UnitedHealth allegedly would use arbitrary thresholds to trigger review of psychotherapy, often leading to coverage denials when providers couldn't provide more patient treatment after 20 sessions. (Photo: Shutterstock)
In what's being touted as "landmark" settlement agreements coming from the first joint state-federal enforcement of mental health parity laws, United Healthcare will pay $14.3 million in restitution to insurance consumers nationwide who were denied or given reduced coverage for mental health and substance use disorder treatments, according to state New York Attorney General Letitia James.
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Jason Grant
Jason Grant is a staff writer covering legal stories and cases for the New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal and Law.com, and a former practicing attorney. He's written and reported previously for the New York Times, the Star-Ledger, the L.A. Times and other publications. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter, pls find him @JasonBarrGrant
