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Pandemic telehealth rules reduced opioid overdoses, boosted access to treatment meds, research finds

September 1, 2022

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Government agencies relaxed a variety of rules at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to ensure people were still able to receive adequate medical care, even amid stay-at-home orders and reluctance visiting medical settings.

Those changes initially gave way to skyrocketing telehealth use, with more than two in five Medicare beneficiaries getting virtual care during the first year of the pandemic, according to an HHS Office of Inspector General report.

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