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 and 60 Organizations Letter to Congress Urging Urgent Action for Patient Access to Medicare Telehealth Services
The Alliance for Connected Care and 60 organizations, sent a letter to Congressional leadership, urging for immediate action to mitigate the negative impacts on Medicare beneficiaries as a result of the government shutdown and related lapse in Medicare telehealth flexibilities.
Alliance Sends Letter to Governors Rural Health Transformation Fund
The Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter to Governors, highlighting an important opportunity to prioritize new and emerging technologies and data and technology-driven solutions that help rural providers furnish high-quality health care services. The Alliance strongly encouraged States to consider: Support for state action to design and implement telehealth registry capabilities that enable more cross-border care; Support for rural hospitals to better leverage out-of-state specialists through telehealth to augment their community capabilities; Efforts to expand national clinical trial participation at rural hospitals; Facilitate the cross-border sharing of prescription data for safety, and/or Funding to leverage remote physiologic monitoring [...]
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 [...]