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The Alliance for Connected Care led over 180 health care providers, innovators, and advocates in urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to advance a telemedicine regulation (RIN: 1117-ZA07) continuing access to prescribing through telehealth. Without action, these critical telemedicine authorities will expire on December 31, 2025; patients [...]

ALLIANCE STATEMENT CMS INNOVATION CENTER ANNOUNCES TECH-ENABLED ADVANCING CHRONIC CARE WITH EFFECTIVE, SCALABLE SOLUTIONS (ACCESS) MODEL DECEMBER 2025 The Alliance for Connected Care applauds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on its announcement of the Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model. This outcome-aligned payment model represents meaningful progress toward [...]

The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a statement for the record for the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee's hearing on "Modernizing Care Coordination to Prevent and Treat Chronic Disease". The Alliance highlighted the important role telehealth plays in improving health care and outcomes for people with chronic conditions. As such, the statement urges [...]

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 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.