A provider doesn’t need to be an HIV specialist, an infectious disease expert, or a physician to prescribe PrEP. (KFF Health News/TNS) PUBLISHED: January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM EST | UPDATED: January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM EST Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Zach Dyer, Oona Zenda, KFF Health News When Matthew Hurley was looking to take PrEP to prevent HIV, the doctor hadn’t heard of the medicine, and when he finally did prescribe PrEP, the bills sent to Hurley were expensive … and wrong.