Sarah Bassler Millar Comments on Insurer Efforts to Comply With Mental Health Parity Regulations With Modern Healthcare

In an article for Modern Healthcare, benefits and executive compensation partner Sarah Bassler Millar provided insight on health insurance companies and employers are directing resources to mental health parity mandates and how regulations may affect efforts to tackle the issue. 

The Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury departments recently finalized regulation that requires health plans to cover mental health services to the same degree they cover medical benefits, and to develop comparative analyses to inform upgrades to coverage, the publication noted. 

“A lot of insurers are trying to make efforts to expand networks and remove obstacles and that sort of thing. But within reason,” Millar said. “They don't want to just write a blank check and cover everything because then claims would become cost-prohibitive.