Healthcare compliance is rarely an employer’s favorite topic of conversation — but it’s a conversation they won’t be able to avoid over the next few years.
The Biden administration finalized a rule that expands the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Act, a law that prohibits health plans from placing restrictions on mental healthcare coverage that they wouldn’t place on other types of medical care. The new requirements center on ensuring employers and insurers strengthen their coverage of mental health providers and services, likely pushing many health plans to expand their mental health care networks altogether.
