The NYSPA Report: Repeal and Replace Should Not Harm Our Most Vulnerable

• By: Jeffrey Borenstein, MD NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• July 1st, 2017
• access to care, healthcare policy, insurance coverage, Medicaid, mental health care, mental health parity, public policy, stigma reduction
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I am honored to serve as editor of the NYSPA Report and I want to begin by thanking my friend and colleague, Dr. Barry Pearlman. Barry has served as editor of this column since its inception and has provided useful and interesting information since day one.I’m proud to have the opportunity to...

The NYSPA Report: Taking Stock and Taking Leave

• By: Barry B. Perlman, MD NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• April 1st, 2017
• access to care, behavioral health policy, healthcare reform, Medicaid and Medicare, mental health advocacy, mental health parity, serious mental illness, substance use disorders
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Advocacy must be unending, ongoing work because there is always more to accomplish and always the danger that hard-won gains may be undone. For the past 14 years I have either written or edited the work of guest columnists for the quarterly NYSPA Report in Behavioral Health News (BHN) or in Mental...

The NYSPA Report: Momentum Building for Comprehensive Mental Health Reform in Congress

• By: Matthew Sturm American Psychiatric Association
• April 1st, 2016
• evidence-based care, healthcare legislation, mental health parity, mental health policy, mental health reform, mental health research, mental health workforce, severe mental illness
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More than three years after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School sparked a national conversation on issues related to mental illness and the prevention of violence to self and others, Congress is currently closer than any point in recent history to act on bipartisan, bicameral...

The NYSPA Parity Enforcement Project: New Tools for Patients and Providers in The Fight Against Parity

• By: Rachel A. Fernbach, Esq. NY State Psychiatric Association (NYSPA)
• October 1st, 2015
• benefit denials, ERISA, health plans, insurance coverage, medical necessity, mental health parity, MHPAEA, utilization review
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The passage of the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) represented a landmark moment for those fighting for parity in behavioral health benefits. In the years since MHPAEA and its implementing regulations went into effect, many of the financial restrictions and...