Advocates who rallied behind enforcing federal behavioral health parity rules in Georgia are pushing for continued reforms of the state’s system – including more work on parity.
This year’s bipartisan mental health law took effect early this month and is still being implemented, and advocacy groups are calling for additional changes that they argue will help make sure insurers are not discriminating against Georgians with behavioral health needs.
An insurance company’s network adequacy – or the availability of in-network providers – is the “beating heart” of behavioral health parity, said Peter Nunn, a board member with the Georgia chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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