HIMSSCast: The advocacy plans of the newly combined ATA Action and DTA
On March 31, the American Telemedicine Association’s ATA Action announced it had acquired the Digital Therapeutics Alliance. Together they represent a significant force in helping shape the future of telehealth and digital health.
On this week’s HIMSSCast, two of the ATA’s executives dive into their priorities moving forward as one organization.
Kyle Zebley is executive director of ATA Action and senior vice president, public policy, at the ATA. Andy Molnar is head of digital health at ATA Action and senior vice president of industry affairs at the ATA. Molnar formerly was CEO of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance.
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Talking points:
- Ensuring the permanence of pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities remains a top priority
- Why this is particularly true for Medicare, where ATA is advocating to eliminate outdated geographic restrictions, maintain provider eligibility expansions, and secure long-term access to virtual care
- The launch of the ATA Action Advancing Digital Health Coalition
- How the coalition will build upon the work of the DTA, ensuring continued advocacy for innovative technologies that transform patient care
- Advancing state and federal policy frameworks to establish telehealth and digital therapeutics as essential components of the U.S. healthcare system
- Continuing the momentum for digital therapeutics
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