Healthcare organizations that create, receive, or maintain substance use disorder (SUD) records, which are referred to as Part 2 programs and subject to strict ...

While the revised rule simplifies certain disclosures, it also introduces new legal and operational complexities. Understanding these changes is necessary not only for clinicians but also for anyone ...

To protect patients seeking addiction treatment, the federal government passed strict regulations limiting the disclosure of substance abuse patient records. Substance abuse treatment programs must ...

Last year, more than 30 million American adults believed they had a substance use problem, while one out of five young people who suffered a major depressive episode also struggled with substance use ...

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) announced the agency has revised the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records ...