Our Members
The Alliance for Connected Care aims to:
Demonstrate the importance of Connected Care as a tool for improved quality and efficiency.
Build significant and high-level support for Connected Care among leaders in Congress and the Administration.
Enable more telehealth to support new models of care.
Lift geographic and site restrictions for telehealth in Medicare.
Establish a consensus-based, standardized definition of Connected Care to advance with policymakers.
Alliance News
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal: Factors Associated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment Success During Pregnancy Periods
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Journal: Factors Associated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment Success During Pregnancy Periods Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) are a crucial intervention for pregnant and postpartum individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). This review evaluated factors associated with MOUD success during the pregnancy and postpartum period and found no differences in outcomes of individuals receiving telemedicine versus in-person care. These factors may help guide future research and inform the development and adaptation of interventions tailored to better meet the needs of this key population.
KFF: What to Know About Medicare Coverage of Telehealth
KFF: What to Know About Medicare Coverage of Telehealth Use of telehealth, which allows patients to see health care providers without being in the same location, has grown rapidly in recent years, among both privately-insured patients and Medicare beneficiaries. KFF released an issue brief, which provides answers to key questions about the current scope of Medicare telehealth coverage, including both temporary and permanent changes adopted through legislation and regulation, and policy considerations that lie ahead.
Alliance and Over 150 Organizations Request CMS to Ensure Telehealth Practitioners Location Are Protected
The Alliance for Connected Care led more than 150 stakeholder organizations in a letter requesting that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to take action on preserving the benefits of telehealth by ensuring telehealth practitioners working from a home-based (or other) location do not need to report that private residence to the federal government for purposes of either enrollment or billing. Currently, CMS proposed, in the CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, an extension through 2025 of regulatory flexibility for telehealth practitioners who offer a telehealth service from their home or another location to report their currently enrolled [...]
International Journal of Medical Informatics: The Relationship Between Telemedicine Tools and Physician Satisfaction, Quality of Care, and Patient Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic
International Journal of Medical Informatics: The Relationship Between Telemedicine Tools and Physician Satisfaction, Quality of Care, and Patient Visits During the COVID-19 Pandemic This study found that telemedicine technology has significant positive effects on physicians’ satisfaction with telemedicine and quality of care evaluation, both at an aggregate level and at the disaggregate levels of individual telemedicine features, and partially significant effects on patients’ telemedicine visits. Telemedicine features that contributed significantly to physician satisfaction and quality of care evaluation were telephone, videoconferencing, standalone telemedicine platform, and telemedicine platform integrated with EHR, while only telephone and integrated telemedicine platform contributed significantly [...]
American Psychological Association: Audio-Only Telehealth Services Remain a Key Part of Professional Service
American Psychological Association: Audio-Only Telehealth Services Remain a Key Part of Professional Service Nearly half of psychologists say their patients prefer therapy via phone versus other types of telehealth. In 2021, two thirds of psychologists (67%) were conducting telehealth services by phone. By 2023, this percentage fell but remained high: More than 2 in 5 psychologists (43%) treated patients by phone. In 2023, nearly 7 in 10 licensed psychologists used audio-only telehealth services when treating adults.