After years of waiting, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Friday rolled out a new proposal to better formalize controlled substance prescriptions via telehealth. However, the proposal is not the long-awaited registration process Congress mandated for addiction treatment. If finalized, DEA’s proposed plan also moves some aspects of telehealth prescribing back to a pre-public health […]
Forty-five state attorneys general have signed a letter asking the federal government to preserve COVID-era regulations for virtual addiction treatment. The letter, which was organized by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), was sent to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The letter specifically calls on […]
The virtual ADHD medication management company Done Global Inc., branded as Done., is reportedly under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Diversion Control Division. DEA diversion control division agents have also made similar inquiries to Cerebral Inc., a virtual mental health company that promised speedy access to mental health prescribers, according to a Wall Street […]
Facility-based behavioral health operators may be better positioned to cope with changing telehealth regulations than their virtual-only peers. That’s because facility operators who use telehealth have the required building blocks to apply in-person treatment or telehealth as needs arise. In contrast, virtual-only companies must find other ways to partner or integrate with facility operators, according […]
The scrutiny around mental health startup Cerebral Inc. following the company’s meteoric rise and subsequent criticism has generated new challenges for the company. A House committee has launched a review of how the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has enforced the Ryan Haight Act, which dictates how controlled substances are allowed to be prescribed via telehealth. […]
Boston-based Bicycle Health has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round. The virtual medication-assisted treatment (MAT) provider for opioid use disorder (OUD) appears to continue to have significant traction with investors. About a year ago, Bicycle Health raised a $27 million Series A funding round. In total, the company has raised $83 million, […]
Some leaders in the virtual medication-assisted treatment (MAT) space see the opportune regulatory environment of the moment continuing post-COVID. However, virtual MAT providers were disappointed in the past by a regulatory flub at the federal level that could have secured them key flexibilities, leaving them to at least think about what might happen if current […]
A bipartisan duo of U.S. Senators is putting pressure on the Biden administration to make the COVID-era regulations that have freed up the use of virtual medication-assisted treatment permanent. Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) called on the top executives of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Drug Enforcement Administration […]
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