The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) originally implemented 42 CFR Part 2 regulations in 1975 to ensure confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) records at a time when there ...

On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief & Economic Security Act (CARES Act) which included provisions requiring the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) to better ...

While the revised rule simplifies certain disclosures, it also introduces new legal and operational complexities. Understanding these changes is necessary not only for clinicians but also for anyone ...

Last year, more than 30 million American adults believed they had a substance use problem, while one out of five young people who suffered a major depressive episode also struggled with substance use ...

This post describes the existing state of health privacy rules applicable to the medical records of substance use disorder (SUD) patients, the current COVID-19 emergency provisions that create ...