Health Payer Intelligence November 2, 2022
Kelsey Waddill

Behavioral healthcare services are crucial for seniors, but fee-for-service Medicare may not provide enough coverage.

Medicare Advantage plans may better equipped to provide behavioral healthcare services to Medicare beneficiaries than fee-for-service Medicare, a Better Medicare Alliance report found.

The research for the report was conducted by ATI Advisory.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has opened up long overdue conversations on behavioral health care needs. This research shows how Medicare Advantage is rising to the task and innovating to serve the more than one-third of beneficiaries who report a behavioral health condition. As a result, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries with a behavioral health condition are more likely to have a usual source of care and a single provider who knows all their medications...

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Topics: Insurance, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Mental Health, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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