Mr. Tracy has been working in connected care and innovation since 1993 and is currently consulting with select organizations. In previous roles with the University of Missouri and the Lehigh Valley Health Network he built a portfolio of telehealth programs providing services to patients of all ages, in settings ranging from emergency/critical care to primary care. Over time, these programs provided 1,000,000+ virtual encounters.
Joe currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC). His is also the past Co-Chair of the Pennsylvania Telehealth Advisory Committee; a past President of the Robert J. Waters Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law; and a past Chair of the American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) Institutional Council.
In 2013, Joe was one of three members of the Lehigh Valley Health Network to accept the American Nursing Credentialing Center’s Magnet Prize for “Telehealth Services.” In 2003, he accepted the ATA President’s Award on behalf of the Missouri Telehealth Network and in 2006 he accepted ATA’s Leadership Award for his individual contributions to the field of telehealth.
Mr. Tracy drafted the telehealth Medicare reimbursement language for the Southern Governors Association in 1999 and for U.S. Senate Bill 2505, which significantly improved Medicare reimbursement for telehealth in October 2001. Joe has also testified before Congress and the Federal Communications Commission on issues related to telehealth.
Joe is also the Editor of A Guide to Getting Started in Telemedicine, published by the federal Office for the Advancement of Telehealth.
