Providing More Access to Quality Mental Health Care

Описание: Are you getting all the mental health insurance benefits you are entitled to? According to the Kaiser Family Foundation 60% of people have difficulty understanding their health insurance options and nearly 40% believe they selected the wrong plan.

Many people do not realize that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) created opportunity for individuals living with mood disorders to access mental health care benefits that may have previously been denied. Are you operating under outdated assumptions on what insurance benefits you are entitled to under the law?

November is the time when many employee sponsored health care plans have open enrollment and it is the beginning of the open enrollment period for plans purchased from the health care marketplace.

For example did you know that the ACA includes mental health care as one of the 10 essential benefits that ACA health insurance plans must now include? Did you know that mental health care coverage must now be treated at the same benefit level as coverage for other physical conditions in your plan? Did you know that you may now be eligible for Medicaid coverage, even if you have been declined in the past?

Presenter
Allen Doederlein is President of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), the nation’s premier peer-led mental health organization focusing on mood disorders. DBSA reaches 2,000,000 people each year with current, readily understandable information about depression and bipolar disorder and empowering tools focused on an integrated approach to wellness. DBSA’s reach is further expanded by its national network of 15 state organizations, 300 chapters, and 900 support groups, which provide life-saving, free peer support to tens of thousands of individuals who seek information and support on their paths to the healthy lives they want to lead.

Allen works with the Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board to develop, articulate, and steward DBSA’s vision, mission, and core values. As the staff leader, Allen facilitates DBSA’s strategic initiatives, organizational alliances, and partnerships; serves as organizational spokesperson; and oversees generation of both contributed and earned revenues.