{"id":5629,"date":"2023-07-26T15:41:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/?p=5629"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:50:13","slug":"gc4r-supports-biden-administration-new-rule-on-insurance-and-parity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/gc4r-supports-biden-administration-new-rule-on-insurance-and-parity\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Council for Recovery Supports Biden Administration New Rule on Insurance and Parity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biden proposes new rules to boost mental health care\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U_yJxFUbMO0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted1\">The Georgia Council for Recovery supports the new rule proposed by the Biden Administration to\u00a0reinforce 2008\u2019s Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) by requiring insurance providers to update health plans to make sure people have equivalent access between their mental health and physical health medical benefits.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted1\">\u201cPeers and families who are paying out of pocket to pay for mental health and substance use medical care, even when they have health insurance, deserve strong rules with effective, consistent, and transparent enforcement,\u201d said Laurisa Guerrero, Executive Director of the Georgia Council for Recovery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted1\">Enforcement of this rule will move America to true parity, and it will help ensure we finally fulfill the promise of mental health parity required under the\u00a02008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted1\">The rule would call on insurers to evaluate coverage based on a number of benchmarks, including the plan\u2019s provider network, how much plans pay for out-of-network coverage and how often prior authorization is required and approved under existing plans, according to the administration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted1\">This rule will make it easier to enforce the law when health plans are in violation. \u201cThis rule will provide clarity on\u00a0what health plans need to do to be in compliance with the requirements of mental health parity so that regulators have the ability to enforce actions and hold people to the standards of the rule,\u201d said Guerrero.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span class=\"x_ContentPasted1\">\u201cAddressing Behavioral Health\u00a0and the disparities between mental and physical health care must continue to remain a bipartisan policy priority for the Biden Administration and Congress\u2019\u201d said Guerrero\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0<span class=\"x_ContentPasted1\">Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, it enters a 60-day public comment period before it can take effect.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Georgia Council for Recovery supports the new rule proposed by the Biden Administration to\u00a0reinforce 2008\u2019s Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) by requiring insurance providers to update health plans to make sure people have equivalent access between their mental health and physical health medical benefits.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPeers and families who are paying out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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