As providers become more comfortable with delivering care via telemedicine, telehealth, and digital health technologies, some are exploring services beyond low acuity consults. One area of opportunity ...

For the third time, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services has extended telemedicine flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled medications and ...

Practitioners who want to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth to patients in Florida must meet the requirements of both federal and state law. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration ...

The third temporary extension, which prolongs the pandemic-era flexibilities through the end of 2025, is a relief for telehealth groups who had raised concerns about access to medications. During the ...

The long-awaited proposal for a special registration would help providers with virtual treatment programs for addiction and behavioral health concerns. Critics, however, say the proposed rule isn't ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will extend pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibilities for one year, through Dec. 31, 2025, according to an unpublished rule that hit the Federal ...

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More than seven years have passed since Michigan legislation aimed at combating the state’s opioid crisis took effect. Although subsequent guidance by state and federal agencies have provided some ...

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The United States is currently in the grip of an opioid epidemic that claims 115 lives a day. The rate of prescription abuse has skyrocketed as prescription rates have increased. Practitioners ...

On October 19, a U.S. judge approved a consent decree with a former Maryland dentist prohibiting him from prescribing controlled substances, according to a press release dated October 19 from the U.S.