Feds Take Aim at Insurers’ Compliance With Mental Health Parity
January
28
A new biannual report to Congress from HHS and the departments of Labor (DoL) and Treasury has found that carriers and plan sponsors are generally not in compliance with recent regulations requiring health plans to document the level of access plan members have to mental health care. Experts say that carriers are largely to blame, but plan sponsors also need to make a greater effort to hold insurers accountable and meet new federal reporting requirements.
Several federal laws mandate mental health care parity: Health plans are not allowed to impose benefit limitations on mental health care that are more severe than limits placed on medical and surgical benefits.
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