The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) generally requires parity between a group health plan’s medical/surgical (M/S) benefits and mental health/substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits. Plan sponsors should continue to ensure that they comply with MHPAEA and monitor any participant complaints and litigation regarding access to MH/SUD coverage under their group health plans. This update addresses a recently announced non-en

A long-awaited Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Final Rule was issued on September 9, 2024. The Final Rule...

The federal agencies have released new proposed Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) rules to help better ensure people seeking coverage for mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) care can access treatment as easily as people seeking coverage for medical/surgical (M/S) treatment. This parity requirement applies to both financial quantitative treatment limitations (QTLs) like co-pay and dollar limits or limitations on the number of days of treatmen

The agencies have issued a package of recent guidance on mental health parity implementation that reflects an enhanced focus on...

Several provisions of the recently enacted 21st Century Cures Act directly affect employer group health plans, including expanded...

On June 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance on the non-quantitative treatment limitation (NQTL) parity...

The most recently issued guidance from the DOL comes in the form of another set of “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs). FAQ XVIII...

The agencies have issued final rules under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). In February 2010, interim...

The Department of Labor (DOL) has created a Mental Health Webpage with new resources related to mental health parity. The new Webpage...

The agencies have issued a new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing mental health parity implementation. Under the mental...

The agencies have jointly issued another set of FAQs (Part V) on the implementation of health care reform, mental health parity, and...

A new FAQ from the Department of Labor (DOL) on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) provides important...

Long awaited mental health parity regulations have been released outlining how employers can provide benefits at parity for mental health...

Background: On October 3, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Contained within this...