By issuing final rules to fortify mental health coverage parity law, the Biden Administration says it's improving access to ...

Health insurance companies will be held to higher standards in providing mental health care under a new federal rule ...

Health and Human Services and the Treasury issued new rules meant to ensure that insurance coverage for mental health conditions and substance abuse disorder has parity with the level of services ...

“There is no reason that breaking your arm should be treated differently than having a mental-health condition,” President Biden said in an official White House statement released September 9.

Nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals and state lawmakers across New Jersey welcomed a change in federal regulations to ...

The ruling aims to ensure the same level of coverage for mental disorders as for physical health care in private insurance plans. According to the Biden administration, these changes could affect ...

But questions remain about what regulators expect of health plans and whether new federal rules effectively ... fingers at the insurance industry, which they assert limits mental health benefits ...

Importantly, the new rules do not mandate that an employer offer mental health care coverage to employees. The health insurance industry has already balked at some of the changes. In a statement ...

The rules update the Mental Health Parity and Addiction ... The law applies to 175 million people who have private health insurance. Under the new rules, these protections will also cover people ...

On September 9, 2024, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) ...

Like any new rule, it's important to get the word out, Su said. These revisions to mental health parity laws should, at least theoretically, eliminate the red tape associated with insurance ...

It puts in place more specific requirements for insurance companies and plans," Su said. The new rule aims to lower the cost of mental health care in the U.S. The mental health parity law will ...