Mental health insurance in India: lack of parityMadhurima Ghosh a
MENTAL HEALTH INSURANCE PARITY URGED AT HEARING.(LOCAL/STATE)Weier, Anita
January 29, 2010 — Government departments today implemented a law requiring that health insurance cover mental and physical illnesses to the same extent. The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 prohibits group health insurance plans from restricting ...
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Mental Health Parity Bill Passes through Legislation: This Has Been a Historically Momentous Year for Mental Health Coverage as the Legislature Achieved Passage of a Landmark Law to Bring Mental Health Parity Protection to More Than 100 Million Americans Covered by Group Health Insurance Academic ...
The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) expressly requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide both medical/surgical benefits and mental health or substance use disorder benefits to perform and document comparative analyses of the des...
The legislation would end a common health insurance practice of charging substantially higher co-pays for and setting more restrictions on mental health care than other health services. A range of organizations support the measure, including professional medical organizations, health care advocates, the ...
Mental health parity compliance We test health plan compliance with the quantitative requirements of MHPAEA. Quantitative testing checks that financial requirements and quantitative treatment limits for mental health/substance use disorder benefits are no more restrictive than predominant levels for medical/su...
been less generous than that of other physical illness (Sarata, 2011). Mental health parity is a response to this disparity in insurance coverage, and generally refers to the concept that health insurance coverage for mental health services should be offered equally with covered medical and surgical...
Patients and families often encounter roadblocks in getting healthcare covered by insurance. Coverage for mental health is uniquely difficult, due to stigma and lack of parity, despite regulations. When health-related strain is at its height, the last thing anyone needs is having to navigate red ...