The Drug Enforcement Administration and Department of Health and Human Services released a temporary rule, Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications, that extends telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications through December 31, 2025.
Sean Sullivan, Sofia Molodanof, and Anthony Fanucci discuss the motivations behind the extension and what’s holding up the final rule and speculate on whether the new Administration might alter the course of this rule.