State and federal regulators have no way to know how well health insurers, or self-insured employer health plans, are complying with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA).
Officials at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) look at the state of MHPAEA compliance in a report released last week.
Analysts at Milliman — an actuarial consulting firm that typically works for insurers — recently reported that there are obvious signs that health plans are providing much weaker coverage for mental health care and substance use disorder care than for other types of health care.
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