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HHS Announces 42 Part 2 Final Rule to Align with HIPAA

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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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Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

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The Act requires that the Secretary of HHS establish a number of supporting offices and committees intended to address components of the behavioral health spectrum. For example, the Secretary must establish a Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. [59]

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President Biden Signs End-of-Year Legislation Including Telehealth, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Other Health Care Provisions

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Section 4113 also requires HHS to conduct a study on program integrity related to telehealth services under Medicare Part B, including to review telehealth’s impact on future utilization of health care services (i.e., Agencies Funding Levels/Description Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) $1.5

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