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New lawsuit over UBH's guidelines could yield windfall for providers
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32486
Subject(s) - lawsuit , managed care , business , mental health , yield (engineering) , substance use , action (physics) , call to action , health care , actuarial science , psychology , law , psychiatry , advertising , political science , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
Following a court ruling earlier this year against United Behavioral Health's (UBH's) former level‐of‐care and coverage determination guidelines (see ADAW , Aug. 5), the managed behavioral health insurance giant now faces an action that is potentially much more far‐reaching — and this time, directly beneficial to substance use and mental health treatment providers.