The final rule, which allows registered clinicians to prescribe up to an initial six-month supply of the drug used to treat ...

All the rules were affected by the regulatory freeze, which is a standard procedure for new presidential administrations. The freeze stopped rulemaking in its tracks until mid February. The ...

A proposed rule by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) could impede timely access to medications for patients, ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced that the effective date ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that restricting telehealth prescriptions for opioid use disorder could keep ...

Summaries of each appear below. DEA Further Extends Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities Through 2025 Telehealth flexibilities for the prescription of controlled substances have been extended for ...

Acting Administrator Derek MaltzDrug Enforcement AdministrationATTN: DEA Federal Register Representative8701 Morrissette Dr.Springfield, VA 22152Re: Docket No. DEA-407 Special Registrationsfor Telemed ...

The DEA also announced three new rules on Jan. 16, 2025, that made some temporary telemedicine flexibilities permanent. These provisions allow patients access to medication such as buprenorphine ...

It wasn’t too long ago when buprenorphine prescribers had their hands tied, with regulations like the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008, a previous DEA-enforced statute that ...

Telehealth is a necessary avenue to solve accessibility barriers, however, it comes with its own challenges. Patient safety and preventing the diversion of medications into the illicit drug market are ...

Amidst the nation’s fentanyl crisis, the federal exemptions made special allowances for buprenorphine, specifically allowing its prescribing via audio-only encounters in addition to audio-visual ones.

Waivers allowing providers to remotely prescribe controlled medications via telemedicine run through Dec. 31, 2025, which would give DEA time to alter the rules and not have an effect on these ...