Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

On January 12, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirmed in a letter to registrants that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (P.L. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) also issued a statement on its website on the removal of the DATA-Waiver. What this Means.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Even so, the organization is currently in the process of expanding beyond traditional correctional settings, recently beginning to provide child psychiatric services, mental health treatment, and substance use services to the general population. The company was formed by combining Trinity Services Group, which H.I.G.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

1] In addition to the challenges presented by provider shortages, even when patients are able to locate an available mental health provider, many are hesitant to engage in treatment due to cost uncertainties, which often arise due to limited availability for in-network care and the subsequent need to seek out-of-network care. [2]

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Health Law Advisor

MARCH 7, 2023

Telemedicine Prescribing During the COVID-19 PHE During the COVID-19 PHE, among many other regulatory flexibilities, federal and state prescribing requirements were relaxed. This deadline came and went, also without meaningful action taken by DEA. 21 U.S.C. § 802(17).

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

See e.g., California’s 1115 waiver (pages 1-9 have an overview of prerelease services). “If… w e can reform jails and prisons from places of withdrawal and abstinence to treatment and recovery, we need to better connect their populations with the outside world.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 9, 2023

Black women are less likely to receive mental health diagnosis, treatment, and care than their white counterparts. By screening all patients for mental health concerns, patients may be informed of a need for mental health treatment but lack the resources or access to the necessary services.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

In 2020, specific restrictions on Medicare coverage and reimbursement for telehealth services were waived for the duration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) in the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020 and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2021

COVID-19 thoroughly dominated American life last year, contributing heavily to the kind of despair that drives drug overdose deaths, which soared last year as well. Although the number is a fraction of the nearly 600,000 American COVID-19 deaths to date, it’s still a lot of grief. David Brzozowski Sr., said in December.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 14, 2023

News In a temporary rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications for six months following the end of the public health emergency, through November 11.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The bill will also provide funding for essential behavioral health programs and several provisions that will help to increase the healthcare workforce. billion in funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, increasing HHS funds by a further $9.9 The bill proposes $120.7 billion from last year.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

Rather than tackle these issues with rule changes, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has favored issuing HIPAA guidance to clear up misunderstandings over the requirements of HIPAA, but we are now at a point when changes to HIPAA Rules are needed and are about to be made.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

trillion spending package, which consists of all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills and funds the federal government through September 30, 2023, provides additional assistance to Ukraine, and makes numerous health care policy changes. 117-164 ) (the “Act”)—an approximately $1.7

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