The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) responded to the Alliance's letter. The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter to HHS OIG regarding the report on remote patient monitoring. The Alliance highlights inaccuracies and subjective nature of the report. The Alliance requests HHS OIG to consider [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care led a group letter, calling attention to the need for strong CMS support of patient access to remote monitoring services that are vital in prevention and treatment for Medicare beneficiaries. The letter was submitted to CMS through the PFS public comment process. In the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 Medicare Physician [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) CPT Editorial Panel in response to its May 2024 meeting agenda, which includes Tab 38 – Remote Monitoring. The Alliance appreciates the consideration of stakeholder feedback into the revised proposal to ensure coding for remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter to the American Medical Association's (AMA) CPT Editorial Panel in response to its February 2024 meeting agenda, which includes Tab 50 - Remote Monitoring. The public agenda seems to indicate major revisions to remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) and remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM). The Alliance is concerned [...]
In February 2023, the majority of the MACs, led by Novitas Solutions, met in a Multi-Jurisdictional Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) to jointly consider a new local coverage determination (LCD) for RPM and RTM for Non-Implantable Devices. Neither of these services have a National Coverage Decision (NCD) by CMS but CMS has included these services in [...]
The Alliance for Connected Care joined a letter, led by the Connected Health Initiative (CHI).