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.
Alliance News
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 services. We believe these steps will improve the overall quality of care, lower costs, and improve the experience of Medicare beneficiaries. Read the full letter here or below:
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 Medicare beneficiaries. The Alliance appreciated the strong support of virtual care by the Trump Administration and emphasized the following: The Alliance is disappointed that CMS did not address provider enrollment and billing concerns related to the reporting of address for a telehealth service offered from [...]
HHS OIG: Billing for Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare
HHS OIG: Billing for Remote Patient Monitoring in Medicare The HHS Office of Inspector General released a review on RPM. In its review, HHS OIG found a small group of medical practices with billing that warranted further scrutiny. In this new review, HHS OIG list characteristics of bad actors within the RPM space and offer recommended guardrails to catch practices that fit the characteristics of a bad actor. Key findings included: HHS OIG was concerned about potential fraud from medical practices that: Had high significant growth in the number of new enrollees. Did not have prior relationships with their [...]
Preventing Burdensome Location Reporting Requirements on Telehealth Practitioners
The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter, expressing concern with the omission of a continuation of telehealth location reporting flexibility for telehealth practitioners in the proposed CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule. Without prompt action by CMS, this important telehealth policy will end and dramatically increase administrative burden for both practitioners offering telehealth services while increasing costs for CMS. The Alliance requested CMS leadership in ensuring that telehealth practitioners working from a home-based location are not mandated to report their private residence to the federal government for purposes of enrollment or billing. More specifically, we asked CMS to: Extend permanently [...]