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Politico | July 16, 2018 Excerpt: The rule won't open the floodgates for telemedicine reimbursement by Medicare. It requires doctors to have a prior relationship with the patient, a limitation criticized by Krista Drobac, executive director of the Alliance for Connected Care. She noted that all states — and the AMA — allow relationships to [...]

Healthcare Informatics | July 16, 2018 Excerpt: The CMS proposal brought a mix of enthusiasm and concerns from groups advocating for greater usage of telehealth. “What they have done is creative and brilliant, and it goes further than CMS has ever gone previously to ensure that seniors have services everyone else in the marketplace has,” [...]

Politico | November 6, 2017 Excerpt: "The reason this is going to facilitate more use of remote patient monitoring is most medical providers want their patients to get better, and they realize that most care happens outside the medical facility," Krista Drobac, executive director of the Alliance for Connected Care, told Morning eHealth. "Viewing data [...]

Politico | October 28, 2016 Excerpt: Krista Drobac, of the Alliance for Connected Care, also shared tempered enthusiasm about a “great first step” given the constraints Senate Finance staff faced. She vowed to bring more information on savings — we’re assuming this is another reference to the CBO-inspired budget doubts about telemedicine. Read Here

ArkansasOnline | June 24, 2016 Excerpt: The forum was moderated by Krista Drobac, director of the Alliance for Connected Care, a Washington, D.C., group that advocates for coverage of telemedicine by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. Read Here

Politico | December 21, 2015 Excerpt: The Alliance for Connected Care, a two-year-old telemedicine lobbying group that’s been driving congressional interest in the industry, has produced multiple studies that it says show the technology can save Medicare money. Read Here

CQ.com | June 12, 2015 Excerpt: Last week, Medicare officials rebuffed requests to expand use of telemedicine in the highly watched accountable care organization, or ACO, program. And bids to expand use of telemedicine through the House Energy and Commerce’s 21rst Century Cures bill have so far fallen short. But Krista Drobac, executive director of [...]