What Are the Projected Costs of Parity?: Actuarial Perspectives on the Behavioral Health Parity Issue
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst
Special Feature
Many estimates of the costs of comparable coverage for behavioral health (mental health and chemical dependency) services were conducted using fee-for-service utilization data. The widespread application of managed care principles to the delivery of these behavioral health services has had a major impact on the cost implications of eliminating limits on these services. By now, three of four people across the country are enrolled in some form of managed care, and the widespread use of carve-out . . .