The policy recommendations include eliminating the Institutions for Mental Disease exclusion, which limits Medicaid coverage for inpatient treatment at behavioral health facilities; bolstering reimbursements for behavioral health providers; and removing the 190-day lifetime limit that only allows Medicare to cover 190 days of inpatient behavioral health treatment across a patient’s lifetime.
Read the letter and its complete list of recommendations here.
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