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  2. National Opioids Crisis: Help and Resources
  3. How to Find Opioid Treatment Programs?
  4. Does Insurance Cover Treatment for Opioid Addiction?
  • National Opioids Crisis: Help and Resources
    • Prevention
      • What are Opioids?
      • How to Safely Dispose of Drugs
      • Pain Management Best Practices Report
      • Safe Opioid Prescribing
      • Prevention Programs & Tools
    • Treatment
      • How to Find Opioid Treatment Programs?
      • Guide for Dosage Reduction
      • How Do Medications Treat Opioid Addiction?
      • Does Insurance Cover Treatment for Opioid Overdose?
      • How to Respond to an Opioid Overdose
      • What Are Drug Courts?
      • Resources for Opioid Treatment Providers
    • Recovery
      • What is Recovery?
      • Recovery Resources & Tools
    • Statistics, Facts, and Strategy Response
      • Opioid Facts and Statistics
      • HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy Response

Does Insurance Cover Treatment for Opioid Addiction?

  • The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) of 2008 requires health insurers and group health plans to provide the same level of benefits for mental and/or substance use treatment and services that they do for medical/surgical care.

Mental Health and Addiction Insurance Help
This tool helps consumers find the correct resource to solve Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder insurance coverage issues.

Medication-Assisted Treatment and Counseling: Insurance and Payments
Learn how buprenorphine and other medications used in medication-assisted treatment are covered under Medicare, Medicaid, and other forms of health insurance.

  • Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)
  • Know Your Rights: Mental Health Parity

Medicaid Fact Sheet: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Final Rule for Medicaid and CHIP
Fact sheet describes the rule that requires all beneficiaries who receive services through managed care organizations, alternative benefit plans, or CHIP be provided access to mental health and substance use disorder benefits that comply with parity standards.

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Content created by Digital Communications Division (DCD)
Content last reviewed December 16, 2022
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