Alliance for Connected Care Urges HHS to Modernize Payment and Regulation to Support Responsible AI-Enabled Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAlliance for Connected Care Urges HHS to Modernize Payment and Regulation to Support Responsible AI-Enabled CareWashington, DC — The Alliance for Connected Care today submitted formal comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to the AI in Clinical Care Request for Information, calling for a modern, modality-agnostic regulatory [...]

2026-02-24T11:49:12-04:00February 23rd, 2026|

Alliance for Connected Care Response to Future Directions in Medicare Advantage RFI

The Alliance for Connected Care responded to the Contract Year 2027 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program proposed rule, which contained a Request for Information (RFI) on the future direction of Medicare Advantage. The Alliance urged CMS to update network adequacy [...]

2026-01-27T11:33:38-04:00January 26th, 2026|

Alliance for Connected Care Response to CY26 OPPS

The Alliance for Connected Care responded to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment proposed rule. The Alliance urged CMS to recognize payment for genetic counselors providing care virtually, expand its proposal on virtual cardiac rehabilitation, and allow for outpatient reimbursement for RPM care management [...]

2025-09-15T16:51:52-04:00September 15th, 2025|

Alliance for Connected Care Response to CY26 Medicare PFS

The Alliance for Connected Care responded to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Calendar Year (CY) 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. The Alliance respectfully urged CMS to continue to work with Congress and other federal agencies to ensure long-term certainty and access to the full spectrum of virtual care options for [...]

2025-09-16T17:11:15-04:00September 12th, 2025|

Alliance Urges House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee to Harness the Power of Digital Health Data Through Telehealth and RPM

The Alliance for Connected Care submitted comments to the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee for its hearing, "Health at Your Fingertips: Harnessing the Power of Digital Health Data" on June 25, 2025. Advancements in digital health have leveraged greater flexibility in care, optimized the remote workforce to meet America's health needs, and enhanced seamless [...]

2025-06-27T14:59:15-04:00June 25th, 2025|

WEBINAR: The Time Is Now: Modernizing Care Through Remote Monitoring – June 11

Since its coverage by Medicare during the first Trump Administration remote physiologic monitoring has shown growing adoption and strong clinical outcomes. Many primary care providers, cardiologists, and others utilize RPM for patients with chronic conditions like hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, which are common and costly in the Medicare population. These services are turning [...]

2025-06-11T15:06:25-04:00June 11th, 2025|

The Rural Patient Monitoring Access Act

April 30, 2025  - Senators Marsha Blackburn, Mark Warner, and Representatives David Kustoff,  Mark Pocan, Troy Balderson, and Don Davis introduced the Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act, which would ensure Medicare patients in rural and underserved communities have access to remote physiologic monitoring services, which lower costs and improve access to care by using technology to collect and transmit patient health data to healthcare providers.

2026-01-08T16:57:00-04:00May 1st, 2025|

Alliance Letter to HHS OIG on RPM Report

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 [...]

2024-12-11T22:24:58-04:00September 24th, 2024|

The Future of Remote Physiologic Monitoring and Current Medicare Cuts

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 [...]

2024-09-10T16:28:22-04:00September 9th, 2024|

Alliance Submits Letter to AMA On Remote Monitoring

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 [...]

2024-07-01T11:21:50-04:00April 25th, 2024|
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