More than two years after California passed a law to require more comprehensive mental health coverage, health insurance companies still appear to regularly deny claims for medically necessary treatment, a survey of state data shows.
California regulators reversed 65% of contested claims for mental health coverage in the last two years, according to a Bloomberg Law analysis of data from the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance. Health plans reversed their own initial decisions for another 10% of those claims.
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