Fierce Healthcare reported that the Alliance for Connected Care has sent virtual care policy requests to new CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz asking him to act on digital healthcare regulatory issues. The alliance wrote to Oz Thursday asking him to address issues in digital health regulation that apply to hospitals, hybrid providers and virtual-only providers.

The Alliance for Connected Care raised a slew of issue such as provider location reporting, reimbursement for remote patient monitoring and Medicare Advantage and Medicaid network adequacy standards. It also brought attention to policy challenges with direct supervision, virtual cardiac rehabilitation and telehealth interprofessional consultations.