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

(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 substance abuse …

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

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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 …

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

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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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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 …

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

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Many Americans Are Reaching Out For Mental Health …

(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 Health Parity and

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

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

(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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Advancing the Blueprint to Mental Health Parity Reform

(7 days ago) WEBAccess to mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) treatment is a persistent challenge with 50.6% of adults aged 18 years or older with any MH condition …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2818227

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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 …

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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Integrating Health and Mental Health Services: A Past and Future

(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 …

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

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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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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 …

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

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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 …

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

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Evaluation …

(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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Psychiatry.org - Mental Health Parity: New Proposed Rule

(5 days ago) WEBOn July 25, 2023, the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services released a proposed rule intended to strengthen enforcement of the 2008 …

https://www.psychiatry.org/News-room/APA-Blogs/Mental-Health-Parity-New-Proposed-Rule

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Reflections on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act …

(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 …

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

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Why the New APA-Backed Federal Parity Law Is a Game Changer …

(4 days ago) WEBThe Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 made parity the standard for all insurance coverage in America, except for Medicare. But despite the …

https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/apa-backed-federal-parity-law-is-a-game-changer

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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 …

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

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Bridging the Divide Between Health and Mental Health: New …

(1 days ago) WEBMental health parity generally refers to the equal treatment of mental health conditions and physical health conditions in insurance plans, the substance of …

https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(23)00249-6/fulltext

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What Is Mental Health Parity? NAMI

(1 days ago) WEBNAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264, text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7). NAMI, the …

https://www.nami.org/health-care-coverage/what-is-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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Mental Health Parity Health Affairs

(Just Now) WEBMotivated to cover the gaps in the original MHPA and riding a wave of greater acceptance by both the public and legislators, Congress passed the Mental Health …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20140403.871424/

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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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Understanding the CAA’s Changes to the Mental Health Parity and

(9 days ago) WEBThis is the second briefing in our series on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) and transparency regulations. It concerns a new rule under the Mental …

https://www.ballardspahr.com/Insights/Alerts-and-Articles/2022/01/Understanding-the-Mental-Health-Parity-and-Addiction-Equity-Act

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

(8 days ago) WEBMental health awareness campaigns, they argue, help some young people identify disorders that badly need treatment — but they have a negative effect on others, …

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

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Workers have mental health rights, Labor officials want everyone

(1 days ago) WEBThe point of the Parity Act keeps health plans from putting in barriers to mental health care -- or substance use -- support. There are nuances, and more can be …

https://kvia.com/be-mindful/2024/05/09/workers-have-mental-health-rights-labor-officials-want-everyone-to-know/

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Ninth Circuit Reverses Claims Dismissal in MHPAEA Case

(1 days ago) WEBThe case provides useful guidance for future litigants bringing claims under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and the Employee …

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/mental-health-parity-recent-ninth-circuit-ruling-bolsters-mhpaea-and-erisa

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Supporting the Mental Health of Employees of Color

(4 days ago) WEBMental health isn’t the same for everyone; disparities exist between people of color and their white counterparts in the prevalence, incidence, symptoms, and …

https://hbr.org/2024/05/supporting-the-mental-health-of-employees-of-color

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When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence

(7 days ago) WEBGlenn Thrush spent more than a year reporting this article, interviewing close to 50 people and reviewing court-obtained body-camera footage and more than 1,500 …

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

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Mental health in the workplace: Shifting from stigma to solutions …

(5 days ago) WEBFaso noted that regulations can be dense and difficult to dig through but added that the new mental health parity rule could have a significant effect on employers. The …

https://www.benefitspro.com/2024/05/07/mental-health-in-the-workplace-shifting-from-stigma-to-solutions-is-key-for-employers/

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Full article: Media & Mental Health: A Complex Relationship Worth

(6 days ago) WEBScott Parrott is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He teaches courses in professional …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15205436.2024.2326359

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Does focus on youth mental health do no harm? It’s debatable.

(5 days ago) WEBNegative events are an unavoidable part of healthy development, and negative emotions, such as being “down” or anxious, are not, in reasonable amounts, solely …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/10/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-youth-mental-health-focus/

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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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A Proclamation on National Mental Health Awareness Month, 2024

(5 days ago) WEBFinally, we are taking action to ensure that State and local government employees have the same mental health parity protections as millions of other …

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/04/30/a-proclamation-on-national-mental-health-awareness-month-2024/

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Up to 40pc of mental health conditions are linked to child abuse …

(3 days ago) WEBChildhood maltreatment is responsible for up to 41 per cent of common mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, self-harm and suicide …

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-09/child-neglect-abuse-linked-mental-health-sydney-university-study/103818552

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Using nature to treat mental health patients NC Health News

(8 days ago) WEBThen in 2023, with the help of her parents — both retired physicians — Dennis purchased nine acres in rural Orange County between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough and …

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2024/05/08/planting-seeds-care-farm-help-people-mental-health-needs/

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Met police policy on mental health calls may be putting lives at …

(9 days ago) WEBForce says Right Care Right Person scheme has saved 34,000 officer hours but concerns lead to calls for it to be paused The Metropolitan police have said their …

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/09/met-police-policy-on-mental-health-calls-may-be-putting-lives-at-risk-say-charities

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