What’s an EAP to do in the Parity Era?

The Mental Health Parity & Addiction Act of 2008 (and its ensuing Interim Final Rule) dealt a significant blow to employee assistance programs (EAPs) this year in mandating that health plans and issuers abolish the practice of using EAPs as a Gatekeeper unless they weren’t also the EAP in a similar capacity for medical [...]

Lessons Learned: Is Your Organization Prepared for the “Big Changes” Ahead?

Let’s face it, the behavioral healthcare field is confronted with an assortment of changes it hasn’t had to contend with on this scale ever before. Nobody is really certain what the near future holds. Parity and reforms represent a sea-change of massive proportions for the mental health and substance use disorder treatment fields. Moreover, [...]