Question

Which of the following are primary reasons for the increased demand for behavioral health care services? Select all that apply.

Behavioral health is generally not well integrated with primary care services

There is a national shortage of behavioral health providers and low growth in the number of trainees

The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires mental health and substance abuse benefits to be on a par with those for medical and surgical care

The ACA included mental health care as an essential benefit in all health care plans offered on the state insurance exchanges

Answer 1

B)There is a national shortage of behavioral health providers and low growth in the number of trainees

Shortages are more likely to occur in rural areas due to lack of funding and infrastructure. Many counties have no mental health professionals at all. Meanwhile, cities are likely to have more professionals than average and may even see a saturation of workers.

C)The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires mental health and substance abuse benefits to be on a par with those for medical and surgical care

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) is a federal law that generally prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits from imposing less favorable benefit limitations on those

D)The ACA included mental health care as an essential benefit in all health care plans offered on the state insurance exchanges

The law requires that most individual and small employer health insurance plans, including all plans offered through the Health Insurance Marketplace cover mental health and substance use disorder services.

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