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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 Submits Statement to House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on “Policies to Protect Our Communities from Illicit Drug Threats”
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a statement for the record for the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee's hearing on "Policies to Protect Our Communities from Illicit Drug Threats". The Alliance highlighted the important role telehealth plays in treatment for substance use disorder, especially in the prescribing of controlled substances and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD). As such, the statement urges Congress to engage with DEA on a patient-centered special registration framework that maintains comprehensive access to telemedicine prescribing, ensuring continuity of appropriate care. Read the full statement here or below:
Alliance Requests Congress Work With CMS on Telehealth Modifiers
The Alliance sent a letter to Congressional Committees of Jurisdiction on the implementation of telehealth modifiers. In the most recent extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, Congress mandated that CMS implement two telehealth modifiers. The Alliance requests Congress work closely with CMS to ensure it does not create overly burdensome restrictions as it implements new telehealth modifier policies created by Congress. Read the full letter or below:
Alliance for Connected Care Calls on CMS to Modernize Telehealth Policy and Expand Access to Virtual Care
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a letter to CMS urging additional regulatory changes to digital health rules in the Physician Fee Schedule, ensuring patients and providers alike have access to health care where and when they need it. In our advocacy for a more connected health care system, the Alliance calls on CMS to: Ensure the new statutory telehealth modifiers do not create burdensome requirements, clearly define the term “virtual platform”, and establish a clear exemption list within its definition of clinicians offering care through a “virtual platform.” Ensure that telehealth practitioners working solely from a home-based location [...]
Alliance Applauds Department for Expanded Telehealth in Commercial Market
The Alliance for Connected Care thanked the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for providing guidance on the permanent ability for over 32 million Americans to receive telehealth and other remote care services before meeting their High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) deductible and remaining eligible to contribute to a tax-advanced Health Savings Account (HSA).
Alliance for Connected Care Urges HHS to Modernize Payment and Regulation to Support Responsible AI-Enabled Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAlliance for Connected Care Urges HHS to Modernize Payment and Regulation to Support Responsible AI-Enabled CareWashington, DC — The Alliance for Connected Care today submitted formal comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to the AI in Clinical Care Request for Information, calling for a modern, modality-agnostic regulatory and payment framework that enables responsible adoption of artificial intelligence in care delivery.The Alliance recommends that HHS use its authority and work with Congress and states to advance the following objectives:Strengthen virtual care foundations for AI-enabled care. Recognize AI-enabled care as a natural evolution of [...]