This live webinar hosted by the Ohio Department of Insurance is geared toward behavioral health providers, billing staff, and other administrative professionals and will explain how the department regulates Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder benefits and provide a tutorial of the department’s Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits tools and resources on the […]
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) “Parity Act” Passed in 2008, MHPEA is a federal law that generally prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits from imposing less favorable benefit limitations compared to medical/surgical benefits. It brought mental health and addiction treatments
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Mental health is health – period. “When someone gets the flu, or sprains an ankle, there’s no question about whether care is needed. If that person has health insurance, they can go to their doctor, or nearest urgent care or hospital. It’s often a commonplace, run-of-the-mill experience. You go in, you pay a copayment, you
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Our founder Marla Root was a speaker for the virtual 2021 Milestones National Autism Conference. Her presentation,Autism Insurance Services including Telehealth in a Post-Pandemic World, focused on four key areas: identifying health insurance options such as covering ABA, speech, and occupational therapy services; identifying how telehealth may be a viable option for autism treatment delivery;
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Self Funded or ERISA large group employer health plans are not impacted by mandates or state legislation. Each company chooses whether or not to provide an ABA benefit. Currently, about 65% of larger employers understand the impact of ASD on families and have added the benefit. The Autism Speaks’ Self-Funded Company Toolkit is a great
The Ohio Children’s Budget Coalition provided a budget update explaining Ohio’s proposed Medicaid benefit program to support Multi-System Youth (youth in crisis) called OhioRise. Check out this webinar to provide an overview of the stakeholder engagement process that will be used to inform about the proposed OhioRISE Medicaid program and services that could be offered
OhioRise is the new proposed Medicaid program to support children in crisis with autism and other disorders with much needed behavioral health treatment services to stabilize without any threat of custody relinquishment to cover the cost of treatment. The OhioRise Medicaid program is a part of the state budget working through the Statehouse. Please call
It is important to support the ongoing treatment needs of individuals with autism through the pandemic and for those living in areas with no access to an ABA practitioner. The Council of Autism Service Providers recently released practice parameters for telehealth delivery of ABA treatment services. Link here to the practice parameter documents.
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Per the Kaiser Family Foundation, healthcare cost rose 5% in 2019. The average total cost of employer-provided health coverage passed $20,000 for a family plan this year, according to a new survey. https://www.wsj.com/articles/cost-of-employer-provided-health-coverage-passes-20-000-a-year-1156942900
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Budget offers hope for Ohio’s multi-system youth and their families July 8, 2019, The Center for Community Solutions, Press Release Parents and advocates have worked for five years to abolish forced custody relinquishment of multi-system youth in Ohio, and we are hopeful that, due to broad bipartisan support, this budget will bring an end to this
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