Exclusive: Two lawmakers try to preserve telehealth addiction treatment

Good morning, today is my nana's 90th birthday. Happy birthday Joanie! I'm taking the day off to celebrate, so you'll be hearing from Timmy tomorrow. Lawmakers move to preserve telehealth…

Good morning, today is my nana’s 90th birthday. Happy birthday Joanie! I’m taking the day off to celebrate, so you’ll be hearing from Timmy tomorrow.

Lawmakers move to preserve telehealth addiction treatment

Two Democratic lawmakers are drafting a bill to preserve the right of health providers to prescribe controlled substances like stimulants and buprenorphine via telehealth, STAT’s Lev Facher and Mario Aguilar report in an exclusive story. The news comes months before the expiration of temporary waivers first enacted by the DEA during the pandemic.

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