Behavioral Health Business October 16, 2025
Behavioral health services were mostly exempt from the pre-pandemic telehealth limitations that kicked in for Medicare recipients when the federal government shutdown began 15 days ago. Yet, a newly announced freeze on claims dated Oct. 1 and beyond will pause reimbursement for providers in the mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) space.
“In the absence of Congressional action, practitioners who choose to perform telehealth services that are not payable by Medicare on or after Oct. 1, 2025, may want to evaluate providing beneficiaries with an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage,” officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote in an Oct. 15 update.
So far, telemental health providers that accept Medicare plans like Talkspace (Nasdaq: TALK), LifeStance...
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