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Mental Health Care (Outpatient)
 

You usually pay 50% of Medicare-approved amounts.

Medicare covers mental health care furnished by a doctor or health care professional who can be paid by Medicare. Ask your doctor, psychologist, social worker, or other health professional if they accept Medicare payment before you get treatment.

Outpatient Mental Health Care: Medicare covers mental health services when furnished on an outpatient basis by either a doctor, clinical psychologist, clinical social worker, clinical nurse specialist or physician assistant in an office setting, clinic, or hospital outpatient department.

Medicare covers substance abuse treatment in an outpatient treatment center that is certified by Medicare.

Medicare is the name given to a health insurance program administered by the United States government, covering people who are either age 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria.