The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Evaluation Study: Impact on Mental Health Financial Requirements among Commercial "Carve-In" Plans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Did mental health cost-sharing decrease following implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)?

Data source

Specialty mental health copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles, 2008-2013, were obtained from benefits databases for "carve-in" plans from a national commercial managed behavioral health organization.

Study design

Bivariate and regression-adjusted analyses compare the probability of use and (conditional) level of cost-sharing pre- and postparity. An interaction term is added to compare differential levels of pre- and postparity cost-sharing changes for plans that were and were not already at parity pre-MHPAEA.

Findings

Controlling for employer/plan characteristics, MHPAEA is associated with higher intermediate c

SUBMITTER: Friedman SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785319 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature