In the News Archives - Alliance for Connected Care

The Alliance Leads Almost 350 Stakeholders Urging for a Two Year Extension on DEA Telemedicine Flexibilities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Krista Drobac; kdrobac@connectwithcare.org Hundreds of Stakeholders Call on Federal Leaders to Ensure Patient Care is Not Interrupted by Expiring Prescribing Flexibilities WASHINGTON, D.C. September 10, 2024 – Today, more than 300 organizations asked Congress and the White House to intervene to ensure ongoing access to virtual prescribing for patients and [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-09-11T14:15:04-04:00September 10th, 2024|

The Future of Remote Physiologic Monitoring and Current Medicare Cuts

The Alliance for Connected Care led a group letter, calling attention to the need for strong CMS support of patient access to remote monitoring services that are vital in prevention and treatment for Medicare beneficiaries. The letter was submitted to CMS through the PFS public comment process. In the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-09-10T16:28:22-04:00September 9th, 2024|

Alliance CY 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)Comments

The Alliance for Connected Care provided comments to the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule. As reflected in the comments below, the Alliance urges CMS to recognize payment for genetic counselors providing care virtually, expand its proposal on virtual cardiac rehabilitation, and [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-09-06T16:45:23-04:00September 4th, 2024|

Alliance CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Comments

The Alliance for Connected Care provided comments to the calendar year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. As reflected in the comments below, the Alliance appreciates CMS for ensuring certainty to telehealth access to Medicare beneficiaries to the extent it could. The Alliance is committed to leveraging telehealth and remote patient monitoring [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-09-06T16:45:31-04:00September 4th, 2024|

Alliance Comments on the 21st Century Cures Initiative

The Alliance for Connected Care provided input into refining the goals of the 21st Century Cures initiative. The Alliance has a strong interest and member expertise in the way digital health technologies can support and expand access to care while improving patient engagement and quality. After four years of experiencing the benefits of expanded telehealth [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-09-06T16:45:42-04:00August 2nd, 2024|

Telehealth Stakeholder Letter to Congressional Leadership

The Alliance for Connected Care joined a telehealth stakeholder letter to congressional leadership, urging swift action on legislation that would extend current Medicare telehealth flexibilities.

Alliance for Connected Care2024-08-12T14:51:49-04:00July 19th, 2024|

Alliance Wins in the Proposed Medicare Fee Schedule

Alliance Wins in the Proposed Medicare Fee Schedule July 11, 2024 While CMS does not currently have statutory authority to waive geographic and originating site restrictions for telehealth, it has proposed a number of important steps to preserve access to telehealth in the CY2025 Physician Fee Schedule. Extension of provider location reporting flexibility: Proposed continuation [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-08-12T14:52:06-04:00July 11th, 2024|

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|

Medicare Telehealth Analysis

Fall 2022 The Alliance for Connected Care commissioned an independent Medicare claims data analysis to better understand telehealth utilization and the potential financial impact of long-term telehealth expansion on the Medicare program. As expected, the findings of this analysis align with the individual experiences and data collected by Alliance for Connected Care members. [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-03-29T17:31:38-04:00October 19th, 2022|

Alliance Board Members Study Found that Telehealth Did Not Increase Primary Care Utilization

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 – Board Members of the Alliance for Connected Care conducted a government-funded study to determine whether there was an increase in primary care utilization with the expanded availability of telehealth across three health care systems. Using a grant from the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), data was [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2023-03-29T17:31:46-04:00September 29th, 2022|

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