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| The expanded telemedicine rules adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic have been extended once more, and will now remain in effect through the end of 2024, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced in October. | The expanded telemedicine rules adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic have been extended once more, and will now remain in effect through the end of 2024, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced in October. |
| During the pandemic, the telemedicine expansion allowed patients to receive medical care and prescriptions for controlled medications virtually, without the need to meet a provider in person. This flexibility proved transformative for many people, especially those in rural areas. | During the pandemic, the telemedicine expansion allowed patients to receive medical care and prescriptions for controlled medications virtually, without the need to meet a provider in person. This flexibility proved transformative for many people, especially those in rural areas. |
| In February, the Drug Enforcement Administration proposed new, tighter rules for prescribing certain medications. Those rules were expected to go into effect when the pandemic public health emergency expired but have now been postponed twice. | In February, the Drug Enforcement Administration proposed new, tighter rules for prescribing certain medications. Those rules were expected to go into effect when the pandemic public health emergency expired but have now been postponed twice. |
| The D.E.A. received more than 38,000 responses from the public on the proposed telemedicine rules, and the agency has said it is considering input from those comments and public listening sessions as it works to develop “a final set of telemedicine regulations by the fall of 2024.” | The D.E.A. received more than 38,000 responses from the public on the proposed telemedicine rules, and the agency has said it is considering input from those comments and public listening sessions as it works to develop “a final set of telemedicine regulations by the fall of 2024.” |
| If the proposals are approved as currently written, in 2025, doctors will need to follow different, more restrictive guidelines when writing online prescriptions for controlled medications like the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Adderall; the addictive painkiller OxyContin; Xanax, which is used for panic or anxiety disorders; and buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction. | |
| The Times asked Dr. Shabana Khan, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the chairwoman of the American Psychiatric Association’s committee on telepsychiatry, to help people who take mental health medications understand the anticipated changes and how to adjust for them. |