As providers are becoming more comfortable with delivering care via telemedicine technologies, many of them are looking to explore services other than low acuity triage consults. One area of patient ...

More than seven years have passed since Michigan legislation aimed at combating the state’s opioid crisis took effect. Although subsequent guidance by state and federal agencies have provided some ...

Drug schedules typically take the form of Roman numerals rather than standard numbers, so you’ll often see them referred to as I, II, III, IV, or V rather than 1, 2 ...

On January 15, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a series of rules relating to the telemedicine prescribing of controlled ...

The United States is currently in the grip of an opioid epidemic that claims 115 lives a day. The rate of prescription abuse has skyrocketed as prescription rates have increased. Practitioners ...

(The Hill) – National pharmaceutical retailer Walgreens has agreed to pay at least $300 million to settle allegations it illegally fulfilled millions of invalid controlled substance prescriptions for ...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued a Fourth Temporary Extension of the COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for the ...

Electronic prescribing for controlled substances is on the rise, and New York is leading the way. According to new data from Surescripts, 27 percent of prescribers can digitally prescribe controlled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prescriptions Plus, a pharmacy in Gastonia, N.C., has agreed to pay $204,000 to resolve allegations of violating the Controlled ...

The U.S. Department of Justice this week filed a lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging the company knowingly filled illegal prescriptions with no medical purpose, including opioids. Walgreens is accused ...