The Alliance for Connected Care submitted virtual care recommendations to the Healthcare Advisory Committee for consideration during it August 31, 2026 meeting.
Virtual care tools, such as telehealth, remote monitoring, and AI-enabled tools, closely align with the Administration’s goal to empower patients to take their health back into their hands through technology-enabled tools. Telehealth and remote monitoring, two examples that expanded under the first Trump Administration, have reduced barriers to care by connecting patients, particularly rural Americans, to health care services and specialists. The Alliance urged the Committee to build on this progress by protecting access to the full spectrum of connected care capabilities and ensuring that federal policy supports, rather than limits, technology-enabled care.
Remote monitoring is an increasingly important part of this infrastructure. It allows clinicians to monitor patients between traditional encounters, identify changes in vital signs or disease progression earlier, reinforce medication and lifestyle goals, and intervene before a condition results in an avoidable emergency department visit or hospitalization. For patients with chronic conditions and those who face geographic or workforce barriers to care, remote monitoring can help extend the reach of the clinical care team beyond the walls of a traditional medical setting.
The Alliance also raised concerns about CMS’s proposed 2027 remote monitoring policies, which would significantly reduce access to care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries, with particularly severe consequences for rural communities and patients served by small and independent practices. The proposed changes could have particularly serious consequences for rural communities and patients served by small and independent practices that may rely on specialized partners to make remote monitoring programs operational and sustainable.
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