Join Carenodes for a one-hour virtual Provider Guidance Session on Thursday, August 13 at 2pm (PST) where Chris Esguerra, MD and Alex Yarijanian address mental health parity and what providers can do to hold health plans accountable.
Chris Esguerra MD and Alex Yarijanian provide tools/tips/resources behavioral healthcare providers and startups can use to hold payers accountable to equitable access to mental healthcare.
Expect to be equipped with practical guidance and a lively audience Q&A discussion segment about mental health parity with a long-time payer executive Chris Esguerra, MD, MBA.
Dr. Esguerra is board certified in both Psychiatry and Health Care and Quality Management and is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians.
Dr. Esguerra’s extensive payer-side executive experience includes:
Senior Medical Director, Blue Shield of California
Senior Medical Director, Magellan Health
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Health Plan Of San Mateo
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The Mental Health Parity Act, currently known as the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, was introduced in 1996 and was amended twice since then to include more for behavioral health beneficiaries. So why does it feel like it is more difficult for patients to access mental healthcare?
#parityispersonal
