The Network Adequacy Issue & The New CMS Rules

There have been a number of articles in the popular press about disappointment in the effect of the mental health parity legislation – see The Problem With Obamacare’s Mental-Health ‘Parity’ Measure and Enforcing Mental Health Parity. When you read the many articles that have been written, a fundamental issue is about the challenges that insured consumers have in getting timely access to mental health and addiction treatment. The articles cite in-network provider organizations with long waiting lists and psychiatrists that have dropped out of health plan networks for cash-only practices.

So this raises the question – what is . . .