Connected Care Updates – September 18
This update includes: Alliance and others present to DEA Alliance Submits Comments on PFS Senators Express Concerns Over DEA's Proposed Rule and notable research and news developments
This update includes: Alliance and others present to DEA Alliance Submits Comments on PFS Senators Express Concerns Over DEA's Proposed Rule and notable research and news developments
The Alliance for Connected Care appreciated the opportunity to testify for the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) listening session on prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine on September 12, 2023. We appreciate the DEA’s quick response during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) to allow prescribing via telemedicine. This was also a hugely meaningful expansion of access [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted comments on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule for calendar year (CY) 2024, which includes several important reforms with respect to telehealth. The Alliance emphasized the following overarching priorities: The Alliance appreciates and supports the proposal from CMS to pay claims billed with POS 10 [...]
This update includes: House Budget Committee Launches Health Care Task Force Introduction of telehealth legislation USDA funding for broadband and notable research and news developments
This update includes: Telehealth legislation movement in Congress DEA Public Listening Session Request for Broadband and Telehealth Data National Institute on Drug Abuse Study and notable research and news developments
This update includes: DEA Public Listening Session Senate Approps Language - FTC Study on Interstate Licensing and notable research and news developments
This update includes: Senate Appropriations Funding on Interstate License Portability ASPE Medicare Telehealth Trends Dashboard CMS Medicare Physician Fee Schedule National Institute on Drug Abuse RFI for Data on Telehealth Controlled Substances Prescribing and notable research and news developments
ASPE: State Medicaid Telehealth Coverage Policy Decisions Since the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ASPE contracted with RAND Health Care to catalogue and assess state changes to Medicaid telehealth policies during the COVID-19 PHE through May 2022 and identify the driving circumstances, motivations, and evidence supporting telehealth policy decisions during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency [...]
This update includes: HRSA Extension on Telehealth Performance Measures Biden Administration Announced Funding for Broadband and notable research and news developments
Doximity: Health Care Providers and Patients Trust and Plan to Continue Telehealth Use While providing insight into the factors that affect telehealth use, a report from Doximity indicated that physicians and patients perceive telehealth positively, and most believe that it often contributes to positive outcomes. Physician adoption highlights: The majority of physicians surveyed (61 [...]