Tag: CMS-SUD

Without fanfare, a rule restoring full research access to Medicare and Medicaid data has gone into effect. The rule had been adopted by the Substance

When SAMHSA issued its proposed rule, I had two concerns about its scope. Writing on AcademyHealth’s behalf, I asked SAMHSA for clarification. Both of my

Three years ago, and without notice, data about patients with substance use disorders began to disappear from Medicare and Medicaid files widely used in health

One provision of the new law pertains to a proposed rule from SAMHSA that would, among other things, restore researchers’ access to data on substance

As Austin and I have discussed extensively, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is working to finalize a rule that would restore

The Obama administration will have to release any final rules by November 21 to assure that they take effect before President Trump takes office. Austin

Together with a working group of whip-smart health-services researchers, I helped to draft AcademyHealth’s comments on SAMHSA’s proposed rule, which would enable researchers to get

This morning, the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation announced that Austin and I are finalists for its second annual Digital Media Award.

Today, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a research letter from Kathryn Rough and her colleagues putting hard numbers on the consequences of

As I wrote yesterday, SAMHSA has proposed a rule that’ll go far to relieve Austin’s and my concerns about counterproductive restrictions on research into substance

On Friday, SAMHSA released a long-awaited proposed rule that would, among other things, restore research access to Medicare and Medicaid claims involving substance use disorders.