NPR's Michelle Andrews did an interview with Jennifer Mathis of Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law on the final rule from the federal government to enforce parity in health insurance coverage between physical health and mental health.
A couple interesting nuggets:
One- Since interim parity regulations came out, only a small percentage of plans have dropped mental health or substance use coverage.
Two- The final rules make clear in a way that the interim rules didn't that "intermediate-level mental health services, including residential treatment and intensive outpatient services," have to be covered in parity.
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