Final Rule Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation

February 20, 2013
The federal Final Rule Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation clarifies that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 provisions on essential health benefits include accesss to behavioral health benefits under the same terms as access to medical and surgical benefits. The final rule also finalizes a timeline for qualified health plans to be accredited in federally facilitated health insurance exchanges and amends regulations providing an application process for the recognition of additional accrediting entities that can certify health plans. Currently, only the National Committee for Quality Assurance and URAC, which . . .