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Advocates push to require commercial insurance to cover community behavioral health center services
Summary
Witnesses told the Joint Committee on Financial Services that Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs) provide 24/7 crisis and coordinated services but commercial insurers often do not reimburse the bundled outpatient services that MassHealth covers; bills (S703/H1276) would require parity.
Advocates, providers and hospital groups urged the Joint Committee on Financial Services to require commercial insurers to cover the full package of services offered by Community Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs), arguing that current practice creates a two-tier system where only MassHealth enrollees reliably receive integrated crisis and long-term outpatient supports.
Liz Ganz, vice president for government affairs at the Association for Behavioral Healthcare, told the committee CBHCs — created under the roadmap for behavioral-health…
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