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"Patients deserve the same access to mental health and substance-use disorder services as they do for any other medical condition -- it's that simple," said Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, president of the American Medical Association.

A new House bill could require employers' health plans to expand coverage for tests for two heart disease risk factors, lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein B.

Daniel Aronowitz lists promotion of ESG objectives, mental health parity and claim processing as topics of interest.

"These priorities, coupled with the growing frustrations our members are expressing, should be a wake-up call for many health care stakeholders who think the status quo is acceptable and that the days of blank checks will never end," said Elizabeth Mitchell, president and CEO of the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH).

Anthem alleged that HaloMD had exploited the resolution process to submit ineligible claims and secure higher out-of-network payment awards.

Administrative waste costs the U.S. health care system an estimated $350 billion each year. This includes $266 billion that is attributed to administrative complexity and between $59 and $84 billion caused by fraud and abuse.