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Mental Health Brake: 2024 MHPAEA Regulations Put on Hold

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A recent court filing offers a reprieve to health plan sponsors in their efforts to comply with final regulations issued last year under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)....more

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‘Waking Up With Panic Attacks’: NIH 15% Plan Caps Tumultuous Weeks Under New Administration

If NIH succeeds in imposing an across-the-board indirect cost rate of 15%, rough estimates indicate the University of Michigan could lose $119 million a year. Emory University could be down $75 million. For the University of...more

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State Attorneys General Continue to Collaborate on Bipartisan Issues

State Attorneys General (AGs) across the country continue their bipartisan collaboration on issues affecting citizens across state lines. State AGs have long worked in multi-state groups related to broad-based investigations...more

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New Year, New FTC Chair & State AG Priorities

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Pennsylvania AG Dave Sunday was sworn in January 22, 2025. FTC Commissioner Andrew N. Ferguson was appointed Chairman on January 22, 2025....more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 2 - January 2025

Business and community leaders from across the state made their annual pilgrimage to Atlanta on Tuesday morning for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs & Issues breakfast at the Georgia World Congress Center. Although the...more

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Complying With the ‘Relevant Data’ Requirement Under the Final 2024 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: A Proposal for...

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The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) generally requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to ensure that financial requirements (such as copays and deductibles), quantitative treatment...more

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Trending in Telehealth: November 26 – December 10, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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Employee Benefit Plans: Important Considerations for Year-End and 2025

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For calendar-year plans, the 2025 plan year is right around the corner. And even for non-calendar-year plans, January 1, 2025, is a key implementation date for certain plan features. This is the ideal time for plan sponsors...more

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Trending in Telehealth: October 7 – 14, 2024

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Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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Final Mental Health Parity Rule Spells Compliance Changes

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The long-anticipated final rule under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) was published on September 9, 2024. The MHPAEA prohibits group health plans that provide mental health and substance use...more

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McDermott+ Check-Up: September 13, 2024

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House Education & the Workforce Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ERISA’s 50th Anniversary. Members and witnesses assessed how the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)...more

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Anticipating the MHPAEA Final Regulations: A Word About Network Composition

If our trade and industry sources have it right, we could see final regulations implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), as most recently amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021...more

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Pennsylvania Joins National Trend to Weigh Restrictions on Cell Phones in Public Schools

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The Pennsylvania Senate introduced a bill on June 21, 2024 to launch a pilot program to regulate the use of cell phones by students in public schools. A similar bill was introduced in the PA House in February 2024. The...more

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CMS Hosts Health Equity Conference: Key Insights and Perspectives

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Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held the second annual CMS Health Equity Conference. The event drew several hundred in-person attendees, including my colleague Kayla Holgash, and thousands of...more

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Will Illinois Amend the Illinois Freedom to Work Act to Further Limit the Enforceability of Noncompete and Non-Solicitation...

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On January 1, 2022, amendments to the Illinois Freedom to Work Act, 820 ILCS 90/1, et seq. (the “Act”), became effective, trumpeting reforms and limitations on an employer’s ability to enter into covenants not to compete and...more

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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 28 - March 2024

Thursday carried several distinctions under the Gold Dome. It was Leap Day, the quadrennial opportunity to celebrate those born on Feb. 29. It was Crossover Day, the day we all have to explain to our significant others each...more

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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 27 - February 2024

No time for fun and games today — the Georgia House and Senate were all business on the final legislative day before Crossover. Each chamber took up numerous weighty issues with vigorous debate but, fortunately, no broken...more

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Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 23 - February 2024

Take a deep breath — this week is going to be a doozy. With Crossover Day looming just nine days away, committees shifted into high gear on Tuesday as legislators scrape and claw to get their bills and resolutions on track...more

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24-Hour Mental Holds In Idaho: New Standards, New Problems

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Since early 2022, the Idaho legislature has modified the standards for a patient’s capacity to consent to healthcare and 24-hour protective holds. This health law update summarizes the current rules for capacity and consent;...more

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Health Care Privacy and Security In 2024: Six Critical Topics to Watch

As we reflect on the flurry of activity in the health care data privacy and security space in 2023 and look ahead to what will continue to be a busy 2024, we are seeing the early stages of federal agency movement to align the...more

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Trending in Telehealth: December 21, 2023 – January 3, 2024

Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate...more

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The MHPAEA Proposed Rule: Scalability and the Plight of the Small(er) Self-Funded Plan

After a brief hiatus to discuss the pleading standards adopted by the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in E.W. v. Health Net Life Insurance Company, we return to our examination of the comments submitted in response...more

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REGS & TURKEY LEGS: The Regs We’re Thankful For

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It’s Thanksgiving week, so instead of eating eggs with your regs, you should sit back, relax and reflect on the regs you are thankful for as you eat your turkey legs (or whatever you enjoy on Thanksgiving). Many of the...more

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The Proposed MHPAEA Regulations: A Comment on the Comments

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In our last post, we considered some of the comment letters submitted in response to proposed regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) issued by the US Departments of Labor, Health and...more

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McDermottPlus Check-Up: November 10, 2023

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CONGRESS - Senate Finance Committee Holds Markup on Better Mental Health Care, Lower-Cost Drugs, and Extenders Act. The bipartisan package includes Medicare and Medicaid extenders, provisions to expand the mental health...more

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