New NIDA Planning Tool Integrates Drug and Alcohol Screening Into Primary Care
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) recently released a new electronic health record screening planning tool to help providers...
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- Jul 8
42 CFR Part 2: Court Order Requirements to Disclose SUD Treatment Records
The Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information (CoE-PHI) has published a resource on court order requirements under 42 CFR...
- Jul 1
COSSAP Fact Sheet Released on State Policies That Affect Overdose Responses
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), in collaboration with RTI...
- Jul 1
Applying the Parity Act to Medicare to Improve SUD, Mental Health Care Access
Access to care in other health coverage systems has improved with the adoption of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of...
- Jun 3
National Council Survey Shows Limited Access to Care for SUD
A staggering 43% of U.S. adults who say they needed substance use or mental health care in the past 12 months did not receive that...
- Jun 3
HHS Establishes New Office of Environmental Justice
Recently, HHS established the Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) to better protect the health of disadvantaged communities and...
- Jun 3
DEA, Partners Report on National Rx Take Back Efforts
The DEA reported that this year’s National Rx Drug Take Back Day on April 30 brought in more than 720,000 pounds of unneeded medications...
- Jun 3
New Brief on Opioid Block Grants
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) recently released a new brief on the State Targeted Response (STR) Grants, State Opioid Response...