On February 8, 2024, the federal Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patient Records regulations at 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) were revised in part to increase patient protection and streamline patient consent...more
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On March 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reported four new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) enforcement actions. After a multi-month hiatus...more