NY Hep C Telemedicine Workgroup – Meeting Notes
Thursday January 21, 2021 (10 – 11 AM) via Webinar
In attendance at this meeting: See below notes
Next Meeting: Thursday, March 18 – 10:00AM
Workgroup Chair: Andrew Talal, MD, University at Buffalo, ahtalal@buffalo.edu
Overview of Council on Addiction Recovery Services (CAReS) and the Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Substance Use Disorder Service Delivery
Michael Prutsman, Executive Director of CAReS – mprutsman@councilonaddiction.org
- See presentation here
- Upstate substance use treatment provider, providing inpatient and outpatient services, some services via telehealth. Provides HCV testing, is interested in providing linkage to HCV treatment services via telehealth or in-person.
- Mount Sinai Reach, REACH and START shared HCV telemedicine treatment implementation program development. Group would like to expand these models.
Policy Updates
Katy Cook, Telehealth Project Manager at Adirondack Health Institute – kcook@ahihealth.org
- Governor Cuomo’s proposed comprehensive telehealth reform looks to permit:
- telephonic delivery of care
- interstate licensure
- allowing certain unlicensed staff to deliver substance use disorder services via telehealth
- eliminating obsolete location requirements
- expanding reimbursement for patient monitoring
- requiring telehealth in commercial insurance
- expanding covered telehealth providers
- integrating telehealth into Statewide Health Information Network for New York
- expanding access to mental health and addiction services
- NYS Telemedicine Training Portal
Project Updates
Pruthvi Patel, MD, Mount Sinai – patel@mountsinai.org
- HCV Telemedicine Implementation during COVID-19 Study
- Survey ready to be sent out to NYS providers
- Letter to NYS Medicaid, OASAS and Governor promoting increased access to HCV treatment in substance use programs
- Received response from OASAS of general support
- Hepatitis B and C Telemedicine Treatment Referral Guide Development
- NYC Health Department will develop a brief survey to populate
- NYS DOH Provider Directory planning to add HCV Telemedicine Services indicator, can encourage providers to update their listing
Telemedicine Resources
- Hep Free NYC Telehealth Resources
- Hep C_Telemedicine Implementation Guide for Substance Use Treatment Programs 2020
- NYS DOH Provider Directory
- NYS Telemedicine Training Portal
Attendance
- Alvin Chu, MA, MPH, START Treatment and Recovery Centers, achu@startny.org
- Andrew Reynolds, areynoldshcv@gmail.com
- Andrew Talal, MD, SUNY Research Foundation, ahtalal@buffalo.edu
- Angelica Ramirez, Mount Sinai, angelica.ramirez@mountsinai.org
- Arpan Dharia, SUNY, adharia@buffalo.edu
- Arslan Mohamed, NYCDOHMH, amohamed1@health.nyc.gov
- Carmelita Cruz, OASAS, carmelita.cruz@oasas.ny.gov
- Clotide Monguya, African Hope Committee, monguyamd@gmail.com
- Colleen Flanigan, RN, NYS DOH, colleen.flanigan@health.ny.gov
- Dan Shappee, AbbVie, Daniel.shappee@abbvie.com
- Deborah Brown, Bureau of Hepatitis Health Care, NYSDOH, AIDS Institute, deborah.brown@health.ny.gov
- Frank Winter, CMS, frank.winter@cms.hhs.gov
- Heather Anderson, Gilead Science, heather.anderson2@gilead.com
- Jeff Weiss, REACH, jeffrey.weiss@mountsinai.org
- Jessie Schwartz, NYCDOHMH, jschwartz2@health.nyc.gov
- Joy Cambe, Empire Liver Foundation, joycambe@empireliverfoundation.org
- Julia Hunter, julia.hunter@nyuhs.org
- Justine Waldman, Reach Medical, jwaldman@reachmed.org
- Kathleen Davis, University of Rochester Medical Center, Kathleen_davis@urmc.rochester.edu
- Katy Cook, AHI, kcook@ahihealth.org
- Lia Alleyne, NYCDOHMH, lalleyne@health.nyc.gov
- Marc Badura, SUNY, mbadura@buffalo.edu
- Marie Hardy, Mount Sinai, marie.hardy@mountsinai.org
- Mavis Bailey, START Treatment and Recovery Centers, mbailey@startny.org
- Meg Chappell, MPH, Empire Liver Foundation, megchapell@empireliverfoundation.org
- Michael Prutsman, Council on Addiction Recovery Services, mprustman@councilonaddiction.org
- Nadine Kela-Murphy, MPH, NYC DOHMH, nkelamurphy@health.nyc.gov
- Nirah Johnson, LCSW, NYC DOHMH, njohnso2@health.nyc.gov
- Pat Lincourt, NYS OASAS, pat.lincourt@oasas.ny.gov
- Pruthvi Patel, Empire Liver Foundation, pruthvi.patel@mountsinai.org
- Sandeep Krishnan, MedTech, sandeep.krishnan@medtecintl.com
Last Updated on February 19, 2025 by HepFree NYC