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Monday, May 3, 2021 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) amended the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) to include substantial new compliance requirements. The Department of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) have released much-anticipated guidance for group health plans necessitating action from plan sponsors. Background on MHPAEA Since its inception, the main objectives of the MHPAEA have remained the same: to ensure the financial requirements and treatment limitations applied to mental ...

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) amended the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) to include substantial new compliance requirements. The...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: State and federal regulators, Congress, and the plaintiffs’ bar are increasingly focused on compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPEA), particularly given the opioid epidemic and COVID-19’s impact on mental health. MHPAEA compliance and enforcement is a top priority for the United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) with market conduct exams, state attorneys general investigations, and DOL investigations and subpoenas focused specifically ...

Friday, April 16, 2021 State and federal regulators, Congress, and the plaintiffs’ bar are increasingly focused on compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPEA), particularly given the opioid epidemic and COVID-19’s impact on mental health. MHPAEA compliance and enforcement is a top priority for the United States Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) with market conduct exams, state attorneys general investigations, and DOL investigations and subpoenas focused specifically on MHPAEA. A recent amendmen...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 2, 2021, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the “Departments”) issued Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) related to the implementation of the mental health and substance use disorder parity provisions under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) and the Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act (“MHPAEA”). Since 2008, the MHPAEA has generally prohibited group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health and substance use disorder benefi...