DHHR sued for not enforcing federal substance use disorder parity law
HUNTINGTON â A local substance use disorder treatment facility is suing the state and its contracted managed care organization for failure to enforce federal substance use disorder parity laws. In January, UniCare, the managed care organization (MCO) for West Virginia Medicaid, stopped providing reimbursements to OVP Health for urine drug screens performed in OVP Healthâs in-house lab. Instead, the screens must be tested at a reference lab to get reimbursements. OVP offers medication-...
Source: herald-dispatch.com