Senate Bill 66 Will Improve Access to Care for All Californians
On Wednesday, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego), along with Sen. Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg), introduced Senate Bill 66, legislation with bipartisan support that allows community health centers to bill Medi-Cal for two visits if a patient is provided mental health services on the same day they receive other medical services.
Currently, if a patient receives treatment through Medi-Cal at a community health center from both a medical provider and a mental health specialist on the same day, the Department of Health Care Services will reimburse the center for only one visit. A patient must seek mental health treatment on a subsequent day in order for that treatment to be reimbursed as a second visit.
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