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CHI Statement on Proposed 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Connected Health Initiative

The Connected Health Initiative (CHI) thanks the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its continued leadership in providing high-quality, cost-effective care for Americans, and for its release of the draft 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS).

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Connected Health Initiative Letter to Congressional Leadership Regarding Digital Health Tools to Fight COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Leader Schumer: We applaud your leadership in developing a bipartisan supplemental appropriations package responding to the coronavirus, or COVID-19. Thank you for considering our request.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

How would you improve what’s in the bill to optimize the use of telehealth in this challenging public health moment? A2 from AMJ: The ATA was working with leadership/telehealth champions in Congress the prior week and the week leading up to the vote. Congressional leadership on February 28 2020. No, it’s not from the U.S.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency.

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Health, Tech, Government Leaders Join CTA and CHI Coalition to Address Health Disparities Amplified by COVID-19

Connected Health Initiative

Arlington, VA, September 30, 2020 – Today, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® and the Connected Health Initiative (CHI) are launching a new effort to address longstanding health disparities in the U.S., Recent Medicare data shows Blacks were hospitalized with COVID-19 at a rate nearly four times higher than Whites.

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A startup with a cause – championing the individual in navigating health care

Digital Health Today

Most recently, Kash was Vice President and General Manager of Digital Health at Stanford Health Care where he launched new patient-facing digital solutions, transformed health system operations, and spearheaded legislation to reform digital health access and reimbursement. bankruptcies. Find Out How!