Telehealth Prescribing Flexibility Ensures a Positive Future for Patients
As the end of 2024 approaches, numerous healthcare organizations are urging Congress and the White House to extend telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances. These flexibilities,…
With just four months to go until the scheduled expiration of Drug Enforcement Administration flexibilities on virtual prescribing of controlled substances, a long list of hundreds of healthcare stakeholders is calling on Congress and…
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What You Should Know:
– Over 330 stakeholder organizations have joined forces to call on Congress and the White House to intervene and ensure ongoing access to remote prescribing of controlled substances.
– Led by the…
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From Jaded CMIO: “Re your recent comments about the Medication Access and Training Expansion Act (MATE) and its 8-hour DEA education requirement being a time waster. I’m in the same boat – I don’t…
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What You Should Know:
1. ECP, a leading software provider for senior living and long-term care communities, launched AI tools to enhance medication safety and clinical outcomes.
2. ECP links 7,500+ communities to 500+ pharmacies, facilitating…
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In an April 2 letter, a group of over 200 stakeholders urged the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release a revised proposed rule that would “permit and regulate the prescribing of controlled substances through…
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With current pandemic-era flexibilities for telemedicine set to expire at the end of 2024, several telehealth groups and major health systems are calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to work faster in crafting…
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By Anuja Vaidya
March 06, 2024 – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California has sentenced a former physician to 37 months in federal prison for illegally prescribing medications, including opioid-based drugs,…
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Two bills in U.S. Congress this year are expected to boost e-prescriptions. This article explains the complexities that makes it so hard to implement electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), summarizes the intended impacts…
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A district attorney in New York charges a 21 year-old Florida man with stealing the prescribing credentials of hundreds of doctors, which he used to fill and sell tens of thousands of prescriptions…
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