Medicaid: Same-Day Mental Health and Primary Care Coverage
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The bill has bipartisan support and addresses a common-sense efficiency issue, but it is early in the legislative process and must compete with other priorities.
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The bill stops state Medicaid programs from denying payment when a patient gets a mental health or substance use disorder visit and a primary care visit at the same clinic on the same day. This removes a billing rule that currently forces many Medicaid patients to schedule two separate trips to get both types of care.
“not prohibit payment under the plan for a mental health service, substance use disorder service, or primary care service furnished to an individual for which payment would otherwise be available under the plan if such service were not a same-day qualifying service”
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Improving CARE for Youth Act
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