The Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act sets ground for national parity compliance.
The law provides a detailed guidance and protections that some state statues have adopted and built upon to facilitate the implementation of the law.
Parity is widely defined as the process of creating equality. A long-held goal of the behavioral health field has been to achieve equal health insurance coverage and managed care treatment.
This article playbook will explain the laws and regulations that pertain to behavioral health parity, how enforcement of these laws takes place, and the roles that state behavioral health agencies play in achieving the goal of parity.
Read more at: https://www.nasmhpd.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/NASMHPD_Parity%20Playbook_2022.pdf