[Updated]: Trump Administration Might Nix Biden Parity Rule

Court documents reveal the Trump Administration intends to rework the much-extolled parity rule issued by the Biden administration. The administration’s future plans remain unclear. Attorneys representing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Treasury Department and the Department of Labor asked a federal court to hold a lawsuit challenging the Biden-era parity rule […]

Biden Administration Releases ‘Historic’ Final Rule on Behavioral Health-Physical Health Parity

The Biden administration has released its final rule updating mental health parity compliance for group and individual health plans. Released Monday, the final rule updates how federal agencies oversee whether health plans treat behavioral health benefits differently than physical health benefits. In short, it requires and spells out how health plans are to analyze nonquantitative […]

Newly Released Proposed Federal Mental Health Rule Seeks To ‘Make Parity A Reality’

The Biden Administration introduced a new proposed rule focused on strengthening mental health parity regulations. Specifically, the proposal sets out to clarify health plan’s requirements for nonquantitative treatment limitations (NQTL) comparative analyses and network composition. NQTL are health plan practices that are not associated with specific numbers but still have an influence on whether and […]

Biden Administration Releases Report Panning Health Plans for Failing to Achieve Mental Health Parity

Three cabinet-level federal departments found that health plans are failing to ensure mental health parity in their benefit plans. The U.S. Labor Department, Health and Human Services Department and Department of the Treasury issued a 54-page report today spelling out how group health plans or health insurance issuers have fallen short of their legal obligations […]