ASAM Urges Senator Lamar Alexander to Help Align 42 CFR Part 2 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

On March 1, the Partnership to Amend 42 CFR Part 2 (of which ASAM is a member) sent a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander calling for the alignment of Part 2 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for purposes of treatment, payment, and health care operations in response to the Chairman’s request for recommendations to help address America’s rising health care costs. The letter noted that modernizing Part 2 by aligning it with HIPAA for TPO would reduce barriers to innovation and coordinated care, thereby contributing to decreased health care costs, particularly for substance use disorders (SUD). As healthcare costs continue to rise, it is vital that treatment for substance use disorder remain widely accessible for all those suffering from it.

Read the letter here.