Last week was the annual Moments of Change conference at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. A beautiful venue for a long-running gathering of...
Travel Assistance, Patient Financial Responsibility, and Good Intentions
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Harm Reduction – Supervised Injection Sites
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday, October 2, 2019, that a Philadelphia nonprofit group's plan to open the first site in the U.S. where people can...
DCF Updates Rules Regulating SUD Treatment Providers
Today (technically on 8/9), DCF released its Final Version of the rewrite of the rules regulating treatment providers, found within Chapter 65D-30...
EMRs and the Sale of Patient Data, Part 1
Amongst all aspects of regulatory compliance as an addiction treatment provider, the privacy and security of Patient Health Information (“PHI”) as...
Prosecutors bring rare criminal charges against Ohio opioid distributor
Federal prosecutors in Cincinnati filed criminal charges Wednesday against an opioid distributor and two of its top former officers, including its...
DCF Releases Further Changes to Treatment Regulations in 65D-30
On June 25, 2019, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) released its latest “Notice of Change” relating to further proposed and...
What the New DOJ Compliance Program Guidance Means to Health Care
By Michael W. Peregrine, McDermott Will & Emery LLP; Katherine Lauer, Latham & Watkins LLP; and Tony Maida, McDermott Will & Emery LLP...
BREAKING NEWS – Florida Legislature Passes Latest Sober Homes Task Force SUD Treatment and Recovery Residence Legislation
Today, the Florida Senate passed and adopted Florida House Bill 369 (HB 369) which was drafted based upon recommendation from State Attorney Dave...
Feds Bring Heat of Culture of Compliance Into Fight Against Opioid Epidemic
The other day we wrote about the importance of treatment programs hiring educated and trained (and preferably “certified”) compliance...
Why Having a Certified Compliance Professional in Addiction Treatment is Critical
The health care law world has been buzzing over the weekend about the release by HHS of its Notice of Enforcement Discretion, regarding a reduction...