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Despite efforts to close gap, parity in mental …

(5 days ago) WEBTo unearth mental health care disparities, the Carter Center, along with the Center for Public Integrity, launched the first newsroom cohort of the Mental Health Parity Collaborative in 2022. In the last two years, 32 news outlets in nine states have …

https://publicintegrity.org/health/health-parity/gap-parity-mental-health-care-remains-elusive/

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Mental Health Parity in the US: Have We Made Any Real …

(9 days ago) WEBAccording to some recent reports and measures, the answer is no. Mental health parity is a straightforward concept: insurance coverage for mental health conditions, including …

https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/mental-health-parity-in-the-us-have-we-made-any-real-progress

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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and the …

(3 days ago) WEBOver the past 2 decades, a series of legislative initiatives have advanced parity of insurance coverage for behavioral health disorders, namely mental and substance use …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6595520/

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The Effects of Federal Parity on Mental Health Services …

(1 days ago) WEBObjective: This study evaluated the effects of the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 on the use of outpatient and clinic-based …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201800313

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act …

(3 days ago) WEBThe landmark 2008 federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) is the latest in a long line of parity laws 6 attempting to rectify this disparity. MHPAEA applied …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5233645/

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Integrating Health and Mental Health Services: A Past and …

(2 days ago) WEBThe authors trace the modern history, current landscape, and future prospects for integration between mental health and general medical care in the United States. …

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18020169

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Reflections on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction …

(3 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), enacted on October 3, 2008, began to take shape in Senators Pete Domenici (R‐NM) and John Danforth's …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287066/

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Government Steps Up Efforts to Enforce Parity Law

(6 days ago) WEBGovernment Steps Up Efforts to Enforce Parity Law. An impactful new report illustrates that many health plans are not complying with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction …

https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.pn.2022.03.3.32

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Mental Health Parity at a Crossroads KFF

(3 days ago) WEBThe focal point of these protections has evolved over the years from the narrow initial federal law, the Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA), to the broader protections in …

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/mental-health-parity-at-a-crossroads/

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Mental Health Parity - The New York Times

(8 days ago) WEBThe new parity rules apply to most health plans and are effective beginning July 1, although many plans will not have to comply until January of next year. News about …

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/mental-health-parity

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Government Proposes New Rules to Strengthen Parity Law

(1 days ago) WEBThe Biden administration’s proposal would place new requirements on health plans to ensure they are in compliance with the 2008 federal parity law. President Joe Biden’s …

https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2023.09.9.41

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Many Americans Are Reaching Out For Mental Health Support - NPR

(2 days ago) WEBUltimately, these hurdles to getting mental health care produce a lack of parity between insurance coverage of mental and physical health, she adds, despite the 2008 Mental …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/23/1030430464/mental-health-parity-therapy-high-cost

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New Federal Rules Seek To Strengthen Mental Health Parity

(2 days ago) WEBOn July 25, 2023, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the tri-agencies) proposed a new rule to strengthen the enforcement of the federal …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/new-federal-rules-seek-strengthen-mental-health-parity

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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and the Use of …

(6 days ago) WEBunmet need for behavioral health care3,4 and the continued strain to the system caused by the opioid crisis,5,6 parity in insurance coverage is one important mechanism in …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305023

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Achieving mental health parity: The struggle to expand insurance …

(9 days ago) WEBAnother hurdle to achieving parity: Many mental health professionals do not accept insurance. For example, psychiatrists’ acceptance rates for all types of insurance were …

https://journalistsresource.org/health/mental-health-parity-insurance-coverage/

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Insurance coverage for mental health care gets a boost from Biden …

(6 days ago) WEBThe original mental health parity law said health plans offered by state and local governments didn't have to comply. Updates to the law changed that and this proposed …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/26/1190138272/biden-health-insurance-coverage-mental-health-parity

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'Mental Health Parity' Is Still An Elusive Goal In U.S. Insurance

(4 days ago) WEBThe 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act required large group health plans that provide benefits for mental health problems to put that coverage on an equal …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/07/730404539/mental-health-parity-is-still-an-elusive-goal-in-u-s-insurance-coverage

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Psychiatry.org - Mental Health Parity

(7 days ago) WEBMental Health Parity. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (federal parity law) was enacted in 2008 and requires insurance coverage for mental health …

https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/advocacy/federal-affairs/health-insurance-coverage-access-to-care/mental-health-parity

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What Is Mental Health Parity? NAMI

(1 days ago) WEBAfter years of NAMI advocates sending letters, making phone calls and visiting their members of Congress mental health parity is law. Now it's time for you to make sure …

https://www.nami.org/health-care-coverage/what-is-mental-health-parity/

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)

(4 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) provided that large group health plans cannot impose annual or lifetime dollar limits on mental health benefits that are less …

https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/mental-health-parity-addiction-equity

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Mental Health Parity Rules for Health Insurance - Verywell Health

(6 days ago) WEBMental health parity refers to rules that prevent health insurance plans from having more restrictive requirements for mental health benefits than for medical and surgical …

https://www.verywellhealth.com/mental-health-parity-rules-and-health-insurance-5208707

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Enforcing Mental Health Parity Health Affairs

(Just Now) WEBEnforcing Mental Health Parity. Sarah Goodell. Five years after the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act took effect, access to equal benefits and qualified providers …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20151109.624272/

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The economic burden of mental health inequities - Deloitte US

(7 days ago) WEBDaniel E. Dawes is a health care and public health leader, health policy expert, educator, researcher, and author. Dawes is the Founding Dean of the School of Global Health at …

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/health-care/economic-burden-mental-health-inequities.html

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Mental health inequities cost U.S. $477 billion per year, report says

(Just Now) WEBAnd those inequities are expensive for society. According to a new report from Deloitte and the Meharry School of Global Health, inequities in mental health will cost the U.S. more …

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/16/mental-health-care-inequities-477-billion-per-year/

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State adoption of telehealth payment parity has grown but still …

(7 days ago) WEBOthers have enacted telehealth payment parity only for mental health services. In some cases, payment parity laws have expired. The report noted that New York’s statute …

https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/state-adoption-of-telehealth-payment-parity-has-grown-but-still-varies

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The State of State Biomarker Testing Insurance Coverage Laws

(7 days ago) WEBThe effects of federal parity on mental health services use and spending: evidence from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.  Psychiatr Serv . 2019;70(4):287-293. doi: …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2818623

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Minnesota fines UnitedHealthcare $450K over alleged mental …

(1 days ago) WEBHealthPartners and Medica previously agreed to pay fines. UnitedHealthcare must pay up to a $450,000 fine in a settlement over mental health parity laws. Minnesota health …

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-fines-unitedhealthcare-450k-over-alleged-mental-health-parity-violations/600365819/

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Are Schools Too Focused on Mental Health? - The New York Times

(8 days ago) WEBMay 6, 2024. In recent years, mental health has become a central subject in childhood and adolescence. Teenagers narrate their psychiatric diagnosis and treatment on TikTok and …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/health/mental-health-schools.html

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The right to mental health and parity - PMC - National Center for

(3 days ago) WEBThe right to mental health and parity - PMC. Journal List. Indian J Psychiatry. v.57 (2); Apr-Jun 2015. PMC4462778. As a library, NLM provides access to scientific literature. …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4462778/

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UnitedHealthcare fined $450K over alleged mental health parity …

(2 days ago) WEBUnitedHealth Group Credit: REUTERS/Mike Blake. Christopher Snowbeck at the Star Tribune is reporting Minnesota health insurance regulators are imposing a $450,000 …

https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2024/05/unitedhealthcare-fined-450k-over-alleged-mental-health-parity-violations/

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California makes $3.3 billion available for mental health beds - Los

(7 days ago) WEBREDWOOD CITY, Calif. —. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that the state will make $3.3 billion in funding available by July to begin building inpatient and outpatient …

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-14/california-3-3-billion-available-for-mental-health-beds

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Mental Health Awareness is Backfiring on Teens - The New York …

(1 days ago) WEBMedical groups declaring a “national emergency.”. The surgeon general calling for an “all of society” response to a “devastating” mental health crisis among young people. By all

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/opinion/mental-health-awareness.html

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US Immigration Policy Stressors and Latinx Youth Mental Health

(7 days ago) WEBKey Points. Question How are immigration-related stressors associated with parent-child relationships and, in turn, with Latinx youth mental health symptoms from early to late …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2818679

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Behavioral Health Parity and the Affordable Care Act - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBBackground on The Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act (MHPAEA) People with behavioral health problems (mental and substance use disorders) are …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4334111/

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NC jails skirt law, skip meds for opioid use disorder NC Health …

(3 days ago) WEBMany NC jails violate legal requirements by skipping meds for opioid use disorder. But momentum for the treatment is building. In recent years, more detention centers in the …

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2024/05/16/many-nc-jails-violate-legal-requirements-by-skipping-meds-for-opioid-use-disorder/

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When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence

(7 days ago) WEBIt was 1:19 p.m. on Sept. 6, 2019, in the Danville Correctional Center, a medium-security prison a few hours south of Chicago. Mr. Johnson, 21 and serving a short sentence for …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/us/politics/prison-mental-health-care.html

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