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www.gao.gov/products/GAO-24-106794
Behavioral Health: Information on Cost-Sharing in Medicare and Medicare Advantage
ᵃMedicare beneficiaries who experience an acute behavioral health crisis can receive inpatient services either in an acute care hospital or in an inpatient psychiatric hospital.
ᵇOther covered providers include clinical psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse-midwives, physician assistants, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors.
ᶜAn intensive outpatient program is a distinct and organized outpatient program of psychiatric services for patients who have an acute mental illness. This program provides treatment at a level more intense than outpatient day treatment or psychosocial rehabilitation, but less intense than a partial hospitalization program.
ᵈPartial hospitalization program services are structured programs of outpatient psychiatric services as an alternative to inpatient psychiatric care.
ᵉBehavioral health integration services, such as care planning, ongoing assessments, medication support, and counseling, are services to help manage behavioral health conditions.