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A crisis and complaint about Anthem mental healthcare coverage
An excerpt from the MH-CAN survey and complaint to the Department of Insurance.
We write on behalf of the Mental Health Clinicians Action Network of Connecticut (MHCAN-CT), a multidisciplinary group of mental health professionals aiming to improve access to mental health care by bridging the gaps between clients, clinicians in private practice, legislators, governing bodies, and insurance companies. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been advocating for permanent pay parity for telehealth services as well as more power to hold insurance companies accountable for meeting the standard of care.
We as providers are prohibited from organizing or unionizing, which impedes our ability to advocate and be heard by some of our governing bodies as well as the insurance companies. Based on concerns regarding widespread provider challenges with Anthem BCBS, MHCAN-CT ran an informal survey of over 450 private practice mental healt