The Biden administration is proposing to enable physicians to use telehealth to initiate the opioid treatment buprenorphine as part of an effort to curb overdoses. The Department of Health and Human ...

HHS issued a final rule Wednesday to ease the exchange of information on patients’ substance use history between providers, insurers and third parties involved in the payment or delivery of care. The ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its Office for Civil Rights and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has finalized modifications to the ...

This month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) took steps to expand access to opioid use disorder ...

The HHS and SAMHSA have permanently implemented the flexibilities in OUD treatment introduced during COVID-19 to increase patient access to care. In its final rule, the Substance Abuse and Mental ...

A proposed rule would align HIPAA privacy regulations for the treatment of substance use disorder to other requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The current ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded nearly $245 million in bipartisan Safer Community Act funding. The money goes toward supporting youth mental health and ...

Two Health and Human Services grant programs totaling $25.6 million will expand access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder and prevent the misuse of prescription drugs. By ...

Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration's mass firings over the weekend, current ...