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Telehealth groups urge DEA to release virtual e-prescribing rules

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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 a new proposed rule regulating the prescribing of controlled substances via telehealth.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. The planned expiration date for the existing Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 is December 31, 2024.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. The planned expiration date for the existing Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 is December 31, 2024.

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Hundreds of orgs ask Congress to extend telehealth waivers through 2024

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The stakeholders outlined several steps for Congress to chart a path forward with regard to virtual care: Authorizing the continuation of all current telehealth waivers through December 31, 2024, giving the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services the authority and flexibility to continue relaxing certain restrictions.