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 [...]

2024-09-06T16:45:23-04:00September 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 [...]

2024-09-06T16:45:31-04:00September 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 [...]

2024-09-06T16:45:42-04:00August 2nd, 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 [...]

2024-08-12T14:52:06-04:00July 11th, 2024|

Alliance Leads Letter to Congressional Appropriators to Support Telehealth Resource Centers FY 2025

The Alliance for Connected Care led a letter asking Congressional Appropriators to include a $14 million request for the Telehealth Resource Centers (TRC) program at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in FY2025 appropriations.This increase in funding would provide a critical boost to the TRCs, which saw an 800% increase in demand for telehealth [...]

2024-07-01T17:21:18-04:00June 28th, 2024|

Alliance Submits Statement for the Record for House Energy & Commerce Hearing on Telehealth Legislation

The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a statement for the record to the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Health Subcommittee for the legislative hearing, "Legislative Proposals to Support Patient Access to Telehealth Services." The Alliance focused its comments on: The need for urgent action in extending Medicare telehealth provisions through December 31, 2024 to [...]

2024-07-01T12:23:19-04:00April 9th, 2024|

Alliance Statement – Correcting the Record for House Ways & Means Hearing on Care in the Home

Correcting the Record on Telehealth March 2024 During the March 12 House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Expanding Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities, a number of already disproven myths about telehealth were publicly repeated. While broader understanding of the benefits and use of telehealth have come a long [...]

2024-07-01T12:23:48-04:00March 14th, 2024|

Alliance Submits Statement for the Record for House Ways & Means Hearing on Care in the Home

The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a statement for the record to the House Ways & Means Committee for the hearing, "Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural and Underserved Communities." The Alliance focused its comments on: The need for urgent action in extending Medicare telehealth provisions through December 31, 2024 to provide [...]

2024-07-01T12:23:59-04:00March 12th, 2024|

Alliance Leads Over 200 Organizations in a Letter Urging Congress to Act on Telehealth

The Alliance for Connected Care convened well over 200 organizations on a letter, urging congressional leaders to act on telehealth earlier this year, to allow for implementation time prior to the expiration of statutory restriction on December 31, 2024. Without timely and decisive action from Congress, many Americans risk losing access to telehealth services [...]

2024-07-01T12:24:34-04:00February 22nd, 2024|
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