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
University of Nevada: Preprint Bridging the Gap: Expanding Telehealth Services to Address Rural Health Disparities
University of Nevada: Preprint Bridging the Gap: Expanding Telehealth Services to Address Rural Health Disparities Telehealth has emerged as a promising solution to mitigate significant health disparities by facilitating remote access to medical care. The review findings indicate that telehealth significantly enhances healthcare access by reducing travel distances, increasing availability of specialist consultations, and promoting patient engagement. It improves chronic disease management and patient satisfaction by enabling convenient access to healthcare services at home. Telehealth offers a cost‐effective solution to improve access to healthcare services, enhance patient outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs in the long run. Successful implementation requires [...]
Cureus: Telemedicine in Cardiology: Enhancing Access to Care and Improving Patient Outcomes
Cureus: Telemedicine in Cardiology: Enhancing Access to Care and Improving Patient Outcomes In the United States, telemedicine has significantly impacted cardiology, particularly at-home monitoring programs, which have proven highly effective for patients with abnormal heart rhythms. At institutions, like New York University (NYU) Langone Health, telemedicine has facilitated cardiac rehabilitation and improved access to specialized cardiology care in rural and underserved areas, reducing disparities in cardiovascular health outcomes. As technology advances, telemedicine is poised to play an increasingly significant role in cardiology and healthcare at large, enhancing patient management, healthcare efficiency, and cost reduction.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Declines in Telemedicine Use Among Adults
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Declines in Telemedicine Use Among Adults This report examines changes in telemedicine use among U.S. adults between 2021 and 2022 by selected sociodemographic and geographic characteristics. Overall, the percentage of adults who used telemedicine in the past 12 months decreased from 37.0% in 2021 to 30.1% in 2022. This pattern was observed across several sociodemographic and geographic characteristics, such as sex, family income, education, region, and urbanization level. Women, adults with a college degree or higher, and adults living in more urban areas were all more likely to use telemedicine in 2022. [...]
Finally – Action on Prescribing Through Telehealth
Last week, we finally saw a proposed rule – “Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have not had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation” arrive at OMB. We expect that this proposed rule will avert the current end of telehealth prescribing flexibility on December 31, 2024. However, there remains significant risk of patients losing access to care due to the rulemaking. We also saw two major policy developments in this space last week, outlining the opportunities and risks for telehealth access. First - our nation’s foremost medical societies and behavioral health voices called on the Administration [...]
FAIR Health: Nationally and in Every Region, Mental Health Conditions Remained the Top Telehealth Diagnostic Category
FAIR Health: Nationally and in Every Region, Mental Health Conditions Remained the Top Telehealth Diagnostic Category According to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, medical claim lines associated with telehealth fell from 4.79 percent in February to 4.73 percent in March, a decrease of 1.3 percent. Nationally and in every region, mental health conditions remained in the first position. The percentage of telehealth claim lines for mental health conditions increased nationally.