The Drug Enforcement Agency and Department of Health and Human Services Extend COVID-era Telemedicine Prescribing Flexibilities through 2024
Earlier this month, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Department Health and Human Services (HHS) published a temporary rule that further extended COVID-era telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances ...
State Efforts to Support People in Recovery
State Efforts to Support People in Recovery September is National Recovery month, a time during which we celebrate and support people in recovery and their resiliency. Recovery is broadly defined ...
California’s Section 1115 Re-Entry Demonstration Waiver : An Indicator for States
In January 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved California’s Section 1115 Re-Entry Demonstration Waiver, the first waiver of its kind to receive approval from the agency. ...
New Federal Proposed Telehealth Rules will Affect Access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
In a continuation of our series examining the end of the COVID-19 federal Public Health Emergency (PHE), we do a deeper dive into federal telehealth flexibilities and policies that will ...
Implications of the End of the Public Health Emergency for the National Telehealth Landscape
Implications of the End of the Public Health Emergency for the National Telehealth Landscape Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding Public Health Emergency (PHE) in January ...
CMS Seeks to Support Communications between Providers and Carriers
CMS Seeks to Support Communications between Providers and Carriers In December 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Proposed Rule aimed at improving administrative simplification related ...
Mandatory Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Core Set Reporting
Mandatory Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Core Set Reporting In August 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule, which, if promulgated, would ...