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	<title>Passion for Subro &#187; Mental Health Parity</title>
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	<description>The personal subrogation blog of Attorney Adam V. Russo.</description>
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		<title>State Parity Law Trumps ERISA Plan’s Exclusion, So Case Against Plan Advances</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits      January 2012 &#124; Vol. 19, No. 4  As illustrated here, ERISA did not preempt the Washington Mental Health Parity Act.  Even though it correctly applied an insured ERISA plan’s coverage restrictions on neurodevelopmental therapy for children over six years old, the administrator’s refusal to pay a 10-year-old dependent’s mental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOL Clarifies MHPAEA’s Effect on Pre-Authorization</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits       January 2012 &#124; Vol. 19, No. 4 The effect of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) on prior authorization practices and other “nonquantitative treatment limitations” was clarified Nov. 17 in guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The MHPAEA interim final rules issued in February 2010 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FAQs Clarify Parity Requirements for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health Parity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Labor released a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) responding to questions raised regarding how the new parity requirements apply to nonquantitative treatment limitations, such as medical management standards, formulary designs, standards for provider admission to the network, and methods to determine reasonable and customary fees.  http://benefitslink.com/articles/guests/washbull111212a.html]]></description>
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		<title>Agencies extend benefits summary deadline &amp; provide guidance on mental health coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trio of federal agencies charged with interpreting and enforcing the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act have addressed some of the most significant questions arising from these laws. In a set of Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, the U.S. Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOL Clarifies Mental Health Parity’s Effect on Pre-Authorization</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The effect of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) on prior authorization practices and other “nonquantitative treatment limitations” was clarified Nov. 17 in guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). http://smarthr.blogs.thompson.com/2011/11/22/dol-clarifies-mental-health-parity%e2%80%99s-effect-on-pre-authorization/]]></description>
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		<title>DOL Issues FAQs on Health Care Reform and the Mental Health Parity Requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 17, 2011, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on health care reform and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. The FAQs provide guidance on the health plan benefits summary requirement under health care reform, and they also clarify the permissible nonquantitative limitations that health plans may apply to mental health and substance abuse benefits.    http://uslf.practicallaw.com/9-513-1708]]></description>
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		<title>FAQs About Affordable Care Act Implementation Part VII and Mental Health Parity Implementation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Set out below are additional Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding implementation of the market reform provisions of the Affordable Care Act, as well as FAQs regarding implementation of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). These FAQs have been prepared jointly by the Departments of Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State’s Health Parity Act Overrides ERISA Plan’s Residential Exclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits Thompson Publishing                  November 2011      Vol. 19, No. 2 The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Blue Shield of California, the plan administrator of an insured ERISA plan, to cover a residential stay for psychological treatment despite plan terms excluding residential stays of any kind. The court even found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurers Must Cover Mental Illness On Par With Physical, Court Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:44:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 26, 2011 &#124;  4:39 pm A case to watch as residential treatment was excluded.  Obviously, this is applying state parity on top of federal parity (as there are not 9 conditions mandated for coverage under federal parity).  Just another reason to be self-funded! From the LA Times&#8230;Healthcare insurers must provide benefits to those with mental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan Language Not A Model Of Clarity, Despite Coverage Denial Being Upheld</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmonfils</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.hr.cch.com 3/28/11 from Spencer’s Benefits Reports: A two-month stay at a residential treatment facility for cocaine addition did not qualify for plan coverage because an acute level of care was not needed after two days, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in upholding the plan’s denial of benefits (Meredith Solomon v. Medical Mutual of [...]]]></description>
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