Understanding the CAA's Changes to the Mental Health Parity and ...

Impact of the New Mental Health Parity Disclosure Rules

The federal government recently passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “CAA”). The CAA contains several provisions, including rules that add to ...

Leading Healthcare Stakeholders Respond to Administration ...

“The final Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) rule will have severe unintended consequences that will raise costs and ...

The 2023 MHPAEA Report to Congress details efforts by the Departments to implement and enforce the amendments to MHPAEA made by the CAA, 2021.

Consolidated Appropriations Act Underscores Mental Health Parity ...

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), 2021, enacted late in 2020, imposes a new requirement on group health plans to ensure compliance ...

Parity - Medicaid

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA, Pub.L. 110-343) makes it easier for Americans with mental health and substance use disorders to ...

CAA #7: Clarifying The CAA's Mental Health Parity Rules

The CAA did not change any of the rules governing NQTLs; neither did it make any changes in the recommended protocols for analyzing whether ...

A Survival Guide to DOL Group Health Plan Mental Health Parity ...

The CAA puts in place new Department of Labor (DOL) enforcement mechanisms to ensure that employer-sponsored group health plans satisfy certain ...

Mental Health Parity and Coverage in Private Health Insurance

In addition, multiple changes have aimed to improve plans' understanding of and compliance with parity requirements and increase federal ...

Agencies Issue FAQs on Required Comparative Analysis of ...

One of the more onerous changes introduced by the CAA relates to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). MHPAEA ...

Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries: Some Clarity on Mental Health ...

Enacted in 2008, and bolstered by amendments in the CAA, MHPAEA does not mandate that group health plans provide MH/SUD benefits. If a group ...

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) - CMS

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) established protections for consumers related to surprise billing and transparency in health ...

Mental Health Parity at a Crossroads - KFF

This brief discusses federal mental health parity protections -- what they are, who they apply to, who enforces them and key policy issues ...

CAA 2023 Includes HSA Telehealth Relief, MHPAEA, Medicare, and ...

Telehealth Flexibilities · Mental Health Enforcement Grants · Medicare/Medicaid Changes · What Didn't Make It?

Mental Health - Health Care Reform Dashboard

... (CAA). The report offers valuable insight into the ... Understanding the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act ... Changes are coming to the Health Care ...

Guidance Released on the New Mental Health Parity Comparative ...

The CAA requires plans and issuers perform an analysis that documents compliance with the non-quantitative treatment limitation provisions of ...

Mental Health Parity Update: 3 Key Developments in 2023

Under the CAA, each plan must create a written “comparative analysis” of each non-quantitative limit on mental health benefits and must provide ...

The DOL Has Made This New Mental Health Parity Requirement a ...

Embedded in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “CAA”) is a new obligation for group health plan sponsors and insurers that ...

Mental Health Parity Remains a Priority for Tri-Agency: MHPAEA ...

Based on the FAQs, it appears that in the short-term the DOL will be folding enforcement of the CAA into its existing enforcement work and ...

Mental Health Parity (MHPAEA) Toolkit | Practical Law - Westlaw

MHPAEA and its implementing regulations impose extensive requirements regarding mental health parity on employer-sponsored group health plans and health ...

Behavioral Health Care Compliance | MHPAEA and NQTL

The federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) requires commercial health plans that offer mental health ...