Grand View Research: Patient Monitoring Devices Industry to Rise with Strong Demand for Remote Patient Monitoring Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has amassed popularity as a promising technology to minimize the chances of hospitalization. Grand View Research released its Patient Monitoring Devices Industry Data Book, 2023-2030 and found that remote monitoring has become instrumental in [...]
The Alliance submitted a letter of support to Elaine Marzola, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor in the Nevada State Legislature, for Assembly Bill 198. The bill would adopt the Uniform Telehealth Act in the State of Nevada. The Uniform Telehealth Act would provide the state with the clear guidance and framework [...]
JAMA Network: Changes in In-Person, Audio-Only, and Video Visits in California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), 2019-2022 A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that audio-only telehealth continued to be used at higher rates than video visits in safety net clinics in California. Prior to March 2020, FQHCs rarely received reimbursement for [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care led a letter asking Congressional Appropriators to include a $14 million request for the Telehealth Resource Centers (TRC) program at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in FY2024 appropriations. This increase in funding would provide a critical boost to the TRCs, which saw an 800% increase in demand [...]
This update includes: Alliance Snapshot of DEA Comments Federal Telehealth Support Program Faces Collapse Without Budget Increase Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Executive Director James Mathews Shares His Thoughts on Medicare Telehealth and notable research and news developments
Over 35,000 Americans provided comments on the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) proposed rule, "Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation." In comment letters responding to the DEA's proposed rule, hundreds of key stakeholders highlighted the need for a special registration for telemedicine and [...]
Journal of Medical Regulation: Increasing Access to a Diverse Mental Health Workforce Through Emergency Reciprocity Licensure New Jersey's COVID-19 Temporary Emergency Reciprocity Licensure Program provided temporary licenses to more than 31,000 out-of-state health care practitioners, over a quarter of whom were mental health providers. As the need for mental health care accelerated during [...]
The Commonwealth Fund: How Primary Care Physicians Experience Telehealth According to a Commonwealth Fund survey of primary care physicians in 10 countries, telehealth platforms have been relatively easy to implement, and most clinicians are satisfied with the technology. In at least half the countries surveyed, including the U.S., most physicians said telehealth improved timeliness [...]
mHealth Intelligence: Preference for Future Telehealth Use Does Not Exceed That of In-Person Care Research published in the Practice of Medicine described that although telehealth gained a high level of approval and application throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, most users prefer to return to in-person care in the future, largely due to a lack [...]
This update includes: Alliance Submits Comments to DEA Proposed Rule on Prescribing Controlled Substance via Telemedicine Mental Health Groups Call on DEA for Continued Access to Treatments Through Telehealth Alliance Co-Leads Letter in Support of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act Statement on the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 and notable research [...]