The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully ...

Washington, D.C.'s mental health care progress is threatened by the Trump administration's pause on key mental health ...

ATLANTA — Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced Friday that health insurance companies will be fined ...

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires that insurers provide the same level of coverage for both mental and physical health care. The proposed rules are subject to a public ...

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 is viewed as a landmark step in improving patients' access to mental health services. But the rollout has been slow.

Last week, President Joe Biden and the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury issued new rules meant to ensure that insurance coverage for mental health conditions and ...

The final rule, which spans over 530 pages, limits the ability of group health plans to restrict coverage for mental health and substance use disorders compared to medical and surgical care.

Mental health services wane as insurers appear to skirt parity rules during pandemic by Emmarie Huetteman | Kaiser Health News, CT Mirror May 1, 2021 ...

As part of this effort, the departments are eyeing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. Enacted in 2008, the act aims to make sure people seeking mental health and substance use disorder ...

The 2008 mental health parity law affects large group plans. It does not require they offer mental health coverage, but if they do, that coverage must be equal to what is provided for patients ...