Understanding the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

This is the second briefing in our series on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) and transparency regulations. It concerns a new rule under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) that requires health plans to conduct and document an analysis that compares the nonquantitative treatment limitations applicable to benefits for mental health and substance use disorders to the nonquantitative treatment limitations applicable to medical and surgical benefits. The briefing originally was published in November, 2021.

The first installment of this CAA series addressed the new No Surprises Rules.

• The MHPAEA requires health plans to provide benefits for mental health and substance use disorders that...