Monthly Archives: March 2022

Annual Mental Health Checkups

The JEM Foundation recommends that everyone get yearly mental health physicals. Check in on your mental health and don’t wait until the sadness or anxiety are really bad. According to National Alliance for Mental Illness, 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year. A study by Mental Health America found [...]

By |2022-02-28T12:34:11-07:00March 10th, 2022|

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

We need your help, immediately, to ensure state-regulated insurance companies are complying with federal and state law and treating physical and mental health equally. As you know, we are working to enact the insurance reporting requirements for Jake’s Law. The insurance industry, not surprisingly, is trying to pair back the reporting requirements, especially around Non-Quantitative [...]

By |2022-03-07T07:08:12-07:00March 7th, 2022|

Do You Want an Insurance Company In Charge of a Mental Health Crisis Line?

That is precisely what is happening with the AZ Southern Crisis Line. AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System) is allowing the RBHA’s (Regional Behavioral Health Authority) to select a statewide crisis line vendor for the 988 rollouts coming this summer; Centene Corporation.  Centene purchased the southern Arizona crisis line and changed the name to [...]

By |2022-03-07T07:06:09-07:00March 1st, 2022|
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