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Health Care Reform

Websites

  • Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use
    Portal website providing information for healthcare providers and consumers.
    http://www.healthit.gov/
  • Federal Health Care Reform Website
    Serves as a clearinghouse for information on health care reform including: key features of the law, timeline for changes, resources, glossary of terms, regulation and guidance.
    www.healthcare.gov
  • Legal Action Center National Health Care Reform Page
    http://lac.org/?s=health+care+refor
  • Legal Action Center State Profiles of Health Care Information About the Health System and Health Insurance Options For the Criminal Justice System.
    March 26, 2015
    http://lac.org/resources/state-profiles-healthcare-information-for-criminal-justice-system/
  • parityParity Implementation Coalition
    The Parity Implementation Coalition was formed to help ensure that the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA –  a federal law that protects a group health plan’s mental health and/or substance use coverage benefits — is properly enforced. The website provides online resources with information about:  What the federal law covers,  How a state’s law works with the Federal Parity Act, and How to file an insurance claim with your health plan when benefits have been denied
    http://parityispersonal.org/

Resources

  • Affordable Care Act Will Expand Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits and Parity Protections for 62 Million Americans Research Brief
    Department of Health and Human Services February 2013.
    pdficon_24X24Download PDF (67KB, 4pp)

  • health_care_reformHealthcare Reform and Behavioral Health Part 1 – A Sea of Change
    Northwest Frontier ATTC Addiction Messenger January 2011.
    pdficon_24X24Download PDF (184KB, 4pp)
  • Healthcare Reform and Behavioral Health Part 2 – New Designs for Service Delivery
    Northwest Frontier ATTC Addiction Messenger February 2011.
    pdficon_24X24Download PDF (184KB, 4pp)
  • Health Insurance Coverage for Addiction & Mental Health Care – A Guide to the Federal Parity Law
    The Legal Action Center July 2016.
    pdficon_24X24Download PDF (3.01MB, 106pp)
  • Healthcare Reform and Behavioral Health Part 3 – Organizational Partnering to Improve Care
    Northwest Frontier ATTC Addiction Messenger February 2011.
    pdficon_24X24Download PDF (204KB, 7pp)
  • Health Homes: A New Vision for Quality Care
    A new white paper available from Behavioral Healthcare October 2015 available for free download at:
    http://www.behavioral.net/whitepaper/health-homes-new-vision-quality-care
  • Integrating Substance Use Disorder and Health Care Services in an Era of Health Reform
    American Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) March 2015.
    pdficon_24X24Download PDF (2.39MB, 52pp)
  • medicaid-featuredMedicaid Coverage and Financing of Medication to Treat Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders
    SAMHSA June 2014.
    Medicaid Coverage Opioids (1.87MB, 70pp)
  • Parity Resource Guide for Addiction & Mental Health Consumers, Providers and Advocates
    Parity Implementation Coalition and The Kennedy Forum Winter 2015 Second Edition.
    pdficon_24X24 Download PDF (2.07MB, 103pp)
  • Parity Toolkit for Addiction & Mental Health Consumers, Providers & Advocates
    Parity Implementation Coalition September 1010.
    A toolkit to aid individuals seeking recovery, their families, providers and advocates understand their new rights and benefits under the law.
    pdficon_24X24Download PDF (386KB, 60pp)
  • Q&A: Achieving Mental Health Parity in Medicaid Managed Care
    MedPage Today February 7, 2015.
    http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Medicaid/49924
  • webinar keypadWebinar – Patient Privacy and Confidentiality in the Changing Health Care Environment
    Legal Action Center – November 2014.
    View webinar

All links accessed November 22, 2017.

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