Healthcare DIVE August 23, 2019
Dive Brief:
- HHS is proposing a rule that would eliminate barriers to patient records as physicians treat those with substance use disorders as part of an ongoing push to cut outdated or unnecessarily strict regulations in healthcare.
- The agency is attempting to modify a nearly four-decade old federal confidentiality law that predates HIPAA that it says carries “onerous” legal requirements. Critics of the law maintain it’s a barrier to coordinating mental, behavioral and physical health services for patients with SUD.
- Currently, before prescribing an opioid, a physician cannot query the available databases to see if the patient is under treatment for SUD. This rule, if finalized, would allow access to that information.
Dive Insight:
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