Federal Activity
May 1, 2024
ATA Action's 118th Congress Legislative Tracker
Federal Legislative Tracker
The report chart tracks critical state legislation ATA Action supports, supports with amendments, and opposes.
May 16, 2024
118th Congressional Legislative Policy Priorities
Top Legislative Policy Priorities
This chart outlines the ATA and ATA Action’s 118th Congressional legislative policy priorities.
October 3, 2024
Stakeholder Letter Regarding Telehealth Practitioner Location Reporting and Privacy Protections
Stakeholder Letter
ATA Action signed onto a stakeholder letter urging CMS to expedite the development of permanent policy regarding telehealth practitioners’ location reporting requirements. The letter emphasizes the need for privacy protections for virtual-only providers and proposes alternate solutions, such as using business addresses or geographic indicators, to ensure continued access to care without compromising provider safety
September 17, 2024
ATA Action Statement for the Record to House Energy and Commerce Committee
Statement for the Record to the House Energy & Commerce Committee
ATA Action submitted a statement for the record to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, expressing support for the bipartisan Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 (H.R. 7623), which aims to extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities through 2026. The statement highlights the importance of these provisions in expanding access to care, particularly for mental health services, and urges Congress to maintain these flexibilities to prevent disruptions in patient care. Additionally, ATA Action emphasized the need for the DEA to issue a special registration rule to continue the remote prescribing of controlled substances, warning of a potential public health crisis if current waivers are not extended.
September 10, 2024
Stakeholder Letter to House Leadership re: DEA Harming Patient Access to Critical Health Treatments
Letter to House Leadership
Over 300 organizations signed onto a letter requesting that Congress extend virtual prescribing flexibilities for two years
September 10, 2024
Stakeholder Letter to Senate Leadership re: DEA Harming Patient Access to Critical Health Treatments
Letter to Senate Leadership
Over 300 organizations signed onto a letter requesting that Congress extend virtual prescribing flexibilities for two years
September 10, 2024
Stakeholder Letter to the Biden Administration re: DEA Harming Patient Access to Critical Health Treatments
Letter to White House Domestic Policy Council
Over 300 organizations signed onto a letter requesting the Administration to work with the DEA and other relevant agencies to extend prescribing flexibilities for two years while the DEA works to meet its congressional mandate to create a special registration pathway that continues access to care
Letter to CMS
ATA Action Comments on the CY2025 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule (CMS-1807-P)
Stakeholder letter
Stakeholders sent a letter to leadership urging them to act before the release of the final Physican Fee Schedule Rule to ensure certainty and alignment of statutory and regulatory policies.
Stakeholder letter
Over 30 organizations sent a letter to the Energy and Commerce Committee in support of waiving the telemental health 6 month in-person requirement.
June 17, 2024
Debunking Telehealth Myths
One Pager
See here for a document dispelling the top myths about telehealth.
Letter to FTC
The ATA and ATA Action submitted comments in response to the FTC’s healthcare consolidation request for information.
Letter to Leadership
ATA Action sent a letter to House and Senate leadership in support of the Affordability Connectivity Program.
Letter to Committee
ATA Action submitted a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee expressing concerns with the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA).
Statement for the Record
The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a markup that included a two-year telehealth extension.
May 10, 2024
Clinician Letter Urging DEA to Release Proposed Rule on Remote Prescribing of Controlled Substances
Clinician Letter
Over 380 clinicians sent a letter to DEA urging them to release a proposed rule on the remote prescribing of controlled substances.
Statement for the Record
ATA Action submitted a statement for the record in support of the Ways and Means Committee two-year telehealth extension.
Statement for the Record
ATA submitted a statement for the record in response to the House Energy and Commerce Telehealth Subcommittee hearing this week.
April 2, 2024
Stakeholder Letter Urging DEA to Issue a Proposed Rule on Remote Prescribing of Controlled Substances
Stakeholder letter
Over 200 stakeholders sent a letter to the DEA urging requesting the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to issue a revised proposed rule to regulate the prescribing of controlled substances through telehealth as soon as possible to ensure adequate time for patients to continue existing care.
March 22, 2024
Letter to CMS on Virtual Cardiac Rehab
Letter to CMS
ATA & the Alliance for Connect Care sent a letter to CMS on the COVID-19 pandemic virtual cardiac rehabilitation flexibility.
Statement for the Record
ATA Action submitted a statement for the record in response to the recent Ways and Means health care at home hearing.
Telehealth Integrity
ATA published a document that outlines current federal and state mechanisms and guardrails in place to protect consumers, oversee providers, and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. The document also describes inappropriate guardrails that would impede access to care.
Letter to CMS
In advance of the CY2025 Physican Fee Schedule rulemaking process, the ATA and ATA Action sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that outlines its telehealth policy recommendations and urges CMS to work with Congress to determine timing of their action on the policies that require statutory change.
Group Statement
ATA along with 20 other groups signed a statement that was sent to the DEA urging them to address the geographic red flag issue in telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances rulemaking.
February 22, 2024
Stakeholder Letter Urging Congress to Act on Telehealth
Stakeholder Letter
Over 200 organizations signed a letter urging Congress to act on telehealth sooner rather than later.
February 22, 2024
Stakeholder Letter in Support of the SHARE Act
Stakeholder Letter
Over 20 organizations signed a stakeholder letter in support of the SHARE Act.
Comment Letter
ATA & ATA Action submitted comments to CMS in response to the Medicare Advantage CY2025 proposed rule.
December 12, 2023
Stakeholder Letter Urging CMS to Address Medicaid Telehealth Provider Enrollment Issues
Stakeholder
The ATA along with 59 other organizations sent a letter to CMS asking them to update prior telehealth guidance to states to better communicate provider enrollment requirements under current law, identify where states have authority to modernize, and provide recommendations that would harmonize enrollment requirements, reduce regulatory and administrative burden, and enhance Medicaid provider networks.
December 11, 2023
ATA Action Letter in Support of the TREATS Act
ATA Action Letter
ATA Action letter in support of the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction Therapy Services Act (TREATS) Act (S.3193, H.R. 5163).
November 15, 2023
ATA Letter to House Leadership Outlining Telehealth Priorities
Letter to Leadership
The ATA sent a letter to the new Speaker of the House and Minority Leader outlining its top policy priorities.
November 14, 2023
ATA Senate Finance Committee Statement for the Record
Statement for the Record
The ATA submitted a state for the record in advance of the Senate Finance Health Subcommittee hearing on telehealth.
November 14, 2023
ATA CY2024 Physican Fee Schedule Comparision Chart Proposed vs Final
PFS Comparison Chart
ATA CY2024 Physican Fee Schedule comparison chart to proposed and final rule.
Stakeholder Letter
This stakeholder letter with over 90 signees was sent to leadership in support of making permanent the Telehealth Expansion Act.
October 25, 2023
ATA Action Response to CMS Nurse Staffing Proposed Rule
ATA Action Comments
ATA Action responded to CMS’ nursing home staffing proposed rule.
Stakeholder Letter
Over 110 stakeholders requested that CMS make permanent the extension of the COVID-19 flexibility, currently set to expire at the end of CY2023, that allows providers who rendered telehealth services from their homes to list their practice address instead of their home address within box 32 of the CMS 1500 form. Additionally, the letter requests that CMS allow virtual-only providers to list a geographic indicator such as zip code instead of their full address.
October 16, 2023
ATA Action Response to Mental Health Parity Proposed Rule
ATA Action Comments
ATA Action submitted a comment letter in response to the Department of Labor (DoL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury mental health parity proposed rule, intended to improve access to in-network mental health care providers and remove barriers that may delay access to care and treatment.
Comments in Response to Request for Information
ATA Action submitted comments in response to the House Budget Committee’s Request for Information (RFI).
October 3, 2023
ATA Action Response to Ways and Means Request for Information
ATA Action Comments
ATA Action submitted comments in response to the House Ways and Means committee request for information: Improving Access to Health Care in Rural and Underserved Areas.
September 29, 2023
ATA Action Response to Senate HELP Committee Privacy Request for Information
Response to RFI
ATA Action responds to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Request for Information.
September 26, 2023
Understanding the Critical Advantages of Telehealth Adoption
ATA Action Recommendations
September 22, 2023
ATA Action Comments in Response to Senate Committee Artificial Intelligence White Paper
ATA Action Comments
ATA Action submitted comments in response to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Artificial Intelligence White Paper.
September 21, 2023
Stakeholder Letter Supporting Telehealth as an Excepted Benefit
Stakeholder letter
Over 30 organizations signed onto a letter to congressional leadership urging the passage of the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R.824) before the end of CY2023.
September 6, 2023
ATA Action Recommendations to DEA on a Special Registration Process
ATA Action Recommendations
ATA Action recommendations to the Drug Enforcement Administration on a special registration process.
Comment Letter
ATA Action submitted comments in response to the FDA’s Centers for Devices and Radiological Health (CDHR) request for information on important topics such as digital health technologies, home-based models, and diagnostics.
PFS Comment Letter
ATA Action submitted industry leading comments in response to the CY2024 physician fee schedule proposed rule.
August 28, 2023
CMS TCET Pathway Stakeholder Letter
Stakeholder Letter
A group of stakeholders sent a letter to provide consensus input to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on its proposed transitional coverage for emerging technologies (TCET) coverage pathway.
Comments to FTC
ATA Action comments on the FTC’s health breach notification rule expressing concerns about the proposed updates.
July 14, 2023
ATA Action Permanent Policy Recommendations 2023
ATA Action Permanency Chart
This chart outlines the telehealth flexibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and ATA Action’s recommendations for permanent policy.
ATA Action Proposed Rule Comments
ATA Action submitted comments in response to the Medicaid and CHIP managed care proposed rule.
June 5, 2023
Drug Enforcement Administration FAQs on Temporary Rule Regarding the Remote Prescription of Controlled Substances
DEA FAQs
This document addresses frequently asked questions on the DEA’s temporary rule on the prescription of controlled substances for patients, providers, pharmacists and other likeminded stakeholders.
May 24, 2023
ATA Medicare Telehealth Regulatory Deadlines
Medicare Chart
This chart outlines the Medicare Part B telehealth policy deadlines.
Stakeholder letter
The ATA joined other likeminded stakeholders in supporting full funding for HRSA’s Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, which includes Telehealth Resource Centers.
ATA Action Letter
ATA Action signed a stakeholder letter supporting the Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023 (H.R. 824), which would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat telehealth services as excepted benefits.
March 28, 2023
ATA Action's Letter to the DEA Re: Expansion of Induction of Buprenorphine via Telemedicine Encounter
ATA Action Letter
ATA Action submitted comments in response to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s proposed rules regarding expansion of induction of buprenorphine via telemedicine
ATA Action Letter
ATA Action submitted comments regarding the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s proposed rules regarding telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances when the practitioner and the patient have not had a prior in-person medical evaluation.
ATA Action Letter
The ATA sent a comment letter regarding the Multi-Jurisdictional Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting on Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) for Non-implantable Devices on February 28, 2023.
March 3, 2023
ATA Action Letter to CMS
ATA Action Letter
ATA Action wrote a letter to CMS regarding the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D Advance Notice
March 1, 2023
Stakeholder Letter to CMS
ATA Action Letter
ATA signed on to a collaborative letter to express concern over proposed risk adjustment changes jeopardizing progress made in advancing health equity, preventing disease progression, and delivering high-value, high-quality care.
February 23, 2023
ATA Action's Letter to the Multi-Jurisdictional Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC)
ATA Action Letter
The ATA and the Alliance for Connected Care sent a letter regarding the Multi-Jurisdictional Contractor Advisory Committee (CAC) Meeting on Remote Physiologic Monitoring (RPM) and Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) for Non-implantable Devices on February 28, 2023.
February 10, 2023
ATA Action's Letter to CMS Proposed Rule
ATA Action Letter
ATA Action submitted a letter to CMS in response to the proposed rule: Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters of 2024.
Comments in Response to Request for Information
ATA Action submitted comments to CMS in response to the request for information related to Essential Health Benefits (EHB)
December 16, 2022
Timeline of the ATA’s DEA/Ryan Haight Actions
Timeline of the ATA’s DEA/Ryan Haight Actions
This chart lays out a timeline of the ATA’s actions pertaining to the Ryan Haight Act.
December 16, 2022
Patients, Providers, and Plans Increase Utilization of Telehealth
Utilization of Telehealth
This document lays out a compilation of stats related to telehealth utilization as of 12.8.22
December 15, 2022
ATA Action Letter to CMS on Provider Billing Address
ATA Action Letter to CMS
ATA Action sent a letter urging CMS to allow providers to report the practice location that they are associated with when billing for telehealth services, rather than requiring them to publicly report their home address as their practice location.
November 30, 2022
ATA End of Year Telehealth Legislative Priorities
ATA Top EOY Priorities
This chart outlines ATA’s top EOY telehealth legislative priorities.
November 15, 2022
Stakeholder Letter Urging Congress to Act on the Telehealth High Deductible Health Plan Safe Harbor Tax Provision
Stakeholder letter
Over 350 organizations sent a letter to Congress urging them to extend the Telehealth provision that provides employers the flexibility to offer their employees with a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) paired with a Health Savings Account (HSA) access to telehealth services pre-deductible.
November 11, 2022
Stakeholder Letter Urging the DEA to Act on the Prescription of Controlled Substances via Telehealth Before the PHE Expires
Stakeholder Letter
The ATA, ATA Action and 113 other organizations sent a letter to the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Attorney General’s office urging them to act before the Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires and outlining multiple short-term actions that they could take immediately to ensure millions of patients are able to continue receiving treatment where and when they need it until the promulgation of the Special Registration for Telemedicine Rules.
November 10, 2022
ATA's CY2023 Medicare Physican Fee Schedule Analysis Chart
CY2023 PFS Final Rule
The ATA created a chart outlining the key changes in the CY2023 Medicare PFS final rule.
November 3, 2022
ATA and ATA Action's Comments on CMS Make Your Voice Heard RFI
Comments in Response to Request for Information
The ATA and ATA Action submitted comments to CMS on their Make Your Voices Heard Request for Information.
November 3, 2022
Stakeholder Letter to Congressional Leadership - Urging Extension of Telehealth Flexibilities
Stakeholder Letter
The ATA and ATA Action signed on to a stakeholder letter with other likeminded stakeholders urging Congress to extend the Medicare telehealth flexibilities through the end of 2024 in an end of year package.
November 1, 2022
ATA Action's Federal Telehealth Legislative Tracker
Federal Legislative Tracker
This chart tracks critical Federal telehealth legislation and outlines ATA Action’s Federal priorities in the 117th Congress. ATA Action’s 2022 top federal legislative priorities document identifies specific bills that, if enacted, would ensure we avoid the telehealth cliff.
October 21, 2022
ATA's Recommendation's for Acute Hospital Care at Home Program
ATA Recommendations
ATA’s federal and state recommendations on the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program.
October 19, 2022
ATA Action Comments on the Veterans Affair's Proposed Rule: Health Professionals Practicing Via Telehealth
ATA Action Comment Letter to VA
ATA Action submitted comments on the VA’s recent proposed rule “Health Professionals Practicing via Telehealth”.
October 3, 2022
ATA Action Comments on HHS 1557 Nondiscrimination Rule
ATA Action Comment Letter to HHS
ATA Action submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1557 nondiscrimination rule.
September 14, 2022
Stakeholder Telehealth Hospice Letter to Congress
Hospice Stakeholder Letter
The ATA and ATA Action signed onto a stakeholder letter along with 15 other organizations urging Congress to require CMS to expand access to hospice care.
September 13, 2022
Stakeholder Letter Urging Senate to Take Action This Fall on Telehealth
Stakeholder Letter
The ATA, ATA Action, and other likeminded organizations co-led a stakeholder letter with over 370 signees urging the Senate to act this fall to ensure certainty for telehealth services.
MA Request for Information
The ATA and ATA Action submitted comments on CMS Medicare Advantage request for information.
Comments on CY2023 PFS
The ATA and ATA Action submitted comments on the CY2023 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule.
August 16, 2022
ATA Action and ATA Comments on CY2023 Home Health Proposed Rule
Comment Letter
The ATA and ATA Action commented on the CY2023 Home Health proposed rule.
Response to Request for Information
The ATA and ATA Action responded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) Primary Care request for information.
ATA Recommendations
This one-pager describes the history of Medicare Advantage (MA), how telehealth has evolved within MA, and outlines the ATA’s telehealth recommendations to CMS within MA.
July 15, 2022
ATA Policy FAQs
ATA's Policy FAQs
This document outlines the answers to the most frequently asked telehealth policy questions.
June 30, 2022
ATA Recommendations on Ensuring Appropriate Treatment and Protecting Patients Through Online Prescribing
ATA Recommmendations
This documents describes the history, current state of play, and problem with the Ryan Haight Act and outlines the ATA’s recommendations on ensuring appropriate treatment and protecting patients through online prescribing.
June 29, 2022
Stakeholder Letter in Support of Permanently Expanding Telehealth Options for Employees
Stakeholder Letter
The ATA and ATA Action helped to lead a stakeholder letter with 60 signees in support for permanently allowing telehealth services to be treated as an excepted benefit.
June 22, 2022
ATA Action Letter in Support of HRSA OAT Programs
ATA Action Letter to Senate Approps
ATA Action sent a letter of support to the Senate Appropriations Labor Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee in support of the HRSA Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) programs.
ATA Action Letter to Senate Finance
ATA Action sent comments to the Senate Finance Committee on the telemental health discussion draft.
May 13, 2022
ATA Action and ATA Letter Urging the Administration to Extend the Public Health Emergency
ATA/ATA Action Letter to Administration
ATA Action and ATA sent a letter urging the Administration to extend the Public Health Emergency.
ATA Action and ATA Comments on RFI
ATA Action and the ATA responded to the Medicaid and CHIP request for information.
April 14, 2022
ATA Letter to on RPM/RTM in Response to Meeting with CMS
ATA Letter to CMS
The ATA met with CMS at the end of March for a second time to discuss RPM/RTM policy challenges.
RFI Comment Letter to OSTP
The ATA and ATA Action submitted comments on the Connected Health Request for Information to the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
ATA Action Comments to CMS
ATA Action comments on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Calendar Year 2023 Medicare Advantage proposed rule.
Stakeholder Letter to DEA
ATA Action, the American Telemedicine Association, the American Psychiatric Association and 69 other organizations sent a letter DEA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to permanently waive the requirement that patients receive an in-person evaluation prior to being prescribed controlled substances via telemedicine.
ATA Action Comments to House WnM
ATA Action sent comments to the House Ways and Means Committee in advance of the March 2nd hearing on Substance Use, Suicide Risk, and the American Health System.
February 18, 2022
Recent Stats on Patients, Providers, and Plans Utilization of Telehealth
Recent Telehealth Stats
ATA Action published a document of recent telehealth stats relating to patients, providers, and health plans.
ATA Action Comments on RFI
ATA Action responded to the Modernization Subcommittee Healthy Task Force request for information (RFI).
ATA Recommendations to CMS
The ATA sent recommendations into CMS on RPM and RTM for their consideration for calendar year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule.
February 2, 2022
ATA Action Telemental Health Recommendations in Response to Ways & Means Committee Hearing
ATA Action Letter to House Ways and Means Committee
In advance of the House Ways and Means mental hearing on February 2nd, ATA Action sent telehealth recommendations on addressing barriers to mental health to the committee for their consideration.
February 1, 2022
ATA Action Broadband Recommendations in Response to Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
ATA ACTION LETTER TO Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
In advance of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies broadband hearing on February 1st, ATA Action sent recommendations on broadband expansion funding programs.
February 1, 2022
ATA Action Comments on Affordability Subcommittee of the Healthy Future Task Force RFI
ATA Actions Response to RFI
ATA Action submitted comments in response to the Affordability subcommittee of the Healthy Future Task Force request for information.
February 1, 2022
ATA Action Comments on National Telecommunications and Information Administration RFI
ATA Action Comments on NTIA RFI
ATA Action submitted comments in response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) request for information (RFI) regarding the Broadband Programs in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
ATA Action Letter to Senate HELP Committee
In advance of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee mental health and substance use disorder hearing on February 1st, ATA Action sent telehealth recommendations on addressing barriers to mental health to the committee for their consideration.
Telehealth Stakeholder Letter
The ATA along with 335 organizations sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to authorize the continuation of all current telehealth waivers through the end of 2024, require HHS to complete all feasible evaluations related to telehealth by fall of 2023 and combine all findings into one overarching dashboard with recommendations, and take up permanent, evidence-based telehealth legislation for implementation in 2024.
January 27, 2022
ATA Action Comments on HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023 Proposed Rule
ATA Action Comments to HHS
ATA Action submitted comments s in response to the proposed rule “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023.”
ATA Comments to DEA
The ATA submitted comments on the Drug Enforcement Agency’s telepharmacy practice advanced notice of proposed rulemaking.
December 23, 2021
ATA Letter to Chairman Doggett on Telehealth Extension Act
ATA Letter to Chairman Doggett
The ATA sent a letter to Chairman Doggett that outlines the provisions within the Telehealth Extension Act (H.R. 6202) that the ATA strongly supports, as well as those that could be improved.
ATA Call to Actions
This ATA document outlines the challenges with vaccine trails and outlines different call to actions to HHS on the facilitation of multi-site, multi-state and decentralized clinical trails.
November 15, 2021
ATA's CY2022 Physician Fee Schedule Chart - Telehealth Policy Changes
ATA Chart
The ATA created a chart that compares the telehealth policies in the PFS proposed rule to the ATA’s industry leading comments to the telehealth policies included in the PFS final rule.
November 12, 2021
ATA Comments on Senate Finance Mental Health Request for Information
ATA Recommendations to Congress
The ATA responded to the Senate Finance Committee’s mental health request for information.
November 4, 2021
ATA's Comments on HHS Strategic Plan for 2022 -2026
ATA Letter to HHS
The ATA submitted comments to HHS on their draft strategic plan for 2022 and 2026 specifically on Goals 1 and 2.
November 1, 2021
Stakeholder Letter - Expanding Telehealth Options for Employees
Stakeholder Letter to Congressional Leaders
The ATA along with 48 organizations sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging the them to consider making permanent the current policies that allow telehealth and remote care services to be treated as an excepted benefit.
ATA Recommendations
This document describes the history and current state of play of interstate licensure and outlines the ATA’s recommendations on enabling healthcare delivery across state lines.
October 26, 2021
Stakeholder Letter - Extending Virtual Care Provisions for HDHP-HSAs
Stakeholder Letter
The ATA along with 69 other organizations sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to extend the virtual care provisions included in the CARES Act for individuals with HDHP-HSAs before the Dec. 31 expiration.
ATA Letter to HHS
The ATA sent a letter to Secretary Becerra urging the Administration to indicate the expected duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency and recommends the PHE and its flexibilities continue at least through the end of the calendar year 2022.
September 15, 2021
ATA, AOTA, APTA, and AHSA Tele-Rehabilitation Interprofessional Policy Principles and Priorities
Tele-Rehabilitation Policy Principles and Priorities
The ATA, AOTA, APTA, and the ASHA have created a document outlining their shared priorities that are multi-pronged and include legislative, regulatory, and state-based advocacy efforts. These organizations are working with policymakers to support legislation that will promote access to care, mitigate risks associated with COVID-19, and ensure sustainability of telehealth services beyond the pandemic.
September 1, 2021
ATA's Comments on the CY2022 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule
ATA's 2022 PFS Comments
On September 1, 2021 the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) submitted detailed comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid on the CY 2022 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule. The ATA’s comments largely focus on a few key issues, including access to telemental health services, extension of Category 3 services, remote physiologic monitoring, remote therapeutic monitoring, and additional topics.
ATA Statement
The ATA urges Congress to make permanent the telehealth flexibilities implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic by passing critical legislation outlined throughout this statement to ensure Medicare beneficiaries have continued access to all telehealth services, including ocular, after the Public Health Emergency (PHE).
Multi-Stakeholder Letter to Congress
The ATA along with 430 organizations sent a letter to Congress outlining our priorities for permanent telehealth reform post COVID-19.
June 14, 2021
ATA Overview on In-Person Requirements
ATA Overview of In-Person Requirments
This document provides an overview of clinically unnecessary in-person requirements, urging Congress to not consider them to ensure patients have adequate access to telehealth.
May 18, 2021
ATA Testimony for Senate Finance Committee Hearing on COVID-19 Healthcare Flexibilities
ATA Testimony
The ATA submitted testimony for the Senate Finance Committee hearing entitled COVID-19 Health Care Flexibilities: Perspective, Experiences, and Lessons Learned on May 19, 2021.
FY2022 PFS
The ATA sent a letter to Secretary Xavier Becerra and Acting Administrator Liz Richter commenting on Remote Physiological Monitoring (RPM) access in advance of the CY2022 Physician Fee Schedule.
April 27, 2021
ATA Written Testimony for House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Telehealth Hearing
Written Testimony
The ATA submitted a written testimony to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health for their hearing on Charting a Path Forward for Telehealth on April 28th.
April 8, 2021
Group Letter Signed by the ATA Urging CMS to Expand the Virtual Diabetes Prevention Program
The ATA and 16 other organizations signed a letter urging CMS to use its emergency authority to expand access to virtual diabetes prevention programs in the Medicare program.
March 23, 2021
Telehealth Safe Harbor on High Deductible Health Plans
ATA Informational Document
This document provides an overview of section 3701 of the CARES Act, which created a temporary safe harbor that allows HDHPs with a health savings account (HSA) to cover telehealth and remote care services. Further, the document outlines the importance of Congress permanently extending the HDHP & HSA telehealth safe harbor.
March 2, 2021
ATA Program Integrity Overview
ATA Program Integrity
The ATA sent an overview to Congressional staffers on program integrity which describes the advantages of telehealth, how “telefraud” is not telehealth, and the characteristics of legitimate telehealth providers.