Medicare mental health coverage.

Full Abstract

Medicare generally covers less than half the cost of mental health-care services. In order for you to best help your clients with mental health-care needs, it is critical to understand Medicare's mental health benefits and gaps. In this brief, we present an overview of mental health coverage and payment policies, including consumers' costs and their rights to appeal denials of payment.

Author information

Author/s: Coviello, Amy (A); Glaun, Kim (K);

Affiliation: Medicare Rights Center, New York, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Issue brief (Center for Medicare Education) (Issue Brief Cent Medicare Educ), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-; vol 4 (issue 3) : pp 1-6

Dates: Created 2003/04/30; Completed 2003/05/16; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 12723580, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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