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HIPAA, Psychotherapy Notes, and Other Mental Health Records

The HIPAA privacy rules give special protection to “psychotherapy notes,” but providers often misunderstand what are and are not covered and how they differ from other mental health records. I. “Psychotherapy Notes”...more

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HIPAA this, HIPAA that. Everything is a HIPAA issue. Deconstructing the "HIPAA Bias."

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HIPAA, as a body of regulations protecting the confidentiality of patient health care information, has been branded very effectively. Most staff at your average health care facility know about HIPAA and that it protects the...more

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SAMHSA and ONC Issue Fact Sheets on Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Information

In response to the opioid crisis, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in collaboration with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) recently issued two fact sheets to provide clarity on...more

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SAMHSA Finalizes Second Round of Changes to Federal Substance Use Disorder Privacy Rule

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New federal regulations published on January 3, 2018, clarify when lawful holders of substance-use disorder records may use and disclose patient identifying information for payment, health care operations, and audits and...more

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SAMHSA Finalizes Additional Changes to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Regulations

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On January 3, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) to further update the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations...more

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Final Rule Clarifies When Substance Abuse Programs Can Disclose Patient Information

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A final rule from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration establishes requirements for the exchange of patient information between substance abuse treatment programs and their agents and contractors. ...more

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Further modernizations to rules on confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records on the way

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On January 3, 2018, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) issued a Final Rule which results in changes to the federal regulations governing substance use disorder patient records, or so-called...more

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Eight Things to Know About the New Federal Substance Use Disorder Privacy Rule

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A final rule published on January 18 implements the first major revisions to the federal regulations governing the confidentiality of substance-use disorder patient records (Part 2) since 1987. It finalizes a proposal from...more

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