AHIMA April 10, 2020
AHIMA is celebrating a recent victory with our Part 2 advocacy efforts due to provisions included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
As most HIM professionals are well aware, opioid misuse, abuse, and overdose have reached epidemic proportions in the US and have created a crisis in healthcare for patients, families, and the entire country. For more than 40 years a law around substance use disorder records has stood in the way of efforts to stem the tide of opioid misuse and prevent related adverse events. These regulations in 42 CFR Part 2 (or simply abbreviated as “Part 2”) includes requirements that limit the use and disclosure of patients’ substance use records from certain substance use...
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