Mental Health Care
Approximately 20% of people in the United States report living with mental illness.¹ Of the nearly 50 million individuals with a mental illness, over half go untreated nationwide.² Mark Health Law seeks to dismantle the significant barriers to mental health treatment.
[1] Nat’l Institute of Mental Health, Mental Health Statistics, https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness
[2] Mental Health America, State of Mental Health in America Adult Data 2022, https://mhanational.org/issues/2022/mental-health-america-adult-data#seven
Children’s Mental Health Care
There is a mental health crisis currently ravaging the children of this country. Compounding this crisis are serious barriers to accessing needed mental health treatment. Our firm is dedicated to helping these children and their families to obtain the mental health care that they need.
“Ghost networks” are directories provided by health insurers that list health care providers that purportedly accept their insurance plan, but in reality, do not. Our firm represents those who have been harmed by “ghost networks.”
Ghost Networks
Insurance Denials for Mental Health Care
Insurance companies regularly deny coverage for mental health care, and impose barriers to treatment. Our firm challenges these insurance denials, both at an individual level and class-wide level, to address the systemic issues which obstruct access to mental health care.