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DEA extends telehealth prescribing rules until November - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare...

The Drug Enforcement Agency has extended the flexibilities that allow physicians to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine without an in-person evaluation until November. 

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Telehealth providers cheer DEA move to temporarily extend virtual prescribing flexibilities fiercehealthcare.com/health-…

UPDATED: DEA extends telehealth prescribing flexibilities for 6 months

UPDATED: Tuesday, May 9 at 5 p.m. ET | The DEA is looking to buy some time to consider whether it should require patients to see doctors face-to-face to get prescriptions for controlled drugs or...

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Telehealth Coverage Debate Still Unfolding in Mass. Legislature nbcboston.com/news/local/tel…

Telehealth Coverage Debate Still Unfolding in Mass. Legislature

Massachusetts doctors and health care associations embraced legislation Tuesday that could make telehealth a more permanent option for patients who are in too much pain to visit a provider’s office...

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Mass. set up a mental health hotline. 6,000 people called in the first 3 months wbur.fm/3LECfeV via @WBUR

Mass. set up a mental health hotline. 6,000 people called in the first 3 months

Under an ambitious effort to improve behavioral health care, Massachusetts has set up a new helpline to connect residents with services 24 hours a day — for free.

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Good news for our #pharmacy friends beckershospitalreview.com/ph…

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Providers granted 90 days following end of PHE to comply with HIPAA telehealth rules healthcarefinancenews.com/ne… via @HC_Finance
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The new chair of the @MAHealthHosp talks challenges and opportunities wbur.fm/3ETIQhN via @RadioBoston

The new chair of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association talks challenges and opportuni...

Christine Schuster is the new chair of the MHA, and president and CEO of Emerson Health.

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Congratulations to newly appointed @MassDPH Commissioner Dr. Robert Goldstein.
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Breaking news: Drug overdose antidote Narcan to be available without a prescription, FDA says in long-awaited decision wapo.st/40qn2TO

Drug overdose antidote Narcan goes over-the-counter

The FDA move came as a top Biden official called fentanyl overdose deaths ‘the single greatest challenge we face as a country.'

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Amid fentanyl crisis, first-of-its-kind study to evaluate expanded methadone access statnews.com/2023/02/24/meth… via @statnews

Amid fentanyl crisis, first-of-its-kind study to evaluate expanded methadone access

A new trial will attempt to compare patients’ ability to remain in treatment when prescribed buprenorphine or methadone in an office setting.

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Congratulations to @IamJonSantiago who was tapped by @MassGovernor to serve as Secretary of Veterans' Services
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Hundreds of people are waiting in Mass. hospitals for nursing home beds wgbh.org/news/local-news/202…
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FDA panel backs allowing a naloxone spray to be sold over-the-counter cbsnews.com/news/narcan-over… via @CBSNews

FDA panel backs allowing a naloxone spray to be sold over-the-counter

The change could allow Emergent BioSolutions to sell Narcan everywhere from vending machines to online ordering.

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Delighted to hear newly reappointed Senate chair of #Healthcare Finance Committee @CindyFriedmanMA speak on #healthcare priorities at this morning's briefing hosted by @masstaxpayersfd
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Gov. Maura Healey calls workforce challenges ‘devastating’ in Mass. #healthcare masslive.com/politics/2023/0…

Gov. Maura Healey calls workforce challenges ‘devastating’ in Mass. health care

Gov. Maura Healey said that as a "general matter," she supports loan repayment programs for health care workers.

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Massachusetts can finally measure the #health of #primary care bostonglobe.com/2023/01/25/o… via @BostonGlobe

Massachusetts can finally measure the health of primary care - The Boston Globe

Few people are paying attention to how ill primary care has become and how we may be spiraling toward the grim portrayal of a health care system lacking high-quality primary care.

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HPC wants lawmakers to revisit #Telehealth laws wwlp.com/news/state-politics… #mapoli

HPC wants lawmakers to revisit Telehealth laws

Lawmakers should revive and extend a pandemic-era policy requiring some telehealth services to be reimbursed on par with in-person care, a new state report recommends alongside an in-depth analysis…

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Health care leaders applaud appointment of Kate Walsh as Massachusetts health secretary wbur.fm/3Dd5p02 via @WBUR

Health care leaders applaud appointment of Kate Walsh as Massachusetts health secretary

Gov. Maura Healey has tapped Kate Walsh, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center, to lead the state's sprawling health and human services secretariat, the largest department in state government...

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