Telehealth Companies Lobby to Extend Pandemic-Era Rules

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Telehealth Companies Lobby to Extend Pandemic-Era Rules
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Health startups and medical associations are lobbying for permanent permission to prescribe controlled substances remotely

To maintain pandemic-era telehealth practices, more than 100 groups asked the Drug Enforcement Administration this month to create a registry of providers allowed to prescribe drugs online for conditions including opioid addiction. That would protect their operations when the Biden administration

, during which restrictions on telehealth have been relaxed. The emergency is set to extend into spring.

 

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