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UnitedHealth-Optum payment delays for therapy may violate mental health parity, official says

UnitedHealthcare and its subsidiary Optum, in delaying payments for mental health treatments, may be violating the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, the federal official in charge of administration for such matters said in an interview. As we previously reported, UnitedHealthcare’s Optum subsidiary began subjecting thousands of therapy payments to a “pre-payment review” in […]

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