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After a 3 year wait, the Final Regulations for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Act were released on November 13, 2013 and will take effect on January 13, 2013 for plans with effective dates on or after July 1, 2014. All 206 pages of the Rule can be found in the Federal Register and …
Read moreSoon has finally arrived. After almost 3 years of waiting, consumers, providers and advocates were rewarded this morning with Final Regulations to implement and enforce the Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. Secretary Sebelius announced the release of the Final Regulations at the Rosalyn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy earlier this morning. …
Read moreEstablished by former congressman Patrick F. Kennedy, the Kennedy Forum strives to stay true to President Kennedy’s vision – for everyone to live dignified lives and take advantage of the benefits that come with being American. The Community Mental Health Act signed 50 years ago provided a sound foundation for mental health parity laws and …
Read moreThe HMO, Kaiser Permanente was recently fined $4m by the State of California for violating California mental health parity law. The fine, the second largest in California history, was in response to Kaiser’s failure to provide access to mental health care in a timely manner. Along with the fine, California Department of Insurance issued a …
Read moreOn May 2, Governor O’Malley signed into law two pieces of legislation that will better enable the Maryland Insurance Administration to fully enforce the federal parity law and better allow consumers to exercise their rights. A small group of parity advocates including, MHAMD, NCADD Maryland, and the University of Maryland Law School Drug Policy Clinic …
Read moreOn May 2, 2013 the United States District Court in Vermont issued the first ruling in the country on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. While the Court has not yet issued a final decision in the case, the ruling issued earlier established that the plan administrator has the burden to show that …
Read morePRESS RELEASE FROM THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION American Psychiatric Association and Others Seek Court’s Intervention in Compelling Anthem and Wellpoint to End Alleged Discrimination Against Mental Health Patients ARLINGTON, Va. (April 11, 2013) — The American Psychiatric Association, the Connecticut Psychiatric Society, the Connecticut Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and two individuals have …
Read moreA new study by the Health Care Cost Institute shows that access to hospital inpatient substance use disorder treatment was up by 19.5% in 2011.
Read moreAs written about by John Grohol in Psych Central, Kaiser Permanente, California’s largest HMO was found by the California Department of Managed Health Care to be violating patient protection laws. California requires that patients wait no more than 10 days for an appointment to see a specialist. Kaiser Permanente was found to keep some patients …
Read moreAs written in Psych Today, the Connecticut Psychiatric Society, the American Psychiatric Society, and the Medical Society of Connecticut allege that Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Connecticut is violating the federal parity and other laws with new reimbursement procedures for new CPT code implementation. The provider groups believe the new CPT code procedures will leave …
Read morePomerantz Law Firm Has Filed a Class Action Against UnitedHealth Group, Inc. for Violations of Federal and State Mental Health Parity Laws – UNH March 12, 2013 15:20 | Source: Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP NEW YORK, March 12, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pomerantz Grossman Hufford Dahlstrom & Gross LLP has filed a …
Read moreOn January 16, 2013- Maryland Parity Project Director was pleased to join with students at the University of Maryland King Carey School of Law Drug Policy Clinic to present a 90 minute webcast on the federal parity law. The webcast, hosted by the Maryland Medicaid Matters Coalition,presents an overview of the law with a focus …
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