With Ryan Haight Telehealth Cliff In Sight, DEA To Move Quickly On Rule

The Drug Enforcement Administration will propose regulations shortly that allow telehealth providers to continue prescribing controlled substances after the COVID-19 public health ends, a DEA official told Inside TeleHealth Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 31). President Joe Biden’s decision to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency an additional month, until May 11, and the White House statement Tuesday night that telehealth patients would suddenly lose access to needed medications if the PHE ended immediately, had left telehealth lobbyists hopeful earlier in...