Billion-Dollar Legal Losses Could Force Payers to Reevaluate Their Behavioral Health Strategies

Payers don’t lose. That’s been true in the health care space for, pretty much, forever. But I’m tracking a handful of developments that kick at discrete moments of accountability for health plans. The health insurance industry is a land of leviathans. Today, there are four, maybe five, companies that truly matter in the grand scheme. […]

‘Impossible to Operationalize’: What the New Parity Rule Really Means for Behavioral Health Providers, Payers

The rollout of the final parity rule feels like a much-needed win in an industry that has been muddling through ever-increasing challenges for years. That’s as long as the final rule goes unchallenged in the courts, of course. Savoring this positive regulatory development is important: Behavioral health professionals need to find proverbial rays of sunshine […]

Payers Push Back on Biden Mental Health Parity Proposal

The Biden Administration’s proposed behavioral health parity rules have received a wave of criticism this week from payer associations and the House workforce chair. Mental health parity, which requires health plans to cover behavioral health on par with physical health care, has been the law for over a decade. But, federal agencies have lacked the […]