http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2010/05/26/managed-care-organizations-oppose-parity/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2010/05/26/managed-care-organizations-oppose-parity/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Vincent Bellwoar Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:45:23 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=896#comment-866 Kathy, I attended our annual state psychology convention. Keynote speaker was James Bray, past APA president. He discussed the political manuevering in DC around Parity. One very real possibility is that one interpretation of the law will find that mental health carve outs can not exist under parity as this does not occur in primary care policies. Imagine that MH care can be delivered with the same efficiency that primary care is delivered! After all, MH care SHOULD be primary care. Much is to be decided and that is why we need to remain politically active. Remember, entities like Magellan and the "Coalition for Parity" do NOT vote. Our patients and you and I do. Vince Kathy,
I attended our annual state psychology convention. Keynote speaker was James Bray, past APA president. He discussed the political manuevering in DC around Parity. One very real possibility is that one interpretation of the law will find that mental health carve outs can not exist under parity as this does not occur in primary care policies. Imagine that MH care can be delivered with the same efficiency that primary care is delivered! After all, MH care SHOULD be primary care. Much is to be decided and that is why we need to remain politically active. Remember, entities like Magellan and the “Coalition for Parity” do NOT vote. Our patients and you and I do. Vince

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