Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV)provides an array of health care services, including substance use diagnosis, treatment, and referral for treatment. The Center uses an integrated care modelin which the members of your care team work together to provide coordinated, comprehensive care by understanding your health needs, connecting you to appropriate services and communicating regularly with you and with each other through care team meetings, through our electronic medical record, etc..
As described in our Notice of Privacy Practices, your health information is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). In addition to HIPAA, the federal regulations governing the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (42 CFR Part 2 (“Part 2”)) provide additional confidentiality protections for certain substance use disorder records. The Center’s Part 2 Program(s) include:
- The following identified units which are held out as providing and provide substance use disorder diagnosis, treatment, or referral for treatment:
- The Center’s Part 2 unit consists of Medical Providers when providing MAT services and Behavioral Health Providers providing therapeutic services.
- The following staff members who have as their primary function the provision of substance use disorder diagnosis, treatment or referral for treatment and are identified as such:
- Dr. David Roberts, Dr. Peter Guerra, Dr. Rebecca King-Mallory, Morgan Akers, Ashley Slagel-Perry, Janie Kelly, Erin Shaffer, Whitney Chase, Ally Yeatts, Laura Hayes, and Rosana Haugh as well as support staff who work directly with these Part 2 providers including: Certified Recovery Specialists Jen Plummer and Rachel Jarvis, nurses, clinical case managers, care coordinators, patient scheduling and authorization representative and the TPC/AMP Coordinator.
Part 2 requires a patient’s written consent before information protected by Part 2 can be disclosed, except in very limited circumstances as described in The Center’s Notice to Patients of Federal Confidentiality Requirements under 42 CFR Part 2. This consent form allows you to authorize the disclosure of your substance use disorder records protected by Part 2. Please review this form carefully.