TIA Submits Digital Health Care Comments to House Energy and Commerce Committee
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TIA Submits Digital Health Care Comments to House Energy and Commerce Committee
Arlington, VA (July 23, 2014) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, submitted input to the House Energy and Commerce Committee in response to its recent white paper titled “21st Century Cures: Digital Health Care,” the latest request for input in Congress’ undertaking to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery cycle to get promising new treatments and cures to patients more quickly.
In its comments, TIA urged for Congress to:
- Allow for the full range of available telehealth and remote patient monitoring technologies to improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities by engaging patients and families while improving care coordination, population and public healthcare;
- Ensure coordination across all governmental entities in providing certainty to those in the healthcare space, from the healthcare provider to the vendors that enable care; and
- Confirm with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that its new proposed chronic care management (CCM) approach cover clinician time spent reviewing the full extent of PGHD, which TIA believes should include patient physiological or biometric data generated from monitoring devices (i.e., remote patient monitoring) and not only asynchronous non-face-to-face consultation methods.
To read TIA’s comments in full, click here.
About TIA
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) represents manufacturers and suppliers of global communications networks through standards development, policy and advocacy, business opportunities, market intelligence, and events and networking. TIA enhances the business environment for broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable, satellite and unified communications. Members' products and services empower communications in every industry and market, including healthcare, education, security, public safety, transportation, government, the military, the environment, and entertainment. Visit tiaonline.org for more details.
TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and is a proud sponsor of ANSI’s Standards Boost Business campaign. Visit www.standardsboostbusiness.org for details.
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