Article Excerpt: Regulations in the last 10 years have been making a push toward mental health parity, which aims to prevent individuals receiving mental health and substance misuse services from getting less favorable benefits than their medical/surgical counterparts. However, as regulatory guidelines push the industry to compliance, a gap in technology persists as there are currently little incentives propelling major health IT vendors to build out data fields related to behavioral health services.
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Article Source: Healthcare Dive