The COVID-19 pandemic highlights gaps in Medicare mental health coverage as well as opportunities for improvement. A report from the Commonwealth Fund discusses how policies to expand coverage of telemental health should be studied rigorously and potentially made permanent as a strategy to increase access to mental health services by beneficiaries.
The report can be obtained at https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/jul/medicare-mental-health-coverage-covid-19-gaps-opportunities?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Medicare.