Stakeholders To DEA: Allow Telehealth Prescribing For Mental Health Treatment

More than 70 telehealth stakeholders are asking the Drug Enforcement Administration to modify its plan to reinstate in-person requirements for the prescribing of most controlled substances, saying a more flexible approach that would allow telehealth prescribing using a special registration process is needed when controlled substances are prescribed as part of a mental health treatment plan. The stakeholders’ push comes HHS releases new data linking Medicare telehealth treatment of opioid use disorder to a reduced risk of fatal overdoses and...