Residential Treatment Exclusion Violates Federal Mental Health Law, Judge Says

(April 16, 2018, 4:29 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A man granted summary judgment on claims that his insurer violated federal law in denying health insurance coverage for his son’s mental health services filed a sealed brief on April 9 detailing the appropriate remedies.  A federal judge in New York ordered the briefing after concluding that the insurer violated the law by excluding coverage for residential treatment facilities and that the issue was further complicated by exclusions for out-of-network care (Kevin Munnelly v. Fordham University Faculty and Administration HMO Insurance Plan, et al., No. 16-5632, S.D. N.Y.)....

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