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The Commonwealth Fund: 5 Policy Recommendations to Improve Medicare's Mental Health Coverage
Submitted by Charlene Ice on Mon, 07/20/2020 - 12:42
- Remove insurance barriers.
- Improve mental health provider networks in Medicare Advantage.
- Provide technical assistance to help practices increase uptake of depression screening and behavioral health integration services.
- Reward Medicare ACOs for meeting mental health quality metrics and ensure that specialty mental health providers are included in ACO networks.
- Consider making permanent the telemental health policies put in place in response to COVID-19.
Notes: From an article entitled, "Medicare’s Mental Health Coverage: How COVID-19 Highlights Gaps and Opportunities for Improvement," by Beth McGinty.
Source: The Commonwealth Fund, July 9, 2020
Source URL: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...
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