Behavioral Health Business February 8, 2024
Substance use disorder (SUD) providers will soon be subject to new, strengthened confidentiality protections.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final rule that modifies patient record regulations to bolster confidentiality requirements and ease the integration of behavioral health information with other medical records.
The new rule overhauls the confidentiality protections for people who receive treatment for SUD or take part in SUD education, training, rehab or research, which are laid out in the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records at 42 CFR part 2. The protections are better known as “Part 2.”
Part 2 regulations prior to the new modifications were called “out-of-date, arbitrary and confusing” by the American Hospital Association...
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