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Advocates push for biennial payment‑parity study after OHS report flags four insurers
Summary
Advocates and provider groups urged the Public Health Committee to create a biennial study of payment parity after an Office of Health Strategy report showed four large insurers met federal "warning signs" for parity noncompliance; they said underpayment shrinks in‑network capacity and shifts costs to state programs.
Advocates, clinicians and nonprofit providers urged the Public Health Committee to pass a bill requiring a biennial study of payment parity that would continue the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) work documenting differences in insurer payment for behavioral health versus medical services.
Christian Damiana of the Connecticut Parity Coalition summarized the OHS 2024 findings, saying the report showed four of seven major commercial insurers — Cigna Connecticut, Anthem,…
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