. As part of Illinois’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the state committed to joining the NLC. That federal funding is at risk if Illinois does not enact NLC legislation by December 31, 2027. The General Assembly has a direct opportunity to protect [...]
Alliance Joins 100+ Organizations Urging Congress to Preserve Opioid Treatment Program Rules
The Alliance for Connected Care joined more than 100 organizations in signing a letter to the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, opposing H.R. 5629, which would repeal the 2024 Final Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Rules, and H.R. 5630, which would impose additional reporting requirements on block grant grantees. Early evidence shows that telehealth flexibilities codified in the Rules are expanding treatment access, which has contributed to a record 25 percent single-year decline in overdose deaths. The letter calls on Congress to direct agencies to study implementation before pursuing any modifications. Read the full letter here or below: [...]