The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) appears to be leaning toward releasing a rule that would put strict limits on telehealth prescribing. However, telehealth advocates maintain that the strictness of the yet-to-be-released rule effectively makes prescribing controlled substances via telehealth impossible. If finalized, the rule that the DEA is considering would severely limit the ability of […]
The arrests of Done Global executives could not have come at a worse time for the industry. Granted, there is never a good time for such an event. It just so happens that, right now, the arrests of executives of the heavily scrutinized digital ADHD treatment provider could play heavily in how several unresolved industry […]
The Drug Enforcement Administration is preparing to release its final rule for telehealth and controlled substances. On Thursday, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) received the final rule from the DEA. The OMB oversees the coordination and review of major executive branch actions. It’s the final stop before the final rules are […]
The federal government will extend COVID-era telehealth flexibilities until December 2024, dramatically extending the runway for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to establish new rules for using telehealth and controlled substances. The DEA and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a new temporary rule on Oct. 6 after conducting two days of listening […]
Key Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) leaders said little last week during the roughly 11 hours of live presentations heard over two days of listening sessions regarding the future of telehealth and prescribing controlled substances. What they did say, however, helps clarify what is top of mind for the DEA as the agency considers re-approaching how […]
November is fast approaching, and with it comes the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposed rule on telehealth and controlled substance prescribing. After a six-month delay, the federal law enforcement and regulatory body will release regulations that will shape the future of telehealth within behavioral health in the post-COVID era. It also has the potential to […]
Several behavioral health executives shared their thoughts on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) proposed rules for controlled substances and telehealth on Tuesday, with most going to bat for virtual-prescribing practices in front of agency officials. Tuesday brought the first of two listening sessions to discuss what potential post-COVID regulations for telehealth prescribing could and should […]
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has openly signaled a reversal in its stance towards a long-mandated special registration process that would allow telehealth prescribing of certain controlled substances. In a newly published meeting notice, the DEA says the voluminous and negative feedback on its proposed rule for post-public health emergency telehealth regulations inspired its new […]
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a temporary rule extending COVID-era telehealth flexibilities from the end of the public health emergency (PHE) on May 11 to Nov. 11, 2023. The extension allows clinicians prescribing controlled substances over telehealth to continue to do so for another six months. Patients that initiate care on or before Nov. […]
The Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed that it will extend COVID-era telehealth flexibilities. On Wednesday, the agency said it needs additional time to work through the mountain of comments it received on two rules that would claw back telehealth and controlled substance prescribing flexibilities. “We take those comments seriously and are considering them carefully,” DEA Administrator […]
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