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May 11, 2023: The End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency’s DEA Telemedicine Exemption? “Not So Fast,” Say DEA and SAMHSA

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Today is indeed the official “end” of the COVID-19 pandemic Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration, and DEA, jointly with the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), have announced the issuance of a temporary rule extending the PHE telemedicine exemptions, as described below. 30,038 (May 10, 2023).

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Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

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The rule would permit a practitioner using a telemedicine encounter to prescribe controlled substances without an in-person visit under various situations involving both an audio-visual telehealth evaluation, or an in-person evaluation performed by a “referring” provider. Proposed practitioner recordkeeping obligations.