TRICARE Expands Mental Health, Addiction Disorder & Opioid Treatment Options

As of July 13, TRICARE expanded its mental health, addiction disorder, and opioid treatment options. The additional benefits give more flexibility to families when seeking care. New benefits available include:

Emergency and non-emergency inpatient hospitalization
Psychiatric residential treatment care for children
Inpatient/residential substance use disorder care
Partial hospitalization
Outpatient and office-based mental health and substance use treatment

The new changes seek to provide a continuum of care, as consumers can be moved into less intensive programs as they step down in care levels. Changes to regulations for certification regarding receiving mental health and addiction disorder treatment have . . .