Fierce Healthcare (9/12, Minemyer ) says Medicare and Medicare Advantage plan enrollees “have cost-sharing obligations for behavioral health services, according to” a new Government Accountability Office report. Agency investigators analyzed CMS data and “found that beneficiaries enrolled in traditional Medicare typically had deductibles and coinsurance on inpatient services as well as coinsurance for many outpatient offerings.”
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— “GAO: A look at cost-sharing for behavioral health in traditional Medicare, MA,”Paige Minemyer, Fierce Healthcare , September 12, 2024