parity Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:33:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 parity Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Requesting Out of Network Coverage for Psychiatrist https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/out-of-network-coverage-for-psychiatrist/ Sun, 27 Nov 2016 20:16:18 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=12096 EXTENDING MEDICAL BENEFITS TO NON-PREFERRED PROVIDER PHYSICIANS Some of the most heartrending calls that we receive  from potential patients have to do with  people who are unable to find  psychiatrists  who are covered under their insurance plan. One solution may be to request out of network coverage for a psychiatrist. Background There are several problems that make this a common ...

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]]> 12096 Parity Website https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/parity-website/ Sun, 05 Jul 2015 19:13:20 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=9113 We ran across information about a new website that is drawing attention to the issue of mental health parity and that is dedicated to helping people get the behavioral health treatment they need – Paritytrack.org. The essence of the federal law that requires mental health parity in insurance coverage is not that mental health needs to have a certain level of ...

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]]> 9113 Huge Victory on Mental Health Parity in California https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/huge-victory-mental-health-parity-california/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 02:56:33 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=8080 On September 10th the California Supreme Court let stand a California Appeals Court decision that the California mental health parity law requires coverage of treatment that may have no equivalent in other medical specialties. Specifically, the Appeals Court held that Blue Shield of California must cover residential treatment for eating disorders. The Court noted that residential treatment was among the ...

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