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Landmark Decision: UnitedHealthcare Used Defective Criteria to Reject Coverage for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Services, Federal Court Finds

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Ruling Will Impact How Health Insurers Make Coverage Determinations; Sends Powerful Message in the Fight for Parity Washington D.C. / March 5, 2019 – Chief Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has found that United Behavioral Health (UBH), the largest managed behavioral health care company … Continued

Quality and Parity: New Payment Models for Behavioral Health

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Remarks of Patrick J. Kennedy Member of Congress, 1st District, Rhode Island, 1995-2011 CMS Innovation Center Behavioral Health Payment and Care Delivery Innovation Summit September 8, 2017 Click here to download the PDF version Click here to watch the entire session. “The Kennedy Forum’s leadership helped the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implement … Continued

A National Call for Measurement-Based Care

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Measurement-based care is routine practice throughout the medical and surgical fields – from blood pressure cuffs to A1c tests for diabetes. Yet today, only 18% of psychiatrists and 11% of psychologists routinely administer simple measurement tools, such as symptom rating scales, to monitor their patients’ progress. As a result, millions of patients seeking help for … Continued