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New 2024 rules require providers to update HIPAA privacy policies and notices

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Earlier this year, federal agencies teamed up to issue two rules that will require healthcare providers to update certain policies related to the use and disclosure of health information and to update their Notice of Privacy...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Records: HHS Finalizes Changes to Part 2 Rule

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On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) finalized long-awaited modifications to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations at...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Medicare Compliance Volume 31, Number 43. Proposed Part 2 Rule Brings It Closer to HIPAA, Including Enforcement,...

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A proposed HHS regulation on the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records under 42 C.F.R. Part 2 would bring it further in line with HIPAA, which is somewhat of a double-edged sword, attorneys say....more

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HHS Further Amends 42 CFR Part 2, Easing Some, But Not All, Burdens on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Providers

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a final rule further amending 42 CFR Part 2 regulations (Part 2) to allow greater sharing of patient records related to substance use disorder (SUD)...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Spurred by Opioid Crisis, Government Proposes Additional Changes to Substance Use Disorder Confidentiality Regulations to...

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On August 26, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to “better align” its substance use disorder...more

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Federal Part 2 Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Programs Take Note: Proposed Rule Has Significant Gaps

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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have issued a Proposed Rule to revise 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2 Regulations) – the federal...more

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