Smoother Path to Mental Health Parity Data Is in Works at DOL

The difficulty health plans have in getting information on mental health parity from service providers is being considered by the Labor Department as it comes up with new guidance, an agency official said Monday.

The DOL is aware that multiemployer plans sponsored by employers and labor unions face “challenges with dealing with service providers and trying to get information,” Lisa Gomez, DOL assistant secretary for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, said at a conference sponsored by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. The IFEBP represents multiemployer and corporate sponsor plans.

The DOL is trying to “take that all into ...