Course Code: REL-BHC-0-PCSUDT
Hours: 1.25
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2028
Learning Objectives:
Identify challenges that clients and providers experience related to sharing information regarding substance use disorders.
Explain the intent of 42 CFR Part 2 and HIPAA and how they apply to individuals in substance use disorder treatment programs.
Discuss clients’ rights to access their health information and permissible practices for disclosing clients' protected health information.
Outline:
Section 1: Challenges in Sharing Information
Introduction
Protecting Client Information
What Is Confidentiality?
HIPPA Overview
Privacy and Security Rules Within HIPAA
42 CFR Part 2
Challenges for Clients and Providers
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 2: Permissible Sharing of Health Information
Complying With Federal Laws
Permissible Sharing Practices
Knowledge Check
Knowledge Check
Knowledge Check
Additional Sharing Practices Under HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2
Social Media and Technology
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 3: Client’s Rights
Written Authorizations to Permit Disclosure Under HIPAA
Restrictions
Right to Accounting of PHI Disclosures
Denial of Client’s Access to Information
When a Client Is Denied Access to Their Information
Information Breach Notifications
Client Consent to Disclose Information Under 42 CFR Part 2
Elements Needed on a Consent Form to Disclose PII
Review
Key Takeaways
Section 4: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Editor: Amanda Gayle, Ph.D
Amanda Gayle received her PhD. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Georgia in the Counseling and Testing Center. She also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in the Occupational Health Department working in both the internal and external employee assistance programs. She is licensed in North Carolina, where she was in private practice for 15 years, serving primarily adults in individual and couples counseling with many presenting issues. Her focus was on cognitive behavioral therapy to treat anxiety, mood disorders, grief, relationship difficulties, stress management, self-esteem, and parenting. She joined Relias as a subject matter expert writer for behavioral health in 2021.
Subject Matter Expert: Brent Scobie, PhD, LCSW
Brent received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Maine. Over the past 20 years, he has worked in a number of clinical positions at an acute care psychiatric and substance abuse treatment facility and within private practice. He has provided both evaluative and therapeutic services within emergency departments and forensic, inpatient, residential, and nonresidential substance abuse and co-occurring disorders programs. His clinical interest areas include evaluation and treatment of adolescent addiction disorders, chronic pain, insomnia, and anxiety disorders. He is a part-time faculty member at the University of Maine, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on subjects including substance use disorders and adult and child psychopathology.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Behavioral Health Counselors; Care and Case Managers; Marriage and Family Therapists; Medical Providers; Nursing Personnel; Psychologists; Social Workers; Substance Use Counselors; in the following settings: Behavioral Health and Intellectual Developmental Disability, Behavioral Health: Community Services, Behavioral Health: Crisis Services, Behavioral Health: Intensive Services (IRTS), Behavioral Health: Outpatient Services, Behavioral Health: Residential Services, Behavioral Health: Social Rehabilitation Facilities, Behavioral Health: Substance Use Services, Behavioral Health: Substance Use Services: In-Home, Clinics: Primary Care, Hospitals: Acute, Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities/ Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs), Substance Use Treatment: Outpatient, Substance Use Treatment: Residential Facility.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.