Agents in RecoveryAI Agents for Treatment Center Admissions: What to Automate and What to Keep Human
How addiction treatment centers can use AI agents on the admissions line: what to automate, where the HIPAA and Part 2 line sits, and what must stay human.
Guides
Guides
Long-form guides for people who run programs. Each one ends with the privacy line and a short FAQ.
What an AI Agent Should Never Do in Addiction Treatment
The hard lines for AI agents in addiction treatment: crisis response, clinical decisions, referral payments, Part 2 records, and the moments that need a person.
AI Documentation for SUD Counselors: Group Notes, Part 2, and Review
How substance use disorder counselors can use AI scribes and note drafting for individual and group sessions, with the Part 2, consent, and review rules spelled out.
AI for Mental Health Practice Intake: A Practical Setup
How therapy and counseling practices can use AI agents for intake, scheduling, and insurance questions without crossing HIPAA lines or acting as a clinician.
AI Note-Taking in Therapy: Consent, Psychotherapy Notes, and Where the Line Is
What therapists and group practices should know before using an AI scribe: BAAs, client consent, psychotherapy notes under HIPAA, state laws, and review rules.
42 CFR Part 2 and AI Tools: What SUD Programs Need to Know
What the 2024 Part 2 final rule changed, and what it means when an addiction treatment program puts substance use disorder records into an AI tool.
AI for Behavioral Health Billing: Eligibility, Denials, and Appeals
How AI agents can help behavioral health billing teams with eligibility checks, denial patterns, appeals, and utilization review, and where people decide.
AI Tools for Recovery Coaches: Admin Help Without Losing the Relationship
How independent recovery coaches and family coaches can use AI for scheduling, follow-up, and marketing, where privacy rules apply, and what stays human.
AI Tools for Peer Recovery Specialists: Help With the Paperwork, Not the Peer Work
Where AI helps peer recovery specialists and peer recovery coaches: documentation, resource lookup, and scheduling. Plus the privacy line and what stays human.
AI for Recovery Community Organizations: Grant Reports, Volunteers, and Outreach
How recovery community organizations can use AI for grant reporting, volunteer scheduling, and outreach with aggregate data, plus where the privacy line sits.
HIPAA-Safe AI for Sober Living Operators
Does HIPAA apply to your sober living home? How recovery residence operators can use AI for house operations safely, and where the privacy line sits.
AI for Sober Living Admissions and Waitlists, Without Patient Brokering
How recovery residences can use AI to answer inquiries and manage waitlists, and why referral payments under EKRA are off limits no matter the software.
PHI, BAAs, and AI: A Plain-Language Primer for Behavioral Health
A plain-language guide to PHI, de-identified data, Business Associate Agreements, and 42 CFR Part 2 for behavioral health teams using AI tools.
How to Evaluate an AI Vendor in Behavioral Health: The Questions to Ask Before You Sign
The questions behavioral health operators should ask any AI vendor about BAAs, data use, Part 2, crisis handoffs, pricing, and accuracy before signing.
HIPAA Considerations for AI Agents in Behavioral Health: A Working Checklist
A practical HIPAA checklist for behavioral health teams adding an AI agent: BAAs, risk analysis, minimum necessary, website tracking, Section 1557, and human review.
Training Your Staff to Use AI Without Leaking PHI
A practical AI training plan and one-page policy for behavioral health teams: what staff can put into AI tools, what they can't, and what to do after a mistake.