On March 20, a group of leading organizations called on Congress to pass legislation that amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers and health plans to cover telehealth services pre-deductible in Health Savings Account-eligible high deductible health plans during this health care crisis. This legislation would build on efforts by Congress to [...]
Leading telehealth, provider, and expert groups sent a letter to leaders in the House and Senate for a follow-up tweak for healthcare providers to be able to better use the Medicare telehealth provision from the first COVID-19 (coronavirus) package.
Congress Acts to Make Telemedicine Available to Seniors During Coronavirus March 5, 2020 – Today, Congress moved to help seniors access telehealth during the Coronavirus emergency without having to leave their homes. Please find a statement from the Alliance for Connected Care below:
The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter to eight Congressional leaders to include a provision in the COVID-19 supplemental appropriation that will allow telehealth visits to be covered in traditional Medicare during the public health emergency. Including this provision in the upcoming supplemental legislation will encourage health systems and others to leverage telehealth in [...]
On February 13, Krista Drobac testified in support of Maryland Senate Bill 402, an Act authorizing certain health care practitioners to establish a practitioner-patient relationship through telehealth and requiring a health care practitioner providing telehealth services to be held to the same standards of practice as in-person settings. “The most important thing we can do [...]
Comments & Letters The Alliance for Connected Care provided feedback to HHS on proposed rules revising safe-harbors under the Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty rules on beneficiary inducements. The Alliance focused its comments on four priority areas for telehealth and remote patient monitoring in the proposed rule: Request for comment on the possible exclusion [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care provided input into the development of a Cures 2.0 effort that will build upon the important legacy of the 21st Century Cures Act. We look forward to advancing access to digital health technologies.
Comments & Letters The Alliance for Connected Care provided input on priority topics that affect the health status of people in rural and underserved communities. We applaud the leadership of Task Force co-chairs Reps. Danny Davis (D-IL), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), and Jodey Arrington (R-TX) in bringing for this important effort to the [...]
Today the House and Senate introduced the CONNECT for Health Act of 2019. This third iteration of CONNECT legislation builds on important progress to continue to expand access to telehealth for consumers. The Alliance for Connected Care is proud to have worked with legislators on its development and is pleased call on Congress to pass [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care joins 15 other groups to support CMS CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program proposals on telehealth and remote monitoring. Our cosigners in the multi-stakeholder letter are AliveCor, American Association for Respiratory Care, American Telemedicine Association, Biocom – Life Science Association of California, Catalia Health, Connected Health Initiative, [...]