Accreditation and Certification for Opioid Use Disorders
Subject Matter: Opioid treatment programs Jurisdiction: Federal Citations: 42 CFR § 8 et seq. Summary: Federal regulations governing the accreditation and the certification and treatment standards for opioid treatment programs that provide medication assisted...Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Subject Matter: Confidentiality requirements Jurisdiction: Federal Citations: 42 CFR § 164 et seq. Summary: Federal law, often referred to as HIPAA, which governs the confidentiality of medical records held by certain types of providers called covered entities. HIPAA...Confidentiality of Substance Abuse Disorder Patient Records
Subject Matter: Confidentiality requirements Jurisdiction: Federal Citations: 42 CFR § 2 et seq Summary: Federal regulations, often referred to as “Part 2,” which govern the confidentiality of substance use disorder treatment and patient related records, which...Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equality Act
Subject Matter: Insurance coverage Jurisdiction: Federal Citations: 29 U.S. Code § 1185a; 45 CFR Part 147.136 et seq. Summary: Federal legislation signed into law in 2008 that required large insurance plans to cover mental health care as they would general medical...Affordable Care Act (ACA or “Obamacare”)
Subject Matter: Insurance coverage Jurisdiction: Federal Citations: 42 U.S. Code § 18001 et seq. including 42 U.S. Code § 18022 (Essential Health Benefits) Summary: Federal legislation that, among other things, mandated that mental health and addiction treatments are...
A national membership association that provides education and advocacy for those in the behavioral health and addiction treatment industries.
We are the leading and unifying voice of addiction-focused treatment programs.
