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 […]