Medicare mental health coverage.
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.
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Medicare Rights Center, New York, USA.
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