February 16, 2024 - A group of virtual care stakeholders has sent a letter to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) urging the agency to provide guidance to the pharmacy community, warning against considering geography a “red flag” when prescriptions are provided during telehealth visits. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), its...

February 14, 2024 - A bipartisan group of United States House representatives has introduced legislation to assess the feasibility and efficacy of a virtual specialty network for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.  Led by Reps. Michelle Steel (R-CA) and Susie Lee (D-NV), the Equal Access to Specialty Care Everywhere Act (EASE) Act aims to use existing Center...

February 12, 2024 - Patterns in the use of audio-only or video-based telehealth to receive mental healthcare are mixed, differing based on age, sex, education, income, and location, according to new research by the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the study...

February 9, 2024 - UPMC’s telehealth bridge clinic effectively served the high-risk opioid use disorder (OUD patient population, supporting patient engagement and access, according to new research conducted by the health system. Published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine, the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s official journal, the study...