Mental Health
New and noteworthy
Proposed Mental Health Parity Rule Signals New Focus on Outcome Data as Tool to Assess Compliance
Proposed updates to regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act would require health plans to use data to determine whether enrollees have a harder time accessing behavioral health services compared to other medical services.
This shift to focusing on using data for compliance and enforcement is part of an effort to look at how the insurance works in real life — including things like how insurance claims are handled and evaluated — and how it impacts insured Americans.
This shift to focusing on using data for compliance and enforcement is part of an effort to look at how the insurance works in real life — including things like how insurance claims are handled and evaluated — and how it impacts insured Americans.
Access and coverage
Mental Health Parity at a Crossroads
More than 25 years after the first federal mental health parity protections were put in place, adequate coverage for behavioral health care remains elusive. This brief explains the federal behavioral health parity requirements and sets out key policy issues.Behavioral Health Crisis Response: Findings from a Survey of State Medicaid Programs
About three-quarters of states that responded to our behavioral health survey (33 of 45) do not cover all three core crisis services for adults under fee-for-service Medicaid, but most states cover at least one core crisis service (41 of 45).
Mental Health Findings from 2022 Women’s Health Survey
This issue brief focuses on the access and coverage of mental health services using data from the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey.Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Coverage in Medicare
These FAQs review mental health and substance use disorder coverage and cost sharing in Medicare and discuss recent policy changes related to coverage of mental health and substance use disorder treatments.
