Full Name
Beth Ann Middlebrook, JD
Job Title
Owner
Company
B. Middlebrook Consulting, LLC
Speaker Bio
Beth Ann Middlebrook is a health lawyer specializing in behavioral health law and the owner of B. Middlebrook Consulting, LLC. Ms. Middlebrook’s subject matter expertise includes the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), state parity laws, as well as behavioral health network access and adequacy.
She has been an attorney since 1987, practicing as both an associate and partner at private law firms in various specialties until transitioning to health law in 2006. Ms. Middlebrook worked for over 13 years with large behavioral health facilities in Florida and Texas, focusing on MHPAEA, state parity laws, state health insurance-related legislation and behavioral health commercial insurance coverage and reimbursements.
Ms. Middlebrook was co-author of The “Six Step” Parity Compliance Guide for Non-Quantitative Treatment Limitation (NQTL) Requirements (Sept. 2017). She co-chaired the Parity Implementation Coalition in 2016 and served on its executive committee from 2010-2015. She was Managing Editor of the Parity Resource Guide for Addiction & Mental Health Consumers, Providers and Advocates (Winter 2015) and co-authored MHTARI's Model Data Request Form (MDRF) (2023). She chaired the ABA’s Health Law Section Interest Group on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders from 2013-2016 and chaired its Advisory Board from 2017-2020. She has provided extensive input to DOL/HHS since 2009 in the development of regulatory and sub-regulatory guidance for MHPAEA. Ms. Middlebrook has also served as an expert consultant to several state departments of insurance on federal and state parity law compliance. She has participated on panel presentations regarding parity law compliance for DOL, NAIC and Maryland Insurance Administration. In 2024- 2025 presented webinars on MHPAEA NQTL compliance to the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, Washington Health Alliance and Midwest Business Group on Health.
She has been an attorney since 1987, practicing as both an associate and partner at private law firms in various specialties until transitioning to health law in 2006. Ms. Middlebrook worked for over 13 years with large behavioral health facilities in Florida and Texas, focusing on MHPAEA, state parity laws, state health insurance-related legislation and behavioral health commercial insurance coverage and reimbursements.
Ms. Middlebrook was co-author of The “Six Step” Parity Compliance Guide for Non-Quantitative Treatment Limitation (NQTL) Requirements (Sept. 2017). She co-chaired the Parity Implementation Coalition in 2016 and served on its executive committee from 2010-2015. She was Managing Editor of the Parity Resource Guide for Addiction & Mental Health Consumers, Providers and Advocates (Winter 2015) and co-authored MHTARI's Model Data Request Form (MDRF) (2023). She chaired the ABA’s Health Law Section Interest Group on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders from 2013-2016 and chaired its Advisory Board from 2017-2020. She has provided extensive input to DOL/HHS since 2009 in the development of regulatory and sub-regulatory guidance for MHPAEA. Ms. Middlebrook has also served as an expert consultant to several state departments of insurance on federal and state parity law compliance. She has participated on panel presentations regarding parity law compliance for DOL, NAIC and Maryland Insurance Administration. In 2024- 2025 presented webinars on MHPAEA NQTL compliance to the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, Florida Alliance for Healthcare Value, Washington Health Alliance and Midwest Business Group on Health.
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