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AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 2: Substance Use Disorder Litigation

In this episode AGG Healthcare Litigation co-chair Jason Bring is joined by AGG Healthcare Litigation partners Rich Collins and Damon Eisenbrey to discuss substance use disorder (“SUD”) litigation. The attorneys dive into...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

New Rules Relating to Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records

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On April 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule modifying the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records (the Final Rule) codified at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2)....more

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A Continuing Discussion on the Opioid Epidemic in the Workplace – Part 3

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Executive Summary: This is Part 3 of a series of Alerts exploring different facets of the ongoing opioid addiction crisis afflicting our country. Our initial Alert on June 12, 2023 outlined the big-picture issues associated...more

Venable LLP

Sharing of Addiction Treatment Records Gets Biden HHS Overhaul

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After a nearly two-year delay, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Office for Civil Rights, promulgated a Final Rule...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Parents Bring Kratom Lawsuits Following Overdose Deaths and Other Serious Injuries

Kratom, a natural substance derived from the leaves of the Mitragyna speciosa tree, has recently gained notoriety for its potential dangers. While proponents cite its therapeutic benefits, concerns have surged about its...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Changes to the Substance Use Disorder Confidentiality Regulation: Implications for Stakeholders

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule intended to implement a 2020 modification to the federal substance use disorder (SUD) privacy statute. The final rule more closely aligns the...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

HHS Finalizes Updates to “Part 2” Regulations to Align Disclosure Rules with HIPAA and Promote More Coordinated Substance Use...

On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule (Final Rule) updating federal “Part 2” regulations to more closely align the requirements applicable to substance use disorder...more

Nelson Hardiman, LLP

Too Much Of A Good Thing?

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F. Scott Fitzgerald famously declared that “Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right.” That may be true, but it now appears that it may have been “Special K” that proved the undoing of beloved actor...more

Troutman Pepper

Water Cooler Talk: Office Drug Abuse Insights From 'Industry'

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The Max TV series “Industry” exaggerates —and occasionally glamorizes —illicit drug use in the workplace. However, in real life, employee substance use and addiction can raise significant issues. According to the Society for...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Access to Care for Justice-Involved Pregnant People With a Substance Use Disorder

There is a critical need to increase access to evidence-based care for justice-involved pregnant people with a substance use disorder (SUD)—and connect them to continued coverage and care upon release—according to national...more

DirectEmployers Association

DE Talk | Uncovering the Non-Traditional Workforce: Recruiting & Retaining Talent in Addiction Recovery

DE Talk | Uncovering the Non-Traditional Workforce: Recruiting & Retaining Talent in Addiction Recovery Season 5 • Episode 1 It’s estimated that between 22-28 million Americans live in recovery from substance abuse but...more

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[Webinar] How to Identify and Navigate Addiction Issues in the Workplace - July 25th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

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Over the last 20+ years, the number of Americans that have died from drug overdoses has increased more than five-fold. In 2021, over 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses – and that number only reflects those deaths the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The Fight to End the Nation’s Overdose Epidemic: Profiles in Leadership

In 2021, drug-related overdose deaths topped 107,000. Despite a nearly 50% decrease in opioid prescribing over the past decade, drug overdose mortality continues to trend in the wrong direction. Of particular concern is that...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

The Fight to End the Nation’s Overdose Epidemic and Restore Compassionate Care

In 2021, drug-related overdose deaths topped 107,000. Despite a nearly 50% decrease in opioid prescribing over the past decade, drug overdose mortality continues to trend in the wrong direction. In the face of these...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Part 2 Redo: HHS Issues Rulemaking on SUD Privacy Laws

For years, federal privacy laws relating to substance abuse disorder (SUD) treatment records have differed in significant ways from federal privacy laws relating to other medical records. Changes, however, are afoot. Almost...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Outlook for Action on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Initiatives

Prompted by rising rates of overdose deaths, suicides and incidence of mental illness in at-risk populations, such as children, Congress has spent the better part of the year working in a bipartisan manner to develop and...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Gen Z becomes stoner generation with record-high pot and hallucinogen use

​​​​​​​Generation Z and young millennials have become the nation’s leading group of stoners, setting record highs for their use of marijuana, hallucinogenic drugs, nicotine, and booze. This has occurred even as federal...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Addiction and Substance Abuse in a Post-COVID Era: Navigating Stormy Employment Waters

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As employees continue returning to work in a post-pandemic era, employers are facing new and difficult challenges on a scale not experienced prior to March 2020. In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with...more

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[Webinar] The Substance Abuse Epidemic Among Youth: Responding to a Growing Mental Health Crisis - July 27th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Last year, the number of overdose deaths in the United States exceeded 100,000 for the first time ever. Equally alarming, the rate of drug-related overdose deaths among U.S. teenagers nearly doubled in 2020. Since that time,...more

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Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Podcast | Episode 105: Sara Goldsby, Director, DAODAS

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On this episode of Taking the Pulse we welcome Sara Goldsby, Director of DAODAS. She answers questions about how the pandemic has impacted substance abuse disorders and their treatment, and offers insight into some of the...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

Alcohol abuse spiked during coronavirus pandemic, killing 100,000

Alcohol abuse blew up from a rising concern to a significant killer during the coronavirus pandemic, with 100,000 Americans losing their lives to booze-related causes, a 25% increase year-over-year in the first 12 months of...more

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CDC Updates Guidance on Opioid Prescriptions

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In a shift from prior policy, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) proposed on February 22, 2022, new guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers. The new guidance largely avoids figures on dosage strength...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

An Opportunity for Bipartisan Action: Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration Respond to Growing Mental Health and Substance...

In October of 2018, Congress passed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (P.L. 115-271). The comprehensive opioid treatment law passed both chambers of Congress with large bipartisan support and tackled many aspects...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

State Toolkit to End the Nation’s Drug Overdose Epidemic: Leading-Edge Actions and Strategies to Remove Barriers to Evidence-based...

With drug overdose deaths reaching record numbers, policymakers and other stakeholders must increase their efforts to end the nation’s drug overdose epidemic with targeted, evidence-based interventions and emerging best...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

[Webinar] Actions and Strategies to End the Nation’s Drug Overdose Epidemic - February 7th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

The nation’s overdose and death epidemic continues to get worse, but policymakers and other stakeholders have yet to fully embrace evidence-based solutions to help those with a substance use disorder (SUD), patients with pain...more

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