ATA co-wrote letter to Biden administration to try to protect remote access for clinically appropriate care
the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and ATA Action co-led a letter, along with the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), urging the Biden administration and the DEA to take steps to ensure that patients now accessing remotely to clinically appropriate care do not have their access to care is cut off when the public health emergency ends and before relevant regulations are finalized.
“With the unified voice of the undersigned organizations, all leaders in the provision of health care, it is our hope that the administration and the DEA will take note, and more importantly, take action, to ensure that patients are not stay out of it,” Kyle said. Zebley, ATA Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Executive Director of ATA Action, in a statement. “Patients and providers need a long-term solution, hopefully in the enactment of the Special Registry for Telemedicine rules originally introduced by the DEA years ago, as well as a short-term solution until those rules are finalized.
“We believe it is equally important that Congress maintain the current flexibilities on remote prescribing, to ensure there are no breaks in continuity of care. It is for this reason that we included so many congressional leaders in the letter, to remind them that our most vulnerable patients may face the precipice of telehealth if swift action is not taken to remove outdated restrictions on telehealth and virtual care services.”
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