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May 30, 2025
|6 min read
Health and Welfare Roundup – 4 Developments Plan Sponsors Should Be Aware of This Month
While recent regulatory developments—including the Departments’ nonenforcement policy, proposed legislation, and new transparency rules—offer
employers and plan fiduciaries greater flexibility and potential relief, they also underscore the need for continued vigilance. From ensuring compliance with
longstanding MHPAEA obligations to evaluating benefit design changes, managing PBM relationships, and addressing nondiscrimination concerns...Read more
employers and plan fiduciaries greater flexibility and potential relief, they also underscore the need for continued vigilance. From ensuring compliance with
longstanding MHPAEA obligations to evaluating benefit design changes, managing PBM relationships, and addressing nondiscrimination concerns...Read more
September 30, 2024
|6 min read
August 4, 2023
|8 min read
Departments Release Proposed Mental Health Parity Regulations: Key Changes for Employers
On July 25, 2023, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) released a Proposed Rule under the Mental Health
Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).
Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA).
March 11, 2019
|3 min read
Promotion of mental and behavioral health is an important part of an employer’s approach to the general productivity, health, and well-being of its
workforce. In adopting emerging technologies to address these needs, employers should take care to ensure that legal requirements are met and
contractual protections are in place.
workforce. In adopting emerging technologies to address these needs, employers should take care to ensure that legal requirements are met and
contractual protections are in place.
December 10, 2018
|1 min read
A Recent Development on Wilderness Therapy Treatment
In the past few years, nearly a dozen proposed class actions have challenged health plans’ alleged failure to cover wilderness therapy as a means of
treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. Wilderness therapy seeks to treat young people with behavioral or substance abuse issues by
combining traditional therapy methods with outdoor activities such as hiking and camping.
treatment for mental health and substance use disorders. Wilderness therapy seeks to treat young people with behavioral or substance abuse issues by
combining traditional therapy methods with outdoor activities such as hiking and camping.