PARITY AND MANAGED CARE
- Fight only one fight at a time: parity bills should
I only seek equitable financial treatment for mental health disorders.
They are not managed care reform bills.
- Parity bills have a better chance of passage if they
assume the existence of managed care.
- Diagnoses do not need to be named if services under
a parity bill are determined by "medical necessity" as are all
other services in managed care.