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Washington – July 22, 2022:  Crowell & Moring is advising Amazon on health care and related matters in its acquisition of One Medical for approximately $3.9 billion. Completion of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

On July 25, 2023, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services (the “Tri-Agencies”) released long awaited proposed regulations (the “Proposed Rule”) and a Technical Release, which together propose new requirements for comparative analyses of nonquantitative treatment limitations (“NQTL”) under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (“MHPAEA”).  On the same day, the Tri-Agencies released their annual report to Congress on implementation of MHPAEA, as required under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA 2021”). 

In this episode, hosts Payal Nanavati and Megan Beaver talk to Chris Flynn and Alice Hall-Partyka regarding the proposed updates to the regulations under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). We discuss the current regulatory environment, enforcement, and key takeaways from the proposed rule. For further reading, please see: