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The telehealth boom has made one thing clear: The era of health care provided exclusively within the confines of a clinic or hospital is over.

In the hopes of making the shift to virtual care more permanent, Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm Sirona Strategies formed a coalition earlier this month called Moving Health Home. The organization’s 10 members include virtual-first care company Amazon Care, hospital chains Ascension and Intermountain Health, and risk-based senior care group Landmark Health. Together, they plan to advocate for a suite of policy changes that would widen access to at-home care — and allow providers to be reimbursed more readily for those services.

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Sirona, whose role in the coalition was previously unreported, primarily lobbies federal health agencies and has also worked with health care companies including Aledade and Magellan Health. The firm recently convened the 10 members of Moving Health Home and will lead the group’s work on the hill, Nick Loporcaro, chief executive officer of founding coalition member Landmark Health, told STAT.

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