There are many benefits to utilizing telemedicine services, including increased patient access, enhanced reach of healthcare services, improved continuity of care and case management, higher patient satisfaction, and reduced patient risk of contracting communicable infectious diseases (because...
During the period dubbed “The Great Resignation,” millions of U.S. workers quit their jobs, including more than 145,000 healthcare professionals, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare.
Despite the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration this week, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced a six-month extension of the temporary rule that allowed physicians to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine without an in-person evaluation...
CMS is ending a requirement that all hospital providers and suppliers be vaccinated against COVID-19 as of the end of the public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, according to new guidance issued on May 1 in the Quality, Safety & Oversight (QS) Group memo to CMS state agencies, “...
Telehealth and digital health advocates aren’t pleased with the US Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposed rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine after the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced proposed permanent rules that are aimed at preventing online overprescribing of controlled substances by requiring in-person visits with physicians for some medications.
