Telehealth groups urge DEA to issue plan on remote controlled substance prescriptions

Healthcare DIVE July 24, 2025
Emily Olsen

More than 200 organizations pressed the Drug Enforcement Administration to ensure a plan is in place by fall before flexibilities expire at the end of the year.

Dive Brief:

• More than 200 telehealth and provider organizations are asking the Trump administration to hammer out regulation governing telehealth prescriptions of controlled substances before pandemic-era flexibilities expire at the end of the year.
• In a letter sent to Terry Cole, the newly confirmed administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the groups urged the administration to ensure a plan is in place by fall so patients can continue to receive remote prescriptions of controlled substances.
• The Biden administration proposed a framework for telehealth prescriptions just before President Joe Biden left office...

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