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News from the Consumer Technology Association and Withings Further Demonstrates Private Sector’s Role in the Pandemic and Public Health

Health Populi

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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The Wait is Over. Or Is It? DEA’s Proposed Rules Around Telemedicine Prescribing: Initial Impressions and Key Takeaways

Health Law Advisor

The proposed rules are more restrictive than the DEA emergency waivers under which providers conducted telemedicine prescribing for the last three years, but are less restrictive in comparison to the pre-PHE regulations applicable to telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances under the federal Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”).

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Recent Developments in Telehealth Enforcement

Healthcare Law Blog

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) led to a rapid expansion in the utilization of telehealth. In July 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issue a Special Fraud Alert alerting practitioners to exercise caution when entering into arrangements with telemedicine companies.

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States and Feds Signal Big Changes to Telehealth Prescribing

Health Law Advisor

In the era of abortion regulation and the wind-down of the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”), new legislation in states such as Utah may be a sign of what is to come for online and telehealth prescribing. Additional, but narrower and less common scenarios also qualify as the “practice of telemedicine” as defined in 21 U.S.C. §

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Trust Is a Key Social Currency for COVID-Embattled Consumers

Health Populi

Combine these new life-flows with conflicting information about the nature, severity, and life-span of COVID-19: From three levels of government leaders: The President and the Executive Branch at the Federal Level, Governors of States, and Mayors of cities; Public health agencies, especially the U.S.

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Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off

Healthcare IT Today

Calling the Cops Health care advocates and reformers can show off plenty of war stories and wounds just from dealing with regulations and bureaucracies in health care. State governments are also roped in thanks to their Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). ” I can understand the recalcitrance of the DEA.

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Infrastructure Funding Will Improve Broadband Access for Telehealth & Combat Opioid Epidemic

HIT Consultant

However, as a board-certified physician in addiction medicine and chief medical officer of a nationwide addiction medicine practice, waiting on government funding was not an option as we treated patients struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID pandemic.