The Commonwealth Fund: 5 Policy Recommendations to Improve Medicare's Mental Health Coverage

  1. Remove insurance barriers.
  2. Improve mental health provider networks in Medicare Advantage.
  3. Provide technical assistance to help practices increase uptake of depression screening and behavioral health integration services.
  4. Reward Medicare ACOs for meeting mental health quality metrics and ensure that specialty mental health providers are included in ACO networks.
  5. 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 - https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jul/medicare-me…

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