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Changes in In-Person, Audio-Only, and Video Visits in California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), 2019-2022

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-04-25T11:30:38-04:00April 11th, 2023|

Alliance Leads Letter to Congressional Appropriators to Support Telehealth Resource Centers

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-07-01T12:33:45-04:00April 10th, 2023|

Connected Care Updates – April 10

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

Alliance for Connected Care2023-04-18T09:35:19-04:00April 10th, 2023|

Concerns Align on the DEA Telemedicine Rule

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-04-12T17:02:20-04:00April 7th, 2023|

Increasing Access to a Diverse Mental Health Workforce Through Emergency Reciprocity Licensure

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-06-05T15:08:42-04:00April 6th, 2023|

How Primary Care Physicians Experience Telehealth

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-04-25T11:24:58-04:00April 6th, 2023|

Preference for Future Telehealth Use Does Not Exceed That of In-Person Care

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-04-25T11:26:41-04:00April 5th, 2023|

Connected Care Updates – April 3

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 [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-04-04T09:25:00-04:00April 3rd, 2023|

(UPDATED) Mental Health Groups Call on DEA for Continued Access to Treatments Through Telehealth

The Alliance for Connected Care and other leading organizations called on the Biden Administration to make modifications to 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, to ensure more flexible prescribing limitations for providers when a controlled [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-07-01T12:35:23-04:00March 31st, 2023|

Alliance Co-Leads Letter in Support of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act

The Alliance for Connected Care co-led a letter signed by more than 40 organizations in support of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824), which would permanently treat telehealth services as an excepted benefit. During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-07-01T12:35:49-04:00March 30th, 2023|

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Changes in In-Person, Audio-Only, and Video Visits in California’s Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), 2019-2022

Alliance Leads Letter to Congressional Appropriators to Support Telehealth Resource Centers

Connected Care Updates – April 10

Concerns Align on the DEA Telemedicine Rule

Increasing Access to a Diverse Mental Health Workforce Through Emergency Reciprocity Licensure

How Primary Care Physicians Experience Telehealth

Preference for Future Telehealth Use Does Not Exceed That of In-Person Care

Connected Care Updates – April 3

(UPDATED) 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

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