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Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. 870)

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

The CHRONIC Act – Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic Care Act – passed the U.S. Senate on September 14, 2017. Fact Sheet (Center for Connected Health Policy). The post Telehealth and the CHRONIC Act of 2017 (S. The act, which is now being reviewed in the U.S.

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5 payer trends to watch in 2018

Henry Kotula

However, the pace of adoption is tempered by provider resistance to taking on risk and by payer reluctance to push providers to do so before they are operationally prepared to be successful,” Abrams said, referencing findings in Numerof & Associates’ 2017 State of Population Health Survey.