Care Coordination

Aligning Substance Abuse Confidentiality Regulations With HIPAA to Enhance Compliance

March 29, 2023 - Since 1975, the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations under 42 CFR part 2 (Part 2) have protected the confidentiality of individuals suffering from substance use disorder. These key protections aim to ease fears of discrimination and prosecution that may dissuade individuals from seeking life-saving treatment. Part 2 has undergone several revisions...

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HHS Proposes HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes, Improving Right of Access

by Jessica Davis

The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights released a set of proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which take aim at Right of Access rules and are designed to reduce...

SAMHSA Revises Privacy Rule 42 CFR Part 2 for Substance Use Patients

by Jessica Davis

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) announced the agency has revised the Confidentiality of...

Sens. Reintroduce Privacy Law for Substance Use Disorder Treatment

by Jessica Davis

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, and Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, reintroduced the Protecting Jessica Grubbs Legacy Act, a privacy bill designed to modernize 42 CFR Part 2 regulations to...

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