The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced “proposed permanent rules for the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine, expanding patient access to critical therapies beyond the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Read MoreRemote patient monitoring is an innovative way that healthcare providers are using to treat chronic and acute conditions. With COVID-19 spurring faster adoption of telehealth and RPM, the subject of RPM involves the connection of digital tools that record healthcare data that is reviewed by an off-site provider.
Read MoreVia a recently released a press release describing how a group of bipartisan Senators including Joe Manchin (D-WV), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) have introduced the bipartisan Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act to make current telehealth flexibilities permanent.
Read MoreAccording to a Verizon press release, the company announced its new telehealth venture called BlueJeans Telehealth.
Read MoreLanton Law has been monitoring the state and federal policy developments with telehealth/telemedicine. We have noticed a newly introduced Congressional bill that is on point.
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