Vibrant joined 49 other major mental health organizations to urge Medicare coverage of mobile crisis response interventions at an end-of-year Congressional legislative package. The letter to Congressional leadership underscores mobile crisis teams have in diverting individuals in crisis from the inappropriate use of jailsteams' important role and hospitals. Medicare coverage of mobile crisis teams would encourage private insurers to provide coverage of these critical services and reduce the financial burden on those experiencing a mental health crisis. Read more here.
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