Hill October 15, 2024
Joseph Choi

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate are calling for COVID-era flexibilities on telemedicine services to be extended to ensure access to “necessary and life-saving treatments,” and are speaking out against a proposed rule reportedly being advanced by the DEA that would limit telemedicine prescribing.

Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) led a group of 11 senators in a letter addressed to President Biden, objecting to a reported draft proposed rule from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to limit telemedicine prescribing.

The proposed rule would reportedly require that no more than half of a prescriber’s prescriptions be given through telemedicine. The rule would also reportedly make prescribing...

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Topics: Congress / White House, Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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