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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
WHY IT MATTERS Increasing suicide rates tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compel better communications to locate callers to 988, which FCC established as the three-digit dialing code for the national suicide prevention helpline in 2020. Email: afox@himss.org Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.
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. 2] Public Health Authority Disclosure.
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Healthcare Law Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Prior to the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), to initiate treatment with buprenorphine at an OTP, a practitioner needed to perform a complete in-person physical evaluation. In 2020, CMS established a new Part B benefit category for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment provided by OTPs.
Health Law Advisor
MARCH 7, 2023
The Ryan Haight Act amendments were not designed with the current state of the industry in mind, and as such do not contemplate how the practice of telemedicine has developed and expanded in recent years to accommodate a range of physical and mental health treatments. These considerations are described further below. 21 U.S.C. § 802(17).
C&M Health Law
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Enacted in March 2020, the CARES Act made significant changes to the Part 2 statute to more closely align Part 2 with HIPAA regulations. Attorney and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. CARES Act Amendments. Specifically, section 3221 of the CARES Act amended 42 U.S.C.
Healthcare Law Blog
JANUARY 6, 2023
The high level summary below of some of the Act’s more notable components that are significant in the healthcare arena is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all health policy changes or provisions included in the Act. Telehealth.
HIPAA Journal
JANUARY 9, 2023
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was signed into law in 1996 and while there have been some significant HIPAA updates over the last two decades, the last set of major HIPAA updates occurred in 2013 with the introduction of the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule. Proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes in 2023.
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