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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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), awarded nearly $1.5 What You Should Know: – The U.S billion to support states, tribal lands, and territories’ efforts to address the opioid crisis and support individuals in recovery.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

. – The collaboration will enable patients to access Bicycle Health’s evidence-based, life-saving clinical care model delivering virtual Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) services to individuals living in the FBOP’s Residential Reentry Centers (RRC).

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

3 months after my first position, I started working full-time as a telephone triage nurse with a health plan health advice service line. One year later, I finished my Master’s Degree in Health Services Administration and got promoted to Service Director. What is your current position?

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 22, 2022

For example, prescribers of buprenorphine must obtain a waiver from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) prior to writing prescriptions to treat OUD, and those practitioners who wish to treat more than 30 patients are mandated to undertake training.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Chief Medical Officer at Lucet One of the most pressing and often overlooked challenges in healthcare today is how to reach and effectively treat dually diagnosed patients — commonly, individuals who grapple with both mental health problems and substance use issues. Bernard DiCasimirro, D.O., Related to this is the need for coordinated care.

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Healthcare Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This month, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), issued a Second Temporary Rule further extending the telemedicine waivers of the Ryan Haight Act (“RHA”) promulgated during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) from November 11, 2023 until December (..)

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2023

Department of Health & Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT offered some updates on how the agencies are working together and with others to help shape a "digital healthcare system of the future" that works for everyone. " And it's not just within HHS.

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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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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).

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

– With these expansions, the mental health service and its specially trained therapists are now licensed in 6 states to provide culturally comprehensive mental healthcare to more people of color in the U.S. . Mental Healthcare for Invisible Barriers.

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Total HIPAA

AUGUST 2, 2023

To ensure the protection of sensitive information related to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) patients, the US Department of Health and Human Services and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS and SAMHSA) collaborated to create the HIPAA Drug and Alcohol Records Law, also known as 42 CFR Part 2.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Part 2 programs must establish a process to receive complaints about Part 2 violations, those programs are prohibited from taking adverse action in response to complaints, and must not require patients to waive the right to file a complaint as a condition of providing treatment, enrollment, payment, or eligibility for services.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 12, 2023

Some definitions imply care is continuous within the same healthcare organization (or Organized Health Care Arrangement), while others extend the definition to multiple healthcare settings. An example of this is a patient’s journey from a physician’s office to a hospital, then to a care home, then to a home health service.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 25, 2023

According to the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 46.3 When viewed as a behavioral issue or a choice, there is a stigma surrounding SUD that can prevent individuals in need of treatment from seeking care.

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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”). Washington, DC 20201.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized the proposed modifications to the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations at 42 CFR part 2 (Part 2). The Final Rule strengthens confidentiality protections while improving care coordination for patients and providers.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 2, 2023

Additionally, there is no universal definition of trauma. Based on their clinical observations, experts frequently develop their own definitions of trauma.

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YouCompli

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Early identification is key to getting kids mental health services. This is where compliance professionals and pediatric providers can collaborate to improve youth mental health. Identifying the Need for Intervention ECRI’s chief medical officer, Dheerendra Kommala, M.D.,

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Healthcare Law Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Provides grants to eligible entities for research and demonstration projects that support the improvement of emergency medical services and trauma care in rural areas. Requires the Secretary of HHS to issue guidance for collaboration among various entities for genomic sequencing of pathogens, and to support public and private partnerships.

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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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Total HIPAA

AUGUST 2, 2023

To ensure the protection of sensitive information related to Substance Use Disorder (SUD) patients, the US Department of Health and Human Services and The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (HHS and SAMHSA) collaborated to create the HIPAA Drug and Alcohol Records Law, also known as 42 CFR Part 2.

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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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Hall Render

DECEMBER 30, 2022

CMS finalized most of the changes in coding and documentation approved by the AMA CPT Editorial Panel for “Other E/M Visits” (which include hospital inpatient, hospital observation, emergency department, nursing facility, home or residence services and cognitive impairment assessment). Telehealth Services. Split/Shared E/M Visits.

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Hall Render

MAY 9, 2023

On Tuesday May 9, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), jointly with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”), announced that it will publish a rule to temporarily extend current telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances beyond the termination of the Federal Public Health Emergency (..)

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

Health Care Provisions included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 The following sections outline the Act’s health care provisions and accompanying explanatory report and provide funding levels for Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 13, 2022

These generally allowed for state law to preempt HIPAA if states required group health plans to cover pre-existing conditions not covered by HIPAA or required longer periods than HIPAA between enrollment in a plan and the payment for treatment of a pre-existing condition. Is HIPAA a Federal Rule? The post Is HIPAA a Federal Law?

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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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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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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2021

One group that doesn’t fit the stereotypical substance abuse profile is health care workers, about 10% of whom are abusing drugs, according to figures from both the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA). At work, of course.

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The Digital Health Corner

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently released a free mobile app for clinicians called MATx. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is launching a three-year $19M initiative focusing on mobile apps and telehealth aids for rural physicians in efforts to treat opioid addiction.

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C&M Health Law

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Earlier this week, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that proposes to make sweeping changes to regulations at 42 C.F.R. Attorney and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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Health Law Advisor

MARCH 7, 2023

Presently, all practitioners who have a current DEA registration that includes Schedule III authority may prescribe buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in their practice if permitted by applicable state law and the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (“SAMHSA”) encourages them to do so.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

market, covered in the Software and Services report, KLAS recognized 136 software products across 8 categories. ONC and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are launching a $20 million Behavioral Health Information Technology Initiative to improve IT adoption in psychiatry and behavioral health.

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Health Services Administration 83

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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