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Telemedicine prescribing flexibilities extended through 2025

Thursday, December 5, 2024   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Leigh Stehlik
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)  that temporarily extends pandemic-era telemedicine prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances through December 31, 2025. The rule marks the  of these flexibilities, which authorize a practitioner to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine, even when the practitioner has not conducted an in-person patient evaluation.