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Final Rule on Essential Health Benefits Issued

The Final Rule on essential health benefits (EHBs), which describes the parameters of plans that will be included in the federal and state health insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was published yesterday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and APA is encouraged by several modifications and clarifications from an earlier version. Of particular interest to psychiatrists and their patients is that the Final Rule confirms that the federal mental health parity law will apply to nongrandfathered small group and individual plans that are not...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - Yesterday