Healthcare DIVE April 4, 2024
Advocacy groups, providers and virtual care companies said clinicians and pharmacies need time to comment on the rule and prepare for implementation.
Dive Brief:
- Telehealth groups are urging the Drug Enforcement Administration to speed up a proposed rule that would allow and regulate the prescription of controlled substances through virtual care.
- In a letter sent Tuesday to DEA Administrator Anne Milgram, more than 200 telehealth advocacy groups, providers and virtual care companies asked the agency to quickly release the regulation, as clinicians and pharmacies would need time to comment and prepare for implementation.
- In October, the DEA and the HHS temporarily extended pandemic-era prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances through this year. The agency said it would work to create...
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