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Providers urge insurers to cover preventive behavioral-health visits for children without diagnosis
Summary
Witnesses told the committee that MassHealth already reimburses short-term preventive behavioral-health services for children and families; H1228/S802 would require commercial plans and the Group Insurance Commission to provide the same coverage, enabling clinicians to intervene before problems escalate.
A group of pediatricians, psychologists and advocates told the Joint Committee on Financial Services that preventive behavioral-health visits — short-term, early interventions provided alongside primary care — should be covered by commercial insurers and the Group Insurance Commission, matching MassHealth policy.
Suzanne Curry of Healthcare for All said H 12 28 / S 8 02 would require payers to allow up to six visits with a behavioral-health…
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