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2024 Revisions to Part 2: Key Changes, Impact, and Compliance Tips

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Previously published in Healthcare News and Healthcare Michigan. On February 8, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized revisions to 42 CFR Part 2. Read on to learn more about Part 2, the changes,...more

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The Long-Awaited Part 2 Modifications Are Finalized with New Obligations for Part 2 Providers and Less Friction for Sharing...

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On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released a final rule modifying 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) provisions regarding the confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records. The...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Substance Abuse Disorder Records (42 CFR Part 2) Final Rule Is Here!

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released its anticipated Final Rule last week. The Final Rule revises...more

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Substance Use Disorder Confidentiality Regulations Modified to Align with HIPAA

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After more than a year since the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued the proposed changes to the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Medicaid and the Law

New Developments in HIPAA and Related Issues in Health Information Law

Halloween or HIPAA: Which is Scarier? HIPAA and the Pandemic - Telehealth: - On Friday, March 20, 2020, OCR announced it will “exercise its enforcement discretion and will not impose penalties for noncompliance with...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 8. Privacy Briefs: August 2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 8 (August 2020)  -  HHS changed its tone on care coordination and case management in the final Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulation (42 C.F.R. § 2), known...more

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New Developments in HIPAA and Related Issues in Health Information Law - MaHIMA Dot Wagg Memorial Legislative Seminar - November...

Physicians Talking With Their Domestic Partners About Patients - ? Health care institutions often require that physicians and medical students click through annual online modules or attend lectures about HIPAA. - But...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Information Sharing During the Opioid Crisis: Challenges and Solutions - December 12th, 1:00pm ET

In 2016, 11.5 million Americans were misusing prescription opioids, with the abuse reaching epidemic levels in 2017. The opioid crisis has accelerated the need for healthcare stakeholders to play a more active role in...more

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Triage: Opioid Epidemic: Recent HIPAA Guidance – What Does It Mean?

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In the second episode of our series on the national opioid crisis, Gina Bertolini discusses the overlay of recent guidance concerning privacy laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and...more

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SAMHSA Amends 42 CFR Part 2, Seeking to Better Align the Regulation with Today’s Health Care Delivery System

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In another step towards modernizing the privacy rule designed to protect patient substance abuse records, the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”)...more

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Significant Proposed Changes Seek to Modernize Regulations on Confidentiality of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Patient Records Under Part...

On February 9, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) published proposed rule changes relating to the confidentiality of drug and alcohol abuse patient records in 42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”). ...more

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