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DEA Temporarily Extends COVID-19 Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescriptions via Telemedicine While Evaluating Permanent...

Executive Summary - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a temporary rule (Temporary Rule), effective 11 May 2023, extending flexibilities regarding the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine that...more

COVID-19: State Law Telehealth Considerations: State Licensure Requirements Persist, Permissible TeleHealth Modalities Generally...

As the explosion of telemedicine continues during and, as many expect, after the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), state laws and regulations that affect the delivery of telemedicine services continue to expand and...more

COVID-19: State Law Telehealth Update: State Licensure Requirements Persist, Permissible Telehealth Modalities Generally Expand,...

As the explosion of telemedicine continues during and, as many expect, after the COVID-19 public health emergency, state laws and regulations that affect the delivery of telemedicine services continue to expand and contract....more

Bipartisan CONNECT for Health Act of 2021 Seeks to Permanently Expand Telehealth Reimbursement

On 29 April 2021, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021, S. 1512 (the Act). The bill, which currently has 59...more

Information Blocking Considerations for Providers Under the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule

In this week’s episode, Gina Bertolini discusses two important aspects of the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule that directly relate to health care providers, and how those aspects of the Final Rule will...more

The Practitioner's Guide to SAMHSA's 2020 Final Part 2 Rules - More Changes on the Horizon

As we previously reported, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) overhauled 42 U.S.C. §290dd–2, commonly referred to as “part 2.” Part 2 regulates the confidentiality of substance use disorder...more

COVID-19: K&L Gates Triage: Telehealth Expansions During the COVID-19 Emergency - What Providers Need to Know

In this week’s episode, Gina Bertolini, Lindsey Rogers-Seitz and Leah Richardson discuss a number of efforts undertaken by Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in recent weeks to expand the...more

What Comes Next for Part 2? The CARES Act’s Surprising Overhaul of the Controversial Law Protecting the Confidentiality of...

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), [1] signed into law March 27, 2020, significantly overhauls the federal law that governs the confidentiality of substance use disorder (“SUD”) records at...more

COVID-19: Protecting Critical Health Resources to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19: President Trump’s Executive Order Gives HHS...

On Wednesday, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“E.O.”) granting broad control to U.S. Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Secretary Alex Azar over the production and distribution of health resources needed to prevent...more

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