DEA announced it would keep telehealth access for some medications but remove it for others including buprenorphine, a major treatment for addiction.
TULSA, Okla. — In our two America series, we’re aiming to cover the America you know and the America you may not. The America we all know is an end to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Last month, we told you about a proposal by the Drug Enforcement Agency that fell in line with the end of the emergency action.
Dunn is referring to a last-minute announcement from the DEA, holding off on a change that would have rippled through homes far from power, homes handling addiction. When COVID-19 hit, that need erupted. The DEA used the public health emergency to greatly expand prescribing medication without seeing a patient in person. Two years later, a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others found telehealth treatment related to addiction led to lower odds of an overdose – at a time when tens of thousands die from overdose each year.
Sitting with her that day was Alina Messick, a physician’s assistant at Oklahoma State University who provides treatment for rural patients.
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