Audrey Davis

Jan 21, 2025 | healthlawadvisor.com | Alan Arville |Audrey Davis |Daniel Fahey |Amy E. Lerman

Remote prescribing via telemedicine continues to be a huge area of interest among prescribers and other health care providers. After publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) in March 2023 on the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine that was widely criticized for being far more restrictive than temporary waivers then in place under the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) went back to the drawing board.

Nov 18, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Audrey Davis

On Friday, November 15, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) and Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) filed a Third Temporary Extension of the COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications (“Third Temporary Extension”), extending the full set of telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”) through December 31, 2025.

Nov 14, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Audrey Davis |Amy F. Lerman |Avery Schumacher

Since 2016, Epstein Becker Green (EBG) attorneys have researched, compiled, and analyzed state-specific content relating to the regulatory requirements for professional mental/behavioral health practitioners and stakeholders seeking to provide telehealth-focused services.

Nov 14, 2024 | healthlawadvisor.com | Amy E. Lerman |Audrey Davis

As the dust from the public health emergency (PHE) continues to settle and the PHE-era flexibilities expire, telehealth providers are bracing themselves for the changes soon to come. These providers will inevitably face certain legal and regulatory complexities as federal and state lawmakers and regulators consider adopting further temporary or permanent policy changes impacting telehealth.

Sep 20, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Amy Cooperstein |Audrey Davis |Alexander J. Franchilli

Over the past several years, the number of states with comprehensive consumer data privacy laws has increased exponentially from just a handful—California, Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, and Utah—to up to twenty by some counts. Many of these state laws will go into effect starting Q4 of 2024 through 2025.