New Mental Health Parity Final Rule: NQTL Requirements, Insurer and Plan Sponsor Impact, Compliance Timeline
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the recently released final rule issued by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury that implements the non-quantitative treatment limit (NQTL) aspects of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) to ensure parity between mental health/substance use disorder benefits (MH/SUD) and medical/surgical benefits (M/S). The panel will discuss the impact on covered entities and offer best practices for compliance.
Outline
- Introduction to MHPAEA
- Purpose
- Covered entities
- NQTLs
- History of the final rule
- The final rule
- Key provisions
- Compliance timeline
- Consequences for noncompliance
- Plan sponsor and insurer impact
- Remaining questions/issues
- Practitioner takeaways
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key considerations:
- Who is covered by the final rule?
- What are the new compliance requirements for plan sponsors and insurers under the final rule?
- What are key differences between the final rule and the 2023 proposed rule?
- What impact will the final rule have on agency MHPAEA enforcement? On responses to agency inquiries?
- What questions/issues are left unanswered by the final rule?
Faculty
John L. Barlament
Shareholder
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
Mr. Barlament practices in all areas of employee benefits law, but with a focus on health and welfare plan matters. He... | Read More
Mr. Barlament practices in all areas of employee benefits law, but with a focus on health and welfare plan matters. He is nationally recognized in this area and works with clients around the country. Mr. Barlament counsels employers, plan fiduciaries, multiemployer plans, pharmacy benefit managers, insurers, insurance brokers, third-party administrators and other plan service providers on a range of employee benefit matters. His clients rely on him for innovative, proactive strategies related to employee benefit laws, including ERISA, HIPAA, the ACA, and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. Mr. Barlament frequently presents on an array of employee benefits topics and is recognized as a national leader in these constantly changing areas of law.
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Emily Lucco
Attorney
Groom Law Group
Ms. Lucco advises clients on a variety of health law matters, counseling plan sponsors, insurers, and third-party... | Read More
Ms. Lucco advises clients on a variety of health law matters, counseling plan sponsors, insurers, and third-party administrators on a broad array of issues relating to ERISA, COBRA, the ACA, and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. She also advises clients on compliance issues related to wellness programs under HIPAA, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Ms. Lucco represents employers designing health plans as well as insurers designing new products. Recently she has helped insurers conduct internal ACA audits of their business. She has also been involved in helping both employers and insurers defend government investigations.
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Roberta Casper Watson
Partner
The Wagner Law Group
Ms. Watson focuses on ERISA and employee benefits. She concentrates on a wide array of areas including, pension and... | Read More
Ms. Watson focuses on ERISA and employee benefits. She concentrates on a wide array of areas including, pension and profit sharing plans, health and welfare benefit plans, including COBRA, HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act, ERISA fiduciary decision-making, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, benefits litigation backup, benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits aspects of family law, labor laws affecting employee benefits, other employee benefits and deferred Compensation, and employee benefit disputes and employee benefits claims.
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