Psychologists and Psychotherapists in Los Angeles Area
Previous blogs covered issues with United Healthcare (UHC) denying mental health services to eligible patients (Will Mental Healthcare be as Available as Medical Care?, New Guidelines for Parity of Care). A lawsuit in New York state was resolved recently, when UHC completed $13.6 million in payments to patients who had been denied care. UHC is the nation’s largest health care insurer
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A “landmark” settlement with United Healthcare in the state of New York requires UHC to pay $14.3 million to consumers nationwide. This was the first ever joint lawsuit filed by a state (New York) and the federal government. The impacted consumers were either denied coverage or given reduced benefits for mental health and substance use disorders
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Insurance companies are moving towards reducing the benefits for telehealth services. They may be lowering reimbursement levels to pre-COVID 19 levels so that reimbursement to providers will be lower and out-of-pocket co-pays will be higher for patients. They may also re-institute prior authorizations for services, which is a time-consuming process for providers that often discourages them from even providing service.
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A recent class action lawsuit against the country’s largest mental health insurer (United Behavioral Health) has produced a ruling with clear cut principles of care that make mental health coverage on par with medical health coverage (known as “parity
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A recent class action lawsuit featured two instances of suffering that proved to be unnecessary, and in one instance tragic. To mental health care professionals, this is an all-too-familiar scenario.
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How to Make Sure Insurance Coverage Works by Alan M. Solomon, Ph.D. Federal law guarantees that insurance coverage for mental
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