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Home testing kit vendor LetsGetChecked will acquire pharmacy fulfillment company Truepill in a deal worth $525 million.
The acquisition involves just $25 million in cash for Truepill, which was once valued at nearly…
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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 6/27/24 – HIStalk
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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200 Stakeholders Push DEA for Updated Proposed Rule on Virtual Prescribing of Controlled Substances – MedCity News
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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Telehealth groups urge DEA to release virtual e-prescribing rules
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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Former Doc Receives Prison Sentence for Telehealth Prescribing Scheme
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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Telehealth Advocates: HHS Has Done Its Bit on Expanding OUD Treatment; DEA Needs to Step Up – MedCity News
This month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) took steps to expand access to opioid use disorder treatment through its new…
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Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off | Healthcare IT Today
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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Drug Diversion Monitoring: Energy High around AI
Over the last several years, the opioid crisis has become a household discussion as government agencies have increased efforts to build awareness of and prevent further deaths from controlled substance abuse. As part of…
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Why Boulder Care’s CEO Is Hopeful About the Future of Substance Use Disorder Treatment – MedCity News
When the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released its proposed rule that would remove some of the Covid-19 telehealth flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled substances, it caused an uproar from telehealth companies and advocates….
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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Expand OUD Medication Access via Telehealth
By Anuja Vaidya
November 06, 2023 – A bipartisan group of four senators reintroduced legislation that would eliminate barriers to the virtual prescription of medication for opioid use disorder (OUD).
Called the Telehealth Response for E-prescribing Addiction…
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