Mental Health Parity

AHA Resources

AHA News: HHS Releases Plan to Better Enforce Parity Requirements, April 25, 2018

Webinar Recording: Improving Behavioral Health Margins and Making the Parity Law work for Patients & Providers, December 2017

AHA News: CMS issues FAQs on Medicaid/CHIP mental health parity rule, October 2017

Special Bulletin: CMS Finalizes Rule on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity for Medicaid and CHIP, March 2016

HHS, SAMHSA & CMS Resources

21st Century Cures Act: Section 13002: Action Plan for Enhanced Enforcement of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorder Coverage, April 2018

The Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Mental Health and SUD Parity Resources for States, January 2017

Approaches in Implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: Best Practices From the States, August 2016

Patient Resources

SAMHSA Updated Parity Website Explains Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Coverage

Related Resources

Press Releases
AHA Commends CMS Announcement on Expanded Mental Health Services
Webinar Recordings
Webinar: Project SHOUT: Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Public
Project SHOUT (Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment): Zuckerberg San Francisco General, San Francisco, CA Tuesda
Case Studies
Members in Action Case Study: Maternal Opiate Medical Support Project
Overview In May 2014, the Ohio Governor’s Office of Health Transformation awarded MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland $395,170 in gra
Case Studies
Members in Action Case Study: Perinatal Addiction Treatment Program
Overview Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) is New Hampshire’s only academic medical center and is headquartered on a 225-acre cam
Webinar Recordings
Webinar: Addiction Recovery Medical Home Model
Public
Held November 15 The Alliance for Recovery-Centered Addiction Health Services, of whic
Bibliography/Link Page
Behavioral Health Update Cover Note: November 2018
Member
Newsletter highlighting AHA resources, advocacy updates, and more regarding behavioral health.