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December 11, 2009
Consumers may need more information about laws mandating mental health parity.
The Los Angeles Times (12/1, Roan) "Booster Shots" blog reported that, according to a review published Dec. 1 in the journal Psychiatric Services, "consumers need more information regarding new laws that mandate insurance coverage for mental-health treatment."
After using "data from interviews and focus groups to draw conclusions about the success and failures of the California" mental-health parity "law from 2000 to 2005," investigators found that while "most health plans responded to the parity law by lifting limits on the annual number of days allowed for inpatient treatments and the number of visits allowed for outpatient treatment," there was still some concern "over the use of 'medical necessity' clauses to authorize treatments and control costs."
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- Mental-health parity laws require oversight," Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times Booster Shots, December 1, 2009.
Posted by admin at December 11, 2009 01:31 AM