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
Connected Care Updates – October 30
This update includes: Alliance Co-Leads 112 Organizations Requesting Telehealth Practitioners Privacy Are Protected NIH Study Found Telehealth Supported Retention in Treatment for OUD HHS Released Resource on Privacy and notable research and news developments
AIDS and Behavior: Mixed Methods Analysis of Telehealth Experience, Satisfaction, and Quality of Care During the COVID Pandemic Among Persons with HIV in Washington, DC
AIDS and Behavior: Mixed Methods Analysis of Telehealth Experience, Satisfaction, and Quality of Care During the COVID Pandemic Among Persons with HIV in Washington, DC High satisfaction was seen for telehealth services when used by patients with HIV (PWH). PWH were asked about their use of telehealth for care related to HIV, their housing status, residence, clinic type, general telehealth use, and satisfaction with HIV care. Participants were 4 times more likely to use telehealth if they were using a community clinic compared with a hospital-based clinic, and individuals living with type 2 diabetes were more likely to report using telehealth for visits [...]
Alliance and Over 110 Organizations Request CMS to Ensure Telehealth Practitioners Privacy Are Protected
Read the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' response to our comments here. The Alliance for Connected Care, in partnership with the American Telemedicine Association, led 112 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 allows practitioners to render telehealth services from their home without reporting their home address on their Medicare [...]
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Telehealth Supports Retention in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Telehealth Supports Retention in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Starting buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder through telehealth was associated with an increased likelihood of staying in treatment longer compared to starting treatment in a non-telehealth setting. A study analyzing Medicaid data from 2019-2020 in Kentucky and Ohio found that receiving buprenorphine treatment via telehealth was not associated with an increased likelihood of nonfatal overdose, providing additional evidence to suggest that patients were not harmed by having increased access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine. This study suggests that telehealth may increase treatment access and retention, strengthening the evidence [...]
Public Policy Institute of California: Telehealth Usage among Low-income and Undocumented Californians
Public Policy Institute of California: Telehealth Usage among Low-income and Undocumented Californians Statewide telehealth use jumped dramatically among low-income Californians covered by Medi-Cal in March 2020, when telehealth visits began to be reimbursed at the same rates as in-person visits. There was comparable trends in California’s community health centers (CHCs)—primary care clinics that serve all comers—for Medi-Cal and undocumented patients. Telehealth will continue to be an important resource for undocumented patients after Medi-Cal is expanded to all residents, regardless of age or immigration status, in January 2024. However, challenges lie ahead, particularly in addressing language barriers common among immigrants and enhancing technological literacy.