2025 New SAMHSA Confidentiality Law for Substance Use Disorder Records (42 CFR Part 2)
February 06,2025
December 31,2025
All Days
90 Minutes
Recorded Webinar
Healthcare
This 90-minute session on "Explores New SAMHSA Confidentiality Law for Substance Use Disorder Records(42 CFR Part 2)" will address how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to ensure their organization is complying with the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) regulations (42 CFR Part 2) and how this differs from the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Privacy and Security Regulations.
Both regulations carry significant civil and even criminal penalties if not complied with. Both regulations are now being enforced proactively by the Federal government. Both regulations if not complied with can lead to catastrophic legal consequences on state laws of negligence and invasion of privacy if not complied with.
This lesson will cover the latest SAMHSA and HIPAA updates which were released in January 2018 and December 2017 respectively and also cover multiple scenarios and FAQs relating to Substance Abuse Records, Mental Health Records, Alcohol Abuse Records, and the proper ways to secure this information and/or release this information.
An overview of a comparative analysis will be presented comparing SAMHSA to the HIPAA laws relating to protected health information in general.
Areas Covered in the Session:-
- Updates for 2025
- What is SAMHSA?
- What is HIPAA?
- Portable Devices
- When and how records can be released
- Proper Documentation Required
- Enforcement of the Law
- SAMHSA vs HIPAA (specific scenarios)
- Who must comply
- Best Practices
Why You Should Attend:-
Are you clear on the differences between HIPAA and SAMHSA CFR 42 Part 2? – there are some small but extremely major differences that must be addressed between the two regulations.
- Is your organization working with substance abuse records or treating patients for substance abuse?
- Are you aware of the strict federal regulations related to this type of sensitive information?
- Are you aware of the ramifications of non-compliance for both HIPAA and SAMHSA?
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.
Who Will Benefit:-
This webinar will be of valuable assistance to the below audience.
- Practice Managers
- MDs and other Medical Professionals
- Any business associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e. billing companies, transcription companies, IT companies, answering services, home health, coders, attorneys, etc).
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Brian L Tuttle is a Certified Professional in Health IT (CPHIT), Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP), Certified HIPAA Administrator (CHA), Certified Business Resilience Auditor (CBRA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with over 17 years of experience in Health IT and Compliance Consulting.
With vast experience in health IT systems (i.e. practice management, EHR systems, imaging, transcription, medical messaging, etc.) as well as over 22 years of experience in standard Health IT with multiple certifications and hands-on knowledge, Brian serves as a compliance consultant and has conducted onsite and remote risk assessments for over 1000 medical practices, hospitals, health departments, insurance plans, and business associates throughout the United States.
In addition, Mr Tuttle has served in multiple litigated court cases serving as an expert witness offering input related to best practices and requirements for securing and providing patient access to protected health information. Mr. Tuttle has also worked directly with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) both in defending covered entities and business associates as well as being asked by the Federal government to audit covered entities and business associates on behalf of the OCR.
Almost all of Brian’s clients are earned by referral with little or no advertising.
Brian is well known and highly regarded in medical circles throughout the United States for his quality work and down-home southern charm Mr Tuttle has a Master’s Degree in The Study of Law from the University of Georgia and operates nationally out of Swainsboro, GA.
