Healthcare Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Some concerns and reasons noted by the DEA for extending the telemedicine flexibilities include: Reductions in access to care for patients who may not have an established practitioner-patient relationship; Practitioner backlogs for providing in-person medical evaluations; and Urgent public health needs for certain controlled medications.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

These and other impediments are remnants of the “war on drugs” and are both the product of and the nourishment for moral defect judgments that perpetuate stigma against people with OUD.

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Hall Render

MAY 9, 2023

For more information about the Temporary Rule, please contact: Chris Eades at (317) 977-1460 or ceades@hallrender.com ; Todd Nova at (414) 721-0464 or tnova@hallrender.com ; Mayo Alao at (317) 977-1480 or malao@hallrender.com or Your primary Hall Render contact.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released the long anticipated Final Rule to revise the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations at 42 C.F.R. Part 2 (Part 2). 290dd-2(a). [2]

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Healthcare Law Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Stakeholders interested in submitting comments to the HELP Committee, or seeking additional information on the PREVENT Pandemics Act or related measures, should contact Jennifer Walsh, Director of Public Affairs with Foley & Lardner at jwalsh@foley.com or (202) 295-4762. Sources: Senate Press Release and PDF

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 30, 2022

On December 2, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) released a proposed rule modifying the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records regulations at 42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”). Your primary Hall Render contact.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Additionally, CMS is allowing periodic assessments to be furnished audio-only when video is not available for the duration of CY 2023 when certain regulatory requirements (namely, those of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) are met.

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