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Investing in Modern and Advanced Treatment Devices to Help Treatment-Resistant Patient Populations

HIT Consultant

Intravenous (IV) ketamine and intranasal esketamine also have demonstrated efficacy for TRD, but there is not yet sufficient evidence for maintenance treatments, they require anesthesia or nurse monitoring, and patients cannot drive home right after a treatment. Ten years later, Mark S. George, M.D.

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States and Feds Signal Big Changes to Telehealth Prescribing

Health Law Advisor

1] Originally enacted in 2010, the Online Prescribing Act has allowed health care providers to register with the State to prescribe and dispense certain FDA-approved drugs via online pharmacies and utilization of telehealth visits. Utah Code § 58-83-306. 18 U.S.C. §

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Losing Control of Controlled Substances? The Case of Telehealth Prescriptions 

Bill of Health

Additionally, during the Public Health Emergency, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) waived the Ryan-Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 , which requires at least one in-person visit prior to the prescription of controlled substances.

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PMA Preemption Decision Slides to the Bottom of the “Parallel Claim” Slippery Slope

Drug & Device Law

Back in 2008, the United States Supreme Court held, in Riegel v. 312 (2008), that essentially all product liability claims against manufacturers of FDA pre-market approved (“PMA”) medical devices were preempted. E.g. , Kindred Nursing Centers Ltd. Medtronic, Inc. , Partnership v. Clark , 581 U.S. Ginsberg , 572 U.S.

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