2021 Updates to Mental Health Parity Testing Requirements
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (more here) amended The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) to require group health plans and insurers to perform, document, and disclose comparative analyses of the design and application of non-quantitative treatment limits (NQTLs) for mental health/substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits in the plan. Group health plans and insurers must make this analysis available to Departments of Treasure, Labor, and HHS beginning Feb 10, 2021. The comparative analysis must demonstrate that the processes, strategies, evidentiary standards, and other factors used to apply NQTLs to MH/SUD benefits are comparable to, and applied no more […]