Shamus Durac is the Senior Attorney / Health Policy Analyst with RIPIN. RIPIN is a community nonprofit that supports consumers in navigating complex systems, including health and health insurance. Mr. Durac supports RIPIN’s health insurance consumer assistance program, operated in cooperation with the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner. Mr. Durac is a designated consumer representative with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and co-chairs the Rhode Island Protect Our Healthcare Coalition.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the requirements of federal and RI mental health parity laws
• Identify common parity violations
• Manage obstacles to patient access to care caused by health insurers

Continuing Education:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. The Rhode Island Hospital is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physicians: Rhode Island Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participations in this activity.

This program qualifies for 1.0 hours of CME credit in Risk Management of section 6.0; 6.2.1 RI CME re-licensure requirements.

Intended Audience

Medical professionals

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