The inclusion of a two-year extension of Medicare telehealth and commercial market telehealth flexibilities will make a huge difference to so many Americans. The Alliance for Connected Care has been calling for predictability for patients and clinicians while continuing to work toward permanent telehealth authorization. This gives us both. The package includes a [...]
This update includes: Alliance for Connected Care End-of-Year Message Pending Omnibus HHS Proposed Rule Letters to Governors and notable research and news developments
Government Accountability Office (GAO): Federal Actions and Selected Non-Federal Practices to Facilitate Diversity of Patients The GAO released a report describing actions taken by federal agencies and non-federal cancer centers to facilitate enrollment of patients from diverse backgrounds in cancer clinical trials. The report found that the Departments of Health and Human Services [...]
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Development of Telehealth Principles and Guidelines for Older Adults Members of the Collaborative for Telehealth and Aging released a set of principles and guidelines for providing telehealth to older patients last year. The three principles offer general rules to guide behavior, while the guidelines provide specificity for [...]
Epic Research: Telehealth Visits Unlikely to Require In-Person Follow-Up Within 90 Days On December 13, Epic Research released a study on revisit rates from telehealth visits. The study found that telehealth visits were unlikely to require in-person follow-up visits within 90 days. Key Findings In nearly every specialty studied, most patients who had [...]
Cureus: Patient Satisfaction with Medical and Social Concerns Addressed During Telemedicine Visits Assessing patient satisfaction with this mode of health care delivery is an important metric of success as it is broadly implemented across various settings. This study assesses patient satisfaction with the medical and social aspects of the care they receive via [...]
Mount Sinai Health tackles digital health inequity with robust RPM program
Nature: Has Increased Telehealth Access During COVID-19 Led to Over-Utilization of Primary Care? Over two years into the pandemic, the question of whether telehealth will lead to an increase in primary care utilization and spending has been met with contradictory answers. One study sought to examine whether there was a change in primary care utilization [...]
On December 12, 2022, Reps. Schneider (D-IL), Steel (R-CA) and Lee (D-NV) led a bipartisan group of 30 House Members in a letter asking House leadership to extend critical commercial market telehealth flexibilities in the year-end appropriations package. The Alliance for Connected Care worked closely with the Congressional offices on this advocacy effort. The letter called on Congress to [...]
This update includes: Alliance for Connected Care Response to the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Health Care Subgroup report HHS OIG Doesn't View Telehealth Fraud as a Major Concern Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Send Letter to House & Senate Leadership Urging Extension of Telehealth Flexibilities Passage of the Data Mapping to Save Moms’ [...]