On December 14, 2018, the Massachusetts Division of Insurance and Department of Mental Health issued a joint bulletin to clarify certain mandated benefits for children-adolescent services.
As of July 1, 2019, the following intermediate care and outpatient services are covered by fully-insured Massachusetts plans: In-home behavioral services, behavior management monitoring, behavior management therapy, family support and training, in-home therapy, therapeutic clinical intervention, ongoing therapeutic training and support, therapeutic mentoring, mobile crisis intervention, intensive care coordination, community-based acute treatment for children and adolescents (CBAT), and intensive community-based acute treatment for children and adolescents (ICBAT). Prior to this bulleting, families with commercial insurance either went without these services or used “secondary MassHealth” to obtain the services.
For more information on Child and Adolescent Commercial Behavioral Health, including BHCA services crosswalks by insurance carrier, click here.
