Spiraling medical costs have driven many employers to place new limits on coverage for mental health care, raising concerns that the rules may violate federal regulations intended to make it as easy for patients to see therapists as other doctors…At issue is the growing practice of requiring therapists to undergo lengthy and repeated phone interviews about their patients’ progress before the insurance company will approve further treatment.
Mental health problems are some of the root causes of physical disease in our culture. This is just another example of employers and insurance companies misunderstanding the actual needs of a population’s health. Every new regulation will be fought in the courts. The dinosaurs have 2,000 pages of new regulations to fight. Trust me, they will…