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Protect Access to Remote Monitoring
CMS proposed sweeping changes to Medicare remote monitoring that could disrupt established programs and patient care nationwide.
The comment period may be over, but the advocacy is not. Stakeholder engagement remains critical as CMS considers the final rule.
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 Comments on FDA Discussion Paper on Generative AI-Enabled Medical Devices
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted comments to FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Digital Health Center of Excellence in response to the discussion paper Considerations for the Regulation of Generative AI-Enabled Medical Devices. FDA should preserve the existing statutory line between regulated medical devices and non-device software, and apply risk-based, proportionate oversight to GenAI-enabled functions that qualify as devices. Using GenAI should not, by itself, determine regulatory status. Oversight should reflect intended use, clinical consequences, autonomy, and the effectiveness of safeguards.
Alliance Letter on ACCESS Model, MAHA RFI, and future of Care Management Services
The Alliance for Connected Care wrote to Abe Sutton, Director of the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), congratulating CMS on the launch and expansion of the ACCESS (Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions) Model and asking CMMI to test a complementary payment model for technology-enabled care management.
What They’re Saying: Stakeholders Raise Concerns About CMS’s Remote Monitoring Proposals
Stakeholders Across Health Care Raise Concerns About the CY 2027 Medicare Proposals In the Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, CMS proposed significant changes to Medicare remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM). The proposals address how remote monitoring services are delivered, staffed, initiated, and reimbursed. Across publicly available comments submitted to CMS, hospitals, clinicians, patient organizations, rural health providers, accountable care organizations, and other health care stakeholders raised concerns about the potential impact of the proposed policies on patient access and existing remote monitoring programs. The Alliance for Connected Care’s “What They’re [...]
Over 230 Organizations Urge CMS to Protect Remote Monitoring
CMS’s proposed remote monitoring policies could dismantle established RPM and RTM programs and disrupt care for approximately one million Medicare beneficiaries. Below is an updated list of advocacy pathways for general engagement on the Medicare payment rule. Alliance Advocacy Center: connectwithcare.org/rpm