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Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 207: Long COVID Research & Treatments with Dr. Kashyap...

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This episode, we welcome back one of our favorite guests, Dr. Kashyap Patel, a renowned practicing physician, author, and healthcare thought leader. Dr. Patel has been dedicating much of his attention to analyzing long COVID...more

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Exploring the Virtual Care Policy Landscape One Year Post-PHE

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May 11, 2024, marked one year since the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and not much has changed in Medicare telehealth policy. We are still operating under temporary waivers and flexibilities and, as a...more

Burr & Forman

Proposed Revisions to Title II of the ADA Impacting Healthcare Facilities

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The Department of Justice recently published a notice of proposed rulemaking applicable to healthcare entities covered under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act that relates to accessibility to medical diagnostic...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 189: Student Mental Health with Dr. Stephanie Irby...

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Heather and Lauren welcome Dr. Stephanie Irby Coard, a UNC Professor and researcher, to discuss the ever growing issue of mental health for college students. Dr. Coard shares what she is currently seeing in the mindset of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Expanding Access to Telehealth for Medication Abortion Care in a Constrained Policy Environment

Abstract Issue: As states continue to enact new restrictions on abortion since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, access to critical reproductive health and abortion care...more

Epstein Becker & Green

SAMHSA Final Rule Regarding OTPs Expands Access, Increases Flexibility for Patients

On February 1, 2024, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a final rule revising 42 CFR Part 8, which regulates opioid treatment programs (OTPs). The final rule is the first update to...more

Dentons

Ep. 4 - Ozempic, Wegovy, and the New Compliance Risks for Providers

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Diabetes and obesity drugs have skyrocketed in popularity as of late. According to a report released by Trilliant Health in September 2023, healthcare providers in the United States wrote more than 9 million prescriptions for...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 179: Obesity Effects on the Workforce & Economy with Tim...

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Recorded at SCBIO’s 2024 annual meeting, hosts Heather and Lauren welcome healthcare economist and GlobalData Director Tim Dall, who has studied the economic burden of chronic disease for over 25 years. The group discusses...more

Burr & Forman

Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities for Controlled Substances Extended Through End of 2024

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The rule allowing for providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth, set to expire for new patient-provider relationships on November 11, has been extended through the end of 2024....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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Care and Innovation: Why Not Better and Cheaper?

Editor’s Note: In their new book, Why Not Better and Cheaper?, James Rebitzer and Robert Rebitzer explore innovation in health care—and why it matters to patients and society. Briefly excerpted below, the book brings together...more

Dickinson Wright

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

Robinson & Cole LLP

Health Law Diagnosis - DEA Extends Pandemic Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities For Up To 18 Months

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On May 9, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a temporary rule that extends pandemic-era flexibilities allowing prescribing of controlled substances based on a telehealth relationship, after receiving in...more

Polsinelli

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

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

DEA Extends Pandemic Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities For Up To 18 Months

On May 9, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a temporary rule that extends pandemic-era flexibilities allowing prescribing of controlled substances based on a telehealth relationship, after receiving in...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

A Complex Regulatory Landscape Emerges for Telemedicine

Every year, Rock Health surveys the digital health landscape, noting the changing trends related to adoption by providers, patients and payers of these innovative new technologies....more

Quarles & Brady LLP

FDA REMS Protocol Modification Provides a Pathway for Pharmacies to Dispense Mifepristone

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On January 3, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) modified its risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program (“Mifepristone REMS Program”) to provide a process for pharmacies to become certified to...more

Maynard Nexsen

Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 116: Michael Carlin, Manager, Engage HCP by TrialCard

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On episode 116, Matthew and Amanda chat with Michael Carlin of TrialCard, a life sciences company that provides digital solutions to pharmaceutical companies, connecting them to health care providers and patients while also...more

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Psychedelics and Mental Health Therapy in Colorado: DORA and Potential Regulatory Response

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Recent psilocybin studies have generated significant interest due to the unparalleled positive results for individuals suffering from major depressive disorders and substance abuse disorders. In an era where once-illicit...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead: Delivering Breakthrough Treatments Affordably - September 15th, 1:00...

Scientific advances in understanding how to manipulate genes to alter the course of disease are now starting to bear fruit. Cell and gene therapies will bring hope to those with conditions once thought to be incurable or...more

Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group

Women Leaders in Digital Health See Rapid Growth and Increased Access Fueled by Pandemic

Recently, my fellow corporate partner Allison Cooper moderated a webinar, “A Conversation with the Women Building Digital Health’s Future,” during which she had the privilege of interviewing three amazing women CEOs of...more

Morgan Lewis

Telehealth in the United Kingdom: Considerations for Providers

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With telehealth surging around the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK National Health Services has released guidance that provides a set of good practice principles for third-party partners to follow....more

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Top Takeaways from Crain’s Hospital CEO Webinar “Health Care Beyond the Hospital”

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On December 10, 2020, Crain’s Chicago Business held a virtual Hospital CEO Webinar entitled “Health Care Beyond the Hospital.” The event, which focused on the future of health care delivery in light of COVID-19, was moderated...more

Morgan Lewis

Overview of China’s Internet-Based Medicine

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The Chinese government has been actively promoting internet-based medicine in mainland China since 2014. On July 17, 2018, the National Health Committee (NHC) and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine...more

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