The Alliance for Connected Care applauds the House Ways and Means Committee for advancing the bipartisan Rural Patient Monitoring Access Act (H.R. 3108) by a vote of 39-0. The legislation would help address geographic reimbursement disparities that can discourage rural providers from offering this important care. RPM gives clinicians real-time insight into changes in [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted comments to HHS's request for comments on policy priorities to advance care for substance use disorder (SUD) under the Great American Recovery Initiative. Telehealth is uniquely equipped to expand and scale behavioral health care, especially for prevention and treatment. The Alliance urged HHS to work with the Drug [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a statement to the House Committee on Education and Workforce urging members to advance the bipartisan SHARE Act (H.R. 2332) during the Committee's full committee markup. The SHARE Act would clarify state licensing agencies' authority to access FBI criminal history records for background checks under interstate occupational licensing [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care joined over 35 organizations in a stakeholder letter supporting the States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment (SHARE) Act of 2026. The bill would authorize states to access the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) criminal history records for professional licensing under interstate compacts to overcome current challenges and facilitate [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care is in strong support of HB 4369, which would bring Illinois into the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). This legislation is crucial to Illinois’ continued leadership on health care. Enacting HB 4369 would bring to fruition Illinois’s commitment to expanding access to care. As part of Illinois’s Rural Health Transformation [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care joined more than 100 organizations in signing a letter to the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, opposing H.R. 5629, which would repeal the 2024 Final Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Rules, and H.R. 5630, which would impose additional reporting requirements on block grant grantees. Early evidence shows that [...]
Organizations commit to organize and educate voters nationwide during fall elections FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2026 – A growing coalition of healthcare, technology, and patient advocacy organizations today launched the Telehealth Voters Pledge with the support of the Alliance for Connected Care. The pledge marks a commitment to educating voters about the importance [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care, alongside 40 organizations and the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), endorsed the Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2026. The bill, introduced by Rep. DelBene (D-WA) and Kelly (R-PA), would remove Medicare beneficiaries' cost-sharing responsibilities for chronic care management services. By eliminating the current 20 percent co-payment, the Chronic [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care submitted a statement for the record for the House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee's hearing on "Policies to Protect Our Communities from Illicit Drug Threats". The Alliance highlighted the important role telehealth plays in treatment for substance use disorder, especially in the prescribing of controlled substances and medication for [...]
The Alliance sent a letter to Congressional Committees of Jurisdiction on the implementation of telehealth modifiers. In the most recent extension of Medicare telehealth flexibilities, Congress mandated that CMS implement two telehealth modifiers. The Alliance requests Congress work closely with CMS to ensure it does not create overly burdensome restrictions as it implements new [...]