Healthcare payers have been feeling some trepidation about meeting the mandates of the 2008 Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). (While the rest of the industry, hopefully, is scrambling to find a better way to refer to it!)

MEDecision has been working hard to support payers’ ability to meet the mandates of healthcare reform, and the particular challenges brought on by MHPAEA compliance are no exception.  It is important that health plans take measures to address the critical relationship between medical and behavioral health so that they can maintain a holistic patient view for utilization and disease management.

So, today is a rather proud day for all of us at MEDecision as we announce the general availability of Alineo 3.0.

How do the two align?  Alineo 3.0, the latest version of our Alineo collaborative health care management platform, features a new behavioral health utilization module designed to support compliance with the MHPAEA.

Today’s release is significant as Alineo 3.0 is one of the only products currently available with the intelligence to help ease the MHPAEA adoption process. Alineo 3.0 offers the ability to designate care requests and programs as medical or behavioral health related and incorporates standard DSM 5-axis coding to capture behavioral health information.This then delivers an integrated patient view, which is critical for more holistic patient management and care.

I’m happy that we’re forging ahead in these respects while many seem to be in a wait-and-see mode.  

Combined with the introduction of our InFrame HIE product earlier this year, the forthcoming release of our Nexalign iEXCHANGE 8.0, a number of new strategic alliances and ongoing development and innovation, the arrival of Alineo 3.0 represents some tremendous momentum for MEDecision right now. We’re approaching a really exciting time in healthcare. Given all that we have underway, I predict it will be a really exciting time for our company as well.

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