Buprenorphine Prescribing through Telemedicine and Telephone Evaluation: Time for an Overdue Update in Policy.

It should not be more difficult for health care providers to prescribe life-saving medications that treat opioid use disorder than to prescribe addictive opioid pills themselves. Yet, that is the reality clinicians face today. Fortunately, there is an opportunity to address this disparity by permanently amending federal policies that allow providers to prescribe buprenorphine treatment […]