HealthLeaders Media April 4, 2024
Meet the organizations that helped bring substance use disorder privacy and consent into the 21st century.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Substance use disorder stigma comes from many places: loved ones, the workplace, society at large, even the self-stigma that patients believe about themselves.
– There is another stigma, one federal regulations have codified for decades.
– Now things have changed — thanks to the 2020 CARES Act and the work of two key organizations.
Until February 2024, the Code of Federal Regulations Section 42 Part 2 required patients receiving SUD care to provide written consent for the use and disclosure of their treatment, payment, and health care operations information (TPO) for every service, every time — an added burden for those...
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