By
Eileen Weber
August 4th, 2023
Greg Harris, MD, MPH, DFAPA, is senior medical director for mental health at Blue Cross Blue Shield.
What if your insurance company told you that you could get an appointment with a mental healthcare provider in just a few days, not several months?
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the need for mental health care has escalated and Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) of Massachusetts is doing something about it. The company, which currently has the largest mental health network in the state, announced an increase in spending for mental healthcare. In the past five years, they have grown that network by 50 percentage to include more than 18,000 clinicians, no small feat considering the nationwide shortage of mental health care workers.
In a May statement, Andrew Dreyfus, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield, said, “We’re taking action to...
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