|
Toward Full Mental Health Parity And Beyond
Daniel P. Gitterman,
Roland Sturm and
Richard M. Scheffler
The 1996 Mental Health Parity Act (MHPA), which became effective in January 1998, is scheduled to expire in September 2001. This paper examines what the MHPA accomplished and steps toward more comprehensive parity. We explain the strategic and self-reinforcing link of parity with managed behavioral health care and conclude that the current path will be difficult to reverse. The paper ends with a discussion of what might be behind the claims that full parity in mental health benefits is insufficient to achieve true equity and whether additional steps beyond full parity appear realistic or even desirable.
       What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
|
|
 
T. C. Buchmueller, P. F. Cooper, M. Jacobson, and S. H. Zuvekas
Parity For Whom? Exemptions And The Extent Of State Mental Health Parity Legislation
Health Aff.,
July 1, 2007;
26(4):
w483 - w487.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. M. Shortell, J. Schmittdiel, M. C. Wang, R. Li, R. R. Gillies, L. P. Casalino, T. Bodenheimer, and T. G. Rundall
An Empirical Assessment of High-Performing Medical Groups: Results from a National Study
Med Care Res Rev,
August 1, 2005;
62(4):
407 - 434.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
