Other Regulations

Telehealth

NAACOS supports expanding telehealth coverage after the COVID-19 public health emergency in two letters

CMS publishes telehealth factsheet
NAACOS has also developed a Telehealth FAQ to assist ACOs using telehealth services during the COVID-19 crisis
View our on-demand webinar, Using Telehealth to Combat COVID-19
NAACOS and seven others urge CMS to count diagnoses obtained from audio-only telehealth services for risk adjustment purposes
NAACOS and 13 others write Congress to address telehealth during the COVID-19 public health emergency
NAACOS supported the CONNECT for Health Act of 2019
NAACOS advocates for one-sided ACOs to have access to telehealth in revised legislation
NAACOS asks FCC to expand eligibility of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program
NAACOS was supportive of wider use of remote patient monitoring in the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
NAACOS supports FCC pilot to expand telehealth to low-income consumers and joins other groups in asking for changes

Data

NAACOS Applauds New Medicare Requirement on Hospitalization Alerts
NAACOS on-demand webinar: Leveraging CMS Data - Taking Advantage Upcoming Opportunities to Help Your ACO's Work
Joint letter to CMS asked the agency to finalize requirement to share ADT feeds with some changes
NAACOS responds to request for information on requiring hospitals to share Admissions, Transfer and Discharge data as a Condition of Participation in Medicare

CMS finalizes rule around discharge planning
- Related fact sheet and press release
NAACOS explains how CMS’s eligibility check system can benefit ACOs and care coordination
NAACOS submits comments in response to CMS’s Request for Information on Establishing a Healthcare Sector Innovation and Investment Workgroup
NAACOS provides detailed recommendations to CMS on how to enhance program reports and files
NAACOS supports coalition efforts to require sharing of ADT feeds

Health IT

NAACOS filed public comments to CMS and ONC responding to proposed rules on greater health information exchange