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The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 mandates that employers offering medical/surgical and mental health/substance use disorder coverage provide comparative analyses and any...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021(“CAA”) amended the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) to require group health plans and insurers that impose...
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Last week, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it will focus on requesting information from employers where there are potential “red flags” of non-compliance with the provisions and rules of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), as modified by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). Section 203 of the CAA imposes a new requirement on group health plans to ensure compliance with the MHPAEA: group health plans and insurers that provide both medical/surgical benefits and mental health or subs...
BakerHostetler 2021 Data Security Incident Response Report – Disruption and Transformation - The report provides risk mitigation and compromise response intelligence from more than...
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 2, 2021, the Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services departments (the “Departments”) issued ACA FAQs Part 45 (“FAQ 45”), which elaborates on the new reporting requirements implemented by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “CAA”) under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (“MHPAEA”). FAQ 45 reiterates that the new reporting requirements are enforceable now, so group health plan (“GHP”) sponsors subject to these rules should consider making compliance a priority. Und...