The Alliance for Connected Care co-led a letter, urging federal policymakers to enact a long-term fix for telehealth coverage for Medicare. Over 450 organizations spanning health care providers, digital health innovators, patient and provider advocacy organizations press Congress to immediately act on a long-term telehealth fix in its next legislative package to ensure stability [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care joined over 35 organizations in a stakeholder letter supporting the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act of 2025. The bill would authorize states to access the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) criminal history records for professional licensing under interstate compacts to overcome current challenges and facilitate [...]
ALLIANCE STATEMENT NOVEMBER 3, 2025 The Alliance for Connected Care is disappointed that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes that will make it more difficult for a Medicare-enrolled practitioner to offer telehealth services from an alternative location. CMS plans to change billing rules, enabled by the Trump Administration in 2020, that [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter to Congressional leadership, urging immediate action to clarify that retroactive payment will be offered for expanded telehealth services provided during the lapsed period due to the government shutdown.
The Alliance for Connected Care and 60 organizations, sent a letter to Congressional leadership, urging for immediate action to mitigate the negative impacts on Medicare beneficiaries as a result of the government shutdown and related lapse in Medicare telehealth flexibilities.
The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter to Governors, highlighting an important opportunity to prioritize new and emerging technologies and data and technology-driven solutions that help rural providers furnish high-quality health care services. The Alliance strongly encouraged States to consider: Support for state action to design and implement telehealth registry capabilities that enable [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care responded to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment proposed rule. The Alliance urged CMS to recognize payment for genetic counselors providing care virtually, expand its proposal on virtual cardiac rehabilitation, and allow for outpatient reimbursement for RPM care management [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care responded to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. The Alliance respectfully urged CMS to continue to work with Congress and other federal agencies to ensure long-term certainty and access to the full spectrum of virtual care options for [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter, expressing concern with the omission of a continuation of telehealth location reporting flexibility for telehealth practitioners in the proposed CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule. Without prompt action by CMS, this important telehealth policy will end and dramatically increase administrative burden for both practitioners offering telehealth services while [...]
In a strong show of national consensus, 350 health care stakeholder organizations have signed a letter urging Congressional leadership to take immediate action to preserve access to Medicare telehealth services beyond their scheduled expiration in September 2025. The letter calls on Congress to enact the longest possible extension of existing telehealth authorities, with a [...]