tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 15

Legislation: Mental Health Bill May Restrict Access To Best Hospitals

House and Senate conferees looking to ensure passage of mental health parity act Medicare recipients could have their chances of being treated in the nation's best hospitals drastically reduced if a measure currently before Congress passes into law, according to a report published on bio-medicine.org. By a narrow margin, on Jan 10 the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve an addition to H.R. 1424. Lobbyists for corporate hospital chains and other large hospitals were able to alter what was supposed to be the long-awaited passage of the Mental Health And Addiction Equity Act, according to...

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