Healthcare Innovation September 12, 2023
Fifteen years after mental health parity legislation passed, a Biden Administration proposed rule focuses on gathering more data to ensure that Americans do not face roadblocks to getting mental health and substance use disorder treatment
The Biden Administration recently proposed a rule to refine, clarify, and expand the regulations implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. The nonprofit healthcare accreditation organization URAC has the nation’s only accreditation program for mental health parity. Shawn Griffin, M.D., the first physician to serve as URAC’s president and CEO, spoke with Healthcare Innovation recently about the proposed rule and other developments.
Before joining URAC, Griffin served as vice president for clinical performance improvement and applied analytics at Premier Inc. Before...