Connected Health Initiative

Connected Health Initiative works to clarify outdated health regulations, incent the use of connected health technologies, and improve health outcomes.

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

Current @IRSnews interpretations of “medical care” are stuck in the 1990s...modern "dual-use" technologies like smartwatches that can detect early signs of life threatening conditions can't be easily purchased with funds from Health Savings Accounts (HSA) or Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).

Here's how the Administration can take immediate action to change this and deliver health care relief to millions of Americans

https://t.co/0zs6TRgUea

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

@realDonaldTrump can deliver health care relief to millions of Americans without spending a dime of taxpayer money.

@brianscarpelli, CHI executive director, lays out the case in @WashTimes.

https://t.co/uB2GHVX0BE

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

“ACCESS represents a major milestone in the necessary integration of wearable devices, remote monitoring, and digital health platforms into the management of chronic conditions like hypertension, diabetes, chronic pain, and depression,” said Brian Scarpelli, executive director, Connected Health Initiative. “While traditional Medicare payment rules have not leveraged the incredible potential these tools offer to improve outcomes and reduce costs, the ACCESS Model empowers clinicians and care organizations to use wearable and other digital-health innovations. We have long emphasized that this shift is needed to improve preventive and maintenance care, reduce avoidable complications, and ultimately lower costs.”

https://t.co/ubE5lafFMH

[CMS Innovation Center @CMSinnovates]

The ACCESS Model offers people with Original Medicare new choices to help them improve their health and manage chronic disease with modern technology-supported care. Learn more: https://t.co/8q6BPHQJkV

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

Ahead of a the government shutdown, we are calling on Congressional leadership to do the right thing and preserve telehealth access for the millions of Americans who rely on it.

Telehealth is critical to addressing barriers to care, such as inadequate transportation, long travel times, patient wait times and taking time off work. An extension of telehealth flexibility is needed to ensure stability and provide clarity for both patients and providers.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/Wen9Mo0qUU

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

"Ultimately, to best serve patients, all states should make wearable adoption, and the leveraging of the patient-generated health data they provide, a central pillar in their plans.”

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

Last week's funding opportunity guidance from @CMSGov for the Rural Health Transformation Program “provides a broadly positive framework for the expanded adoption of emerging digital health technology that the Connected Health Initiative called for,” - @brianscarpelli, executive director

"While wearable devices were not explicitly mentioned, CHI believes the guidance’s emphasis on evidence-based interventions, namely remote patient monitoring tools and services, to improve prevention and treatment of disease shows an openness to the proven clinical benefit of wearable devices."

[HHS @HHSGov]

Rural America deserves a health care system built for reality, not one that’s made up of urban leftovers.

The Rural Health Transformation Program provides $50 billion across all 50 states, and applications are now open. We encourage governors to think big!

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

“Throughout, CMS explicitly embraced several key CHI recommendations including encouraging the adoption of cloud services, prioritizing interoperability, and a requirement for broad stakeholder input to the application and on a continuing basis.

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[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

Read more on how we can create a realistic framework for innovation.
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[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

California's AI policy must balance innovation & accountability.

Our member company, @DogtownMedia, explains in a new op-ed how one-size-fits-all AI audits could delay life-saving health tech.

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

As @CMS advances value-based care and @HHS focuses on the potential of new health technologies, one thing is clear: payment models must keep pace with innovation like AI & virtual care.

In CHI's latest report, we offer policymakers actionable recs to:
🚧 Remove policy barriers
✅ Build org readiness
🤝 Align incentives

Read more 👉 https://t.co/rJrRSDwAXE

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

To that effect, we provided Administrator Oz and CMS leadership details on the following recommendations:
⌚️Wearables/Remote Monitoring and Patient Generated Health Data AI Tools Should Take Center Stage in Meeting RHTP Goals
🛜Encourage Adoption of Cloud Services
📲CMS Should Ensure That Legacy Restrictions on Medicare Telehealth Services do not Apply to RHTP Deployments
🌐CMS Should Prioritize Interoperability
⚕️CMS and States Should Consider a Broad Range of Health Indicators in Grant Awards and Administration
☑️In Creating Criteria for State Applications and in Creating Guidance for States, CMS Should Consider Views and Experiences from as Wide a Set of Stakeholders as Possible
🔎CMS Should Ensure Transparency and Oversight while Minimizing Compliance Burdens

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

CHI along with 29 co-signers urge @CMSGov Administrator @DrOzCMS to leverage digital health innovations, such as wearables and patient-generated health data AI tools in order to accomplish the goals of the Rural Health Transformation Program.
https://t.co/tYqQB1607h

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

CHI has laid out additional detailed steps the Administration could take to ensure an interoperable, secure, and patient-centered health tech environment:

https://t.co/9tiA9gKzBr

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

The ability for patients and providers to seamlessly share data is the engine driving the development and adoption of digital health management and care navigation applications.

Today's voluntary pledges demonstrate a strong commitment to creating and supporting the infrastructure needed to improve patient care and reduce costs through app-based digital health tools.

[Heather Landi @HeatherLandi]

BREAKING: Tech and healthcare companies and White House commit to work on #interoperability and user-friendly health apps. Companies will focus on apps for diabetes and obesity management, conversational AI and digital check-in to “kill the clipboard”
https://t.co/1FFXR9Ikxr

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

CHI commends its Steering Committee members and the Administration for dedicating themselves to building a smarter, more secure, and more personalized healthcare experience for all Americans.

@Particle_Health, @ouraring, @amazon, @Apple, @Microsoft

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

Today, the Connected Health Initiative, along with 40+ other signatories, sent a letter to @SecKennedy and other administration officials outlining our guidance regarding the urgent need for the safe deployment of AI in healthcare.

As we told the administration — leveraging the potential of AI is critical to accomplishing America’s healthcare goals. We outlined guidance regarding AI safety, transparency, accessibility, and ethics, among many other topics!

Read the full letter:
https://t.co/skWwmnzyIr

[InsideHealthPolicy @InHealthPolicy]

CHI Urges DOGE To Use AI, Telehealth To Cut Health Costs In Letter To New White House Office https://t.co/Nbm6HS7yK6

[Connected Health Initiative @HealthIsMobile]

As the health sector presents a key opportunity to support the President’s @DOGE Agenda, @healthismobile, offered the following recommendations for ways to modernize safe and effective federal technology and software to enhance government efficiency and productivity.

Some recommended use cases we offer include:

💡Ways the government could leverage the potential of AI to streamline operational efficiencies and reduce provider burdens

☁️Use cloud services versus agency owned and managed data centers to reduce costs

🧑‍⚕️A host of tech solutions to enhance patent engagement

Read our full recommendations to @DOGE online here:
https://t.co/HYhljSt0wh