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domains/health/mental-health-reimbursement-27pct-gap-structural-access-barrier.md

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 sourced_from: health/2026-04-30-rti-kennedy-forum-mental-health-reimbursement-27pct-gap.md
 scope: structural
 sourcer: RTI International / The Kennedy Forum
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-reweave_edges: ["Colorado HB 25-1002|related|2026-05-02", "Colorado HB 25-1002 establishes the first state-level outcomes data testing authority for behavioral health parity enforcement, creating a potential natural experiment for access-metric enforcement|supports|2026-05-02", "Mental Health Parity Index|supports|2026-05-02", "The Mental Health Parity Index documents that 43 states have structural access disparities in commercial insurance driven by below-Medicare reimbursement rates, not just coverage design failures|supports|2026-05-02", "Reimbursement benchmarking tools are the necessary but missing infrastructure for outcome-based MHPAEA enforcement|related|2026-05-02"]
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+- mhpaea-enforcement-evolved-three-levels-coverage-access-metrics-reimbursement
+- Colorado HB 25-1002 establishes the first state-level outcomes data testing authority for behavioral health parity enforcement, creating a potential natural experiment for access-metric enforcement
+- Mental Health Parity Index
+- The Mental Health Parity Index documents that 43 states have structural access disparities in commercial insurance driven by below-Medicare reimbursement rates, not just coverage design failures
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+- mhpaea-enforcement-closes-coverage-gaps-but-not-access-gaps-because-payers-differentially-treat-mental-health-versus-medical-reimbursement-rates
+- the-mental-health-supply-gap-is-widening-not-closing-because-demand-outpaces-workforce-growth-and-technology-primarily-serves-the-already-served-rather-than-expanding-access
+- mental-health-reimbursement-27pct-gap-structural-access-barrier
+- state-mhpaea-enforcement-addresses-procedural-parity-not-reimbursement-parity
+- mhpaea-enforcement-evolved-three-levels-coverage-access-metrics-reimbursement
+- Colorado HB 25-1002
+- Reimbursement benchmarking tools are the necessary but missing infrastructure for outcome-based MHPAEA enforcement
+- mental-health-parity-index-documents-43-states-structural-access-disparities-driven-by-below-medicare-reimbursement
+- reimbursement-benchmarking-tools-necessary-missing-infrastructure-outcome-based-mhpaea-enforcement
+reweave_edges:
+- Colorado HB 25-1002|related|2026-05-02
+- Colorado HB 25-1002 establishes the first state-level outcomes data testing authority for behavioral health parity enforcement, creating a potential natural experiment for access-metric enforcement|supports|2026-05-02
+- Mental Health Parity Index|supports|2026-05-02
+- The Mental Health Parity Index documents that 43 states have structural access disparities in commercial insurance driven by below-Medicare reimbursement rates, not just coverage design failures|supports|2026-05-02
+- Reimbursement benchmarking tools are the necessary but missing infrastructure for outcome-based MHPAEA enforcement|related|2026-05-02
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 # Mental health providers are reimbursed 27.1% less than medical/surgical providers for comparable services creating a structural access barrier that MHPAEA enforcement cannot address because the law requires comparable processes not comparable rates