DEA Archives - Alliance for Connected Care

DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) RELEASES THIRD EXTENSION, ENSURING CERTAINTY AND ACCESS TO PATIENTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT Chris Adamec; cadamec@connectwithcare.org DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) RELEASES THIRD EXTENSION, ENSURING CERTAINTY AND ACCESS TO PATIENTS November 15, 2024 WASHINGTON DC – The Alliance for Connected Care applauds the third temporary extension of controlled substance prescribing via telemedicine rulemaking by the DEA. This one-year extension is an important step to [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-11-15T18:20:15-04:00November 15th, 2024|

Finally – Action on Prescribing Through Telehealth

Last week, we finally saw a proposed rule – “Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have not had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation” arrive at OMB. We expect that this proposed rule will avert the current end of telehealth prescribing flexibility on December 31, 2024. However, there remains significant risk [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-07-01T12:20:40-04:00June 17th, 2024|

Over 380 Clinicians Send Letter to DEA

Over 380 clinicians and practitioners signed a letter, requesting the DEA to issue a revised proposed rule to regulate the prescribing of controlled substances through telehealth as soon as possible to ensure adequate time for patients to continue existing care. To read a full copy of the stakeholder letter, please click here. [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-05-09T18:19:48-04:00May 9th, 2024|

Alliance Co-Leads Letter to DEA Urging Action on Telehealth Rule Crucial for Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stakeholders Send Letter to DEA Urging Action on Telehealth Rule Crucial for Mental Health, Substance Use Disorders WASHINGTON, DC, APRIL 2, 2024 – The Alliance for Connected Care, American Telemedicine Association, ATA Action, the Consumer Technology Association, and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, co-leading the effort, submitted a letter [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-04-12T17:00:23-04:00April 2nd, 2024|

Alliance Joins Statement to DEA on Geographic Red Flag in Telemedicine

The Alliance for Connected Care joined over 45 organizations in a statement to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), requesting explicit guidance to the pharmacy community that the geography of a prescriber in relation to the patient or the pharmacy should not be a "red flag" when a prescription is a result of a telehealth [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-07-01T12:24:19-04:00March 6th, 2024|

Alliance Highlights the Importance of a Special Registration to Allow Continuity of Care for Patients

The Alliance for Connected Care appreciated the opportunity to testify for the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) listening session on prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine on September 12, 2023. We appreciate the DEA’s quick response during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) to allow prescribing via telemedicine. This was also a hugely meaningful expansion of access [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-04-12T17:02:31-04:00September 12th, 2023|

Concerns Align on the DEA Telemedicine Rule

Over 35,000 Americans provided comments on the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) proposed rule, "Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation." In comment letters responding to the DEA's proposed rule, hundreds of key stakeholders highlighted the need for a special registration for telemedicine and [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-04-12T17:02:20-04:00April 7th, 2023|

(UPDATED) Mental Health Groups Call on DEA for Continued Access to Treatments Through Telehealth

The Alliance for Connected Care and other leading organizations called on the Biden Administration to make modifications to the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) proposed rule, Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation, to ensure more flexible prescribing limitations for providers when a controlled [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-07-01T12:35:23-04:00March 31st, 2023|

Alliance Submits Comments to the DEA Proposed Rule on Prescribing Controlled Substance via Telemedicine

The Alliance for Connected Care submitted comments in response to the request for information from the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) proposed rule, Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances When the Practitioner and the Patient Have Not Had a Prior In-Person Medical Evaluation. The Alliance highlights its concerns that the rule does not satisfy multiple congressional [...]

Alliance for Connected Care2024-04-12T17:02:12-04:00March 29th, 2023|

Alliance Joins Letter With Mental Health Groups Calling on DEA for Continued Access to Treatments Through Telehealth

Alliance for Connected Care2024-04-12T17:02:42-04:00March 28th, 2023|

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