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Weekly News Wire | September 25, 2016

TRICARE To Expand Behavioral Health Benefits

On September 2, 2016, TRICARE announced that starting October 3, 2016, it would eliminate unnecessary quantitative and non-quantitative treatment limitations on mental health and addiction disorder benefits and expand coverage to include intensive outpatient (IOP) and opioid treatment programs (OTPs). This shift will align beneficiary cost-sharing for behavioral health benefits with the cost sharing applicable to medical/surgical benefits.

The specific modifications to TRICARE coverage include:

Elimination of lifetime limits for addiction disorder treatment.
Addition of IOP and OTP as covered services, including opioid use disorder treatment with methadone, buprenorphine, or injectable naltrexone.

IOPs for mental health and . . .

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