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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Hall Render

MAY 9, 2023

As a result, if a patient and a practitioner have appropriately established a telemedicine relationship on or before November 11, 2023, the same telemedicine flexibilities that have governed the relationship to that point will continue to be permitted until November 11, 2024.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Longstanding CMS policy has been that, for split or shared visits in an institutional setting, the physician can bill for the services if he/she performs a substantive portion of the encounter. CMS has chosen to extend its phase-in approach of defining “substantive portion” as more than half the time of the visit to CY 2024.

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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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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. Funding for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will increase by $100 million, the National Institutes of Health will receive an additional $2.5

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

However, changes to HIPAA in 2023 are now likely to be implemented, although it may take until 2024 for those changes to become enforceable. Part 2 protects patient privacy and records related to treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) with HIPAA applying to protected health information. Proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes in 2023.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

Telehealth Section 4113 of the Act extends certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities that were allowed during the COVID-19 PHE for two years, through 2024. HHS is directed to submit to Congressional committees the result of findings in an interim report in October 2024 and a final report in August 2026.

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