Employers Await Mental Health Parity Help as Frustrations Build

Employers that provide health insurance are keeping an eye out for two developments from the Department of Labor as they struggle to comply with reporting requirements for their mental health coverage amid ongoing frustration with the insurers that administer their plans.

Employer-sponsored health plans expect a proposed rule from the DOL to spell out how to comply with requirements to document their mental health coverage. Meanwhile, an agency report to Congress likely will find for the second year in a row that they’re doing a poor job.

Employers that sponsor health plans have been calling for the DOL to provide ...