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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). Access to Tobacco Cessation Services May 19-20, 2014 Warren Ortland Staff Attorney Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. A national legal network supporting tobacco control policy change.

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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)

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  1. Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Access to Tobacco Cessation Services May 19-20, 2014 Warren Ortland Staff Attorney Tobacco Control Legal Consortium

  2. The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium A national legal network supporting tobacco control policy change.

  3. Tobacco Law Centers Minnesota New York Michigan Massachusetts California Maryland

  4. Who We Serve: • Public health advocacy organizations and community coalitions • Public health officials • Elected officials • City and county attorneys • Private attorneys and individual citizens

  5. What We Do: • Policy development • Litigation support • Legal research, analysis, and interpretation • Education and training

  6. Paul Wellstone & Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA)

  7. Mental Health Parity Legislation • Mental Health Parity Act (1996) • Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (2008) • MHPAEA Interim Final Rule (2010) • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (2010) • MHPAEA Final Rule (2013)

  8. Mental Health Parity Does not require that coverage be offered for any particular mental health condition or substance use disorder Essential Health Benefits (10 categories) Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Service Nicotine Addiction DSM V

  9. Mental Health Parity Requires certain medical plans that cover mental health or substance use disorders to offer coverage for those services that is similar to coverage for medical / surgical benefits

  10. Mental Health Parity “Comparable to” & “No more restrictive than” • Is the limitation applied to substantially all medical/surgical benefits • Is it the predominant treatment limitation • Is it more restrictive for MH/SUD benefits than for medical/surgical

  11. Mental Health Parity “Comparable to” & “No more restrictive than” • Example: • A plan has a “prior authorization” requirement for MH/SUD, but not for medical / surgical benefit • The plan violates the MHPAEA because the offering of MH/SUD services cannot be more restrictive than those for medical / surgical

  12. Mental Health Parity Six Classifications used to apply law • Inpatient, in-network • Inpatient, out-of-network • Outpatient, in-network • Outpatient, out-of-network • Emergency care • Prescription drugs

  13. Mental Health Parity Parity within and across classifications Inpatient, in-network Medical/Surgical MH/SUD Outpatient, out-of-network MH/SUD

  14. MHPAEA Tobacco Cessation Treatment for nicotine addiction does not have to be offered in a plan, but if offered: • Should be offered across all plan classifications • Limitations for nicotine addiction treatment should be comparable to those for medical / surgical conditions

  15. Mental Health Parity Quantitative / Non-quantitative limitations Quantitative • Frequency of treatment • Number of visits • Days of coverage Non-quantitative • Medical management standards • Formulary design • Determination of usual/customary/reasonable MH/SUD

  16. MHPAEA – Plans Covered • Employer funded 50+ employees • Non-grandfather employer funded plans with 50 or fewer employees • Medicaid managed-care plans • Children’s Health Insurance Plans • Medicaid Alternative Benefits Plans

  17. MHPAEA – Plans NOT Covered • Small employer plans created before 2010 • Church-sponsored plans • Self-insured plans for stateand local government • Retiree-only plans • TriCare • Medicare • Traditional Medicaid X

  18. MHPAEA Impact • Between 2007 and 2011, mental health and substance use admissions increased • Per capita spending on these admissions increased faster than spending on medical surgical • Role of MHPAEA on this trend is not clear because of other possible contributing factors

  19. MHPAEA Implementation Dates • New regulations effective Jan. 13, 2014 • Mental health parity provisions of final rule apply to plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2014. • In interim, plans adhere to provisions of interim final rule.

  20. MHPAEA Enforcement General Questions and Comments • Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesHealth Insurance Helpline1-877-267-2323Email CMS Helpline: phig@cms.hhs.gov • Department of Labor1-866-444-3272

  21. MHPAEA / Cessation Resources The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Coverage of Tobacco Cessation - http://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/resources/tclc-fs-mhpaea-&-aca-2014_0.pdf The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: Key Elements and Implications for Smoking Cessation Therapies - http://www.ttac.org/tcn/peers/pdfs/10.26.10-B/SD_VCP01540_MHPAEA_White_Paper_Long.pdf

  22. Contacts • Tobacco Control Legal Consortium • www.tclconline.org • Maggie Mahoney • (651) 290-7514 • maggie.mahoney@wmitchell.edu • Public Health Law Center • www.publichealthlawcenter.org • Warren Ortland • (651) 290-7539 • warren.ortland@wmitchell.edu

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