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NEW GUIDELINES FOR PARITY OF CARE

February 14, 2020February 22, 2020 chrisjo insurance coverage, longer-term therapy, parity

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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UNNECESSARY – and SOMETIMES TRAGIC – SUFFERING WHEN THERAPY IS NEEDED

January 31, 2020January 31, 2020 chrisjo addiction, EATING DISORDERS, insurance coverage, longer-term therapy, parity

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.