Comment on FR Doc # 2010-02166

Document ID: IRS-2009-0008-0125
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Internal Revenue Service
Received Date: February 22 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: February 23 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: February 2 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: May 3 2010, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80aa9841
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Regulations Under the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008

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Requiring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Specialists to be covered under a Primary Physician copayment arrangement (when a plan has a Primary Physician Copayment and a Specialist Copayment) is not parity. It is preferential treatment of MH/SA Specialists. This only encourages other specialties to lobby for “parity” in plan design. Will we see Cardiologists or Orthopaedic Surgeons requiring “parity” in plan design copayments next? A MH/SA Specialist is not a Primary Physician and should not be arbitrarily classified as one by these rules.

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Comment on FR Doc # 2010-02166
Public Submission Posted: 02/23/2010 ID: IRS-2009-0008-0125