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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Ensuring Long-Term Equitable Access to Telehealth in New York State - Opportunities and Challenges

Executive Summary - Telehealth utilization spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitated by state and federal policy change implemented in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration. Utilization...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Ensuring Long-Term Equitable Access to Telehealth in New York State, Opportunities and Challenges

Support for this work was provided by the New York Health Foundation (NYHealth). NYHealth’s mission is to improve the health of all New Yorkers, especially people of color and others who have been historically marginalized....more

McDermott Will & Emery

Pending California Law Undermines Growth of Digital Health Companies and Patient Access to Virtual Care

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In California, pending Assembly Bill 3129 (the Act) could severely limit the ability of digital health companies to grow and operate in the state by prohibiting arrangements between physician, psychiatric, and dental...more

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Exploring the Virtual Care Policy Landscape One Year Post-PHE

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May 11, 2024, marked one year since the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and not much has changed in Medicare telehealth policy. We are still operating under temporary waivers and flexibilities and, as a...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Expanding Access to Telehealth for Medication Abortion Care in a Constrained Policy Environment

Abstract Issue: As states continue to enact new restrictions on abortion since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, access to critical reproductive health and abortion care...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19

Florida passed S.B. 7016, which: Expands the telehealth minority maternity care program from a pilot to a statewide program....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Fact Sheet: Policy Opportunities to Expand Equitable Access to Telehealth across New York State

Background - Telehealth utilization spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitated by state and federal policy change through the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration. Use has tapered off from the height...more

Epstein Becker & Green

SAMHSA Final Rule Regarding OTPs Expands Access, Increases Flexibility for Patients

On February 1, 2024, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a final rule revising 42 CFR Part 8, which regulates opioid treatment programs (OTPs). The final rule is the first update to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Trending in Telehealth: February 12 – February 26, 2024

Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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New SAMHSA Rule Expands Access to Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

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On February 2nd, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule expanding patient access to medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder (“OUD”). This new final rule implements changes...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Telehealth’s Roadblock: The Issue with State Licensure Requirements

Use of telehealth services has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic; however, this increase in use does not come without limitations. Telehealth providers are subject to regulations, which differ by state, that govern various...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Trending in Telehealth: January 4 – 15, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

State telehealth policy trends 2023 year in review

Background Three years following the onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), states across the United States continue to enact permanent changes to telehealth laws that impact how physicians and other health care...more

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Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities for Controlled Substances Extended Through End of 2024

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The rule allowing for providers to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth, set to expire for new patient-provider relationships on November 11, has been extended through the end of 2024....more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

DEA Further Extends COVID-19 Telemedicine Prescribing Flexibilities through December 31, 2024

On October 10, 2023, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued another extension (Second Temporary Rule) of its pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities “in light of the need to further evaluate the best course of...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Dr. Jack of All Trades? OCR’s New Telehealth Guidance Suggests High Expectations on Providers

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On October 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), which is tasked with enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), issued two new...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Tele-Prescribing Flexibilities Extended Again in Second Temporary Rule

This month, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), issued a Second Temporary Rule further extending the telemedicine waivers...more

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DEA Issues Second Temporary Rule Extending Controlled Substance Prescribing Flexibilities Through December 2024

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On October 6, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Second Temporary Rule, further extending the ability to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Executive Summary: Tracking Telehealth Changes State-by-State in Response to COVID-19 - October 2023

S. 2880: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the scope of practitioners eligible for payment for telehealth services under the Medicare program, and for other purposes....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

DEA Announces Public Listening Sessions on Telemedicine Prescribing

In response to the large number of public comments received to its recent proposed telemedicine rules, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is holding public listening sessions to consider a special registration for...more

Nossaman LLP

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Has Ended. Now What for Managed Care Plans?

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May 11, 2023 marked a milestone in the pandemic response with the expiration of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). The expiration of the PHE marks an end to the wide-reaching efforts undertaken by the federal...more

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DEA Releases Updated Practitioner’s Manual for Registrants Handling Controlled Substances

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On June 14, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released an updated Practitioner’s Manual, the first new version of the manual since 2006. The Practitioner’s Manual provides guidance for all DEA registrants handling...more

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DEA Reverses Course and Extends Telehealth Prescriptions of Controlled Substances

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Reversing previously proposed rules, the DEA recently issued new guidance allowing the continued use of telehealth when prescribing controlled substances following the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency (“PHE”)....more

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Health Law Diagnosis - DEA Extends Pandemic Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities For Up To 18 Months

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On May 9, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a temporary rule that extends pandemic-era flexibilities allowing prescribing of controlled substances based on a telehealth relationship, after receiving in...more

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DEA Temporary Rule Extends Telemedicine Flexibilities Through November 2023 and Grants Additional One-Year Grace Period

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Two days ahead of the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the  Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a temporary rule extending...more

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