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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
Digital Tools in Cancer Care
Association of Community Cancer Centers: Digital Tools in Cancer Care The Association of Community Cancer Centers conducted a survey, which found that providers, patients, and caregivers were willing to utilize digital, remote patient-monitoring (RPM) tools to report symptoms throughout anti-cancer treatments. Key survey results found more than half (60 percent) of providers who implemented an RPM program said it added “10 hours or less” to a weekly workload. Of the 60 percent, almost half (40 percent) said the program did not “significantly disrupt workflow,” with 24 percent noting the technology actually improved workflow.
Connected Care Updates – May 22
This update includes: Medicare Administrative Contractors Announced There Will Not Be a Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for RPM and RTM Reintroduction of the Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act GOP Lawmakers Press Department Of Labor (DOL) To Extend Standalone Telehealth CMS Extends COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities for Hospital Outpatient Therapies and notable research and news developments
Overall and Telehealth Addiction Treatment Utilization by Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in California After COVID-19 Policy Changes
JAMA Health Forum: Overall and Telehealth Addiction Treatment Utilization by Age, Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in California After COVID-19 Policy Changes This cohort study found that disparities in addiction treatment utilization were not exacerbated following expansion of telehealth during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers examined whether there were differences in overall and telehealth addiction treatment utilization after telehealth policy changes during the COVID-19 pandemic by age, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Additionally, the findings show that the odds of initiating addiction treatment via telehealth rose by 38.5 percentage points between 2019 and 2020. [...]
State Medicaid and Private Telemedicine Coverage Requirements and Telemedicine Use
Health Services Research: State Medicaid and Private Telemedicine Coverage Requirements and Telemedicine Use Medicaid coverage of telehealth services between 2013 and 2019 was associated with significant increases in telehealth use and health care access. Medicaid telehealth coverage requirements were linked to a 6.01 percentage-point increase in the use of live video communication. Additionally, states with a Medicaid telehealth coverage requirement throughout the study period had substantially higher rates of telehealth use initially than those that added a policy. Access to covered telemedicine services could alleviate some of these barriers by eliminating the need to travel to see a provider, which may [...]
Telemedicine Use by Age in Louisiana Medicaid During COVID-19
Journal of Medical Internet Research: Telemedicine Use by Age in Louisiana Medicaid During COVID-19 This claims-based longitudinal analysis found that Medicaid beneficiaries between the ages of 50 and 64 had higher telehealth claims during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to those aged 18 to 34. In April 2020, the 50 to 64 age group experienced an increase of 184.09 telehealth claims per 1,000 Medicaid beneficiaries. Researchers noted that this data shows that older patients in Louisiana had higher telehealth claim rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, given that telehealth use remained high in December 2020, researchers also concluded that [...]