MedCity News July 25, 2025
The Alliance for Connected Care, the American Telemedicine Association and numerous other organizations sent a letter to the DEA urging action to safeguard remote prescribing of controlled substances.
Following the Senate’s recent confirmation of Terry Cole as administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), more than 200 organizations have sent a letter urging him to take action to preserve access to the remote prescribing of controlled substances.
The organizations include the Alliance for Connected Care, the American Telemedicine Association, the American Psychiatric Association, Amazon, Bicycle Health, Teladoc and more.
Flexibilities that allowed for the prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth were put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic to expand access to care. After being extended several times, the flexibilities...
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