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SAMHSA Pushes Final Regulations on Buprenorphine and Methadone Telehealth Access for OTPs

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In a significant stride toward expanding access to addiction treatment services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published, on January 31, its Final Rule allowing telehealth access to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tele-Prescribing Flexibilities Extended Again in Second Temporary Rule

This month, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), issued a Second Temporary Rule further extending the telemedicine waivers...more

McDermott Will & Emery

DEA Further Extends Flexibilities for Controlled-Substance Prescribing via Telemedicine

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The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have further extended flexibilities that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances...more

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DEA Reverses Course and Extends Telehealth Prescriptions of Controlled Substances

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Reversing previously proposed rules, the DEA recently issued new guidance allowing the continued use of telehealth when prescribing controlled substances following the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency (“PHE”)....more

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DEA Publishes Temporary Rule on the Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Substances

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Since the declaration of the public health emergency due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registered practitioners have been able to prescribe controlled substances, without a prior in-person...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DEA and SAMHSA Extend Tele-Prescribing Flexibilities

This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), issued a temporary rule extending the telemedicine waivers of the Ryan...more

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DEA Temporary Rule Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities Through November 2023 and Grants Additional One-Year Grace Period

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Two days ahead of the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the  Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a temporary rule extending...more

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Telehealth Update: DEA Issues Temporary Rule on Prescribing Controlled Substances via Telehealth as the Public Health Emergency...

As we previously covered, in March 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced a proposed rule on prescribing controlled substances via telehealth, aimed at addressing the “telehealth cliff” that was expected to occur...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

DEA Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing Controlled Medications

On May 9th, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended the telemedicine flexibilities that allowed the remote prescribing of controlled...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Teleprescribing of Controlled Substances Temporarily Extended Beyond PHE – What’s Next?

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The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are extending telehealth flexibilities that allow providers to prescribe controlled substances. While the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

DEA Releases Proposed Rules Regarding Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances

The Big Picture - On February 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued two proposed rules that address the prescribing of controlled...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Telehealth and SUD: Lessons From the Pandemic

Editor’s Note: The COVID-19 pandemic drove significant expansion in state and federal telehealth policies, playing a critical role in ensuring access to substance use disorder (SUD) services, even during quarantine. ...more

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Coronavirus: Relief for Behavioral Health Providers in Agency Waivers, Guidance

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As federal agencies scramble to provide regulatory relief from the fall-out of the coronavirus pandemic taking hold in the United States, several waivers and bulletins provide guidance specifically applicable to substance use...more

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