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A Parity Primer

In 2008, The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Parity Act) made parity for mental health and substance use disorder services a goal. Parity means that insurance carriers must provide roughly equal coverage for mental health and substance use disorder treatments as compared to physical health treatments under an […]

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Bernie Seifert, MSW, LICSW

Bernie Seifert earned her MSW degree with a sub-concentration in Aging from Boston University in 1984 and has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving older adults and their families in New Hampshire since 1988. She is currently the Deputy Director at NAMI New Hampshire (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Over the past several years,

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Susan Stearns

Susan Stearns is Executive Director of NAMI New Hampshire (National Alliance on Mental Illness). Prior to becoming Executive Director in January 2022, she served as the agency’s Deputy Director and has been employed by NAMI New Hampshire for more than a decade. Susan has worked in the non-profit sector in New Hampshire for over 30

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