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DOJ Announces Largest-Ever National Healthcare Fraud Takedown and Launches New Data Fusion Center

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In June 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, marking the largest coordinated healthcare fraud enforcement action in DOJ history. The sweep included charges against a...more

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Health Canada must redetermine exemption requests for psilocybin (magic mushroom)-assisted psychotherapy training

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TheraPsil, a patient advocacy organization, and 73 healthcare practitioners (HCPs) have succeeded in the Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) to overturn the refusal of the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate...more

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Harmonizing Federal and Florida Laws on Prescribing Controlled Substances Through Telehealth

Practitioners who want to prescribe controlled substances via telehealth to patients in Florida must meet the requirements of both federal and state law. The federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Florida...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 26 - March 2025

March came in like a lion on Monday as the Georgia General Assembly began its blitz toward Crossover Day on Thursday. With over 80 measures slated for hearing in House and Senate committees, state senators began their...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | January 2025 Recap

This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for January 2025. This month features long-awaited proposed and final rules regarding the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Important Updates on Telehealth Coverage for Medicare Providers

Providers who offer telehealth services to Medicare patients take note: many key telehealth flexibilities that have been in effect since the COVID-19 public health emergency will expire on March 31, 2025. These changes are...more

McCarter & English, LLP

DEA Telemedicine Update

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in concert with other federal agencies, has taken various steps in the past few months to strengthen a practitioner’s ability to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine, a...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

[Podcast] Controlling Opinions: The Outlook for Controlled Substances in 2025

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On this episode of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Controlling Opinions, life sciences regulatory and compliance partner Josh Oyster and counsel Beth Weinman are joined by health care partner Brett Friedman and litigation and...more

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DEA Announces New Telemedicine Rules Expanding Access to Controlled Substances

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On January 16, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced three new telemedicine rules that extend prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances, following the expiration of temporary flexibilities granted...more

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Understanding the DEA’s New Telemedicine Rules: FAQ for Healthcare Providers and Telehealth Companies

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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently announced new rules that will impact telemedicine practices, especially concerning remote prescribing of controlled substances....more

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DEA Releases Rules on Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances, Proposes Special Registrations

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The Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") announced three new regulations related to the prescription of controlled substances resulting from a telemedicine encounter, including the long-anticipated Proposed Rule on Special...more

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DEA and HHS Propose Telemedicine Special Registration and Finalize Buprenorphine Telemedicine Prescribing Rules

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On January 17, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two rules regarding telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances: a proposed rule...more

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At Long Last, DEA’s Remote Prescribing Rules 2.0 Are (Really) Here! (Pending Further Consideration by the Incoming Administration...

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Remote prescribing via telemedicine continues to be a huge area of interest among prescribers and other health care providers....more

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DEA Expands Telemedicine Flexibilities Through Three New Rules

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The landscape of telemedicine in the United States is undergoing a profound transformation. On January 16, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) unveiled a series of regulatory changes designed to expand and...more

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DEA Unveils Long-Overdue Special Registration for Telemedicine in Proposed Rule

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In the final days of the Biden administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a proposed rule that would allow practitioners with a Special Registration to prescribe Schedule III-V, and in limited...more

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DEA Releases Long-Awaited Telehealth Special Registration Proposal, but Adoption Is Uncertain

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On January 15, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a proposed rule entitled Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations. This proposed rule would establish three...more

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DEA Proposes Updates to Rules for Prescribing Controlled Substances That Could Significantly Impact Telemedicine Companies and...

On January 15, 2025, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine. The NPRM seeks to impose special registrations...more

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DEA Announces a Third Extension of COVID-19 Telehealth Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications

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On November 15, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) issued a joint regulations further extending the flexibilities that have been in place relating to prescribing...more

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Dental/DSO Intelligence Monthly Report: November/December 2024

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Dental organizations see benefits from embracing sustainable practices - Dentsply Sirona highlighted its progress in ESG initiatives in its sustainability report, which can give DSOs a competitive edge and build brand...more

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Supreme Court of Canada Endorses Comity in Class Proceedings in Response to the Opioid Epidemic

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A national class action on behalf of multiple Canadian governments to recover opioid epidemic healthcare costs simplifies the aggregation, prosecution, and determination of claims that span geographic boundaries. That is what...more

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DEA, HHS Extend Telemedicine Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescriptions Through 2025

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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Administration (DEA) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (collectively, the Agencies) on Nov. 11, 2024, issued a third extension of their telemedicine flexibilities for the...more

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DEA and HHS Issue Third Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescribing of Controlled Substances

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On November 15, 2024, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly issued the third temporary extension of telemedicine flexibilities instituted during the...more

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Healthcare Regulatory Update: DEA Extends Pandemic-Era Telehealth Prescribing Flexibilities Through 2025

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has officially extended the pandemic-era telehealth prescribing flexibilities for controlled substances for an additional year, now set to expire on Dec. 31, 2025. This decision, a...more

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Still in Telemedicine Limbo: DEA Issues Third Temporary Rule Extending Controlled Substance Prescribing Flexibilities Through...

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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has announced a third temporary extension of the telemedicine flexibilities originally implemented during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). This third extension continues...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: November 19, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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