Patient Rights & Responsibilities

• Student health plan

• Employee health plans

  • Traditional MIT Health Plan
  • Flexible MIT Health Plan
  • Eligibility

  • Mental health benefits

  • Prescription drugs
  • Fitness benefit
  • Referrals
• Affiliate health plan

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Benefits

Mental health and substance abuse benefits are available to Traditional and Flexible MIT Health Plan members through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) Managed Care Behavioral Health Network.

Members of the Traditional or Flexible MIT Health Plan may choose to receive mental health services from a BCBSMA Managed Care Behavioral Health Network provider or from a non-network provider. No authorizations or referrals are required for network or non-network mental health providers.

The Traditional and Flexible MIT Health Plan mental health benefit pays a portion of the cost of up to 50 outpatient visits per calendar year. These 50 visits include any combination of visits with both network and non-network providers and any psychopharmacology visits. When a member sees a network provider, the member will pay only a $20 copayment per visit.

If a member sees a non-network provider, the MIT Health Plan will pay up to a maximum of $60 per visit for all clinician licensure levels, and the member will be responsible for the remainder, up to the total fee charged.

BCBSMA Managed Care Behavioral Health Network administers the mental health benefit for all MIT Health Plan members and processes all mental health claims, whether the health plan member sees a network provider or non-network provider.

Your Blue Cross Blue Shield card includes the contact information for the Managed Care Behavioral Health Network. Show your mental health provider your BCBSMA ID card, and if you are seeing a non-network provider, ask the provider to submit the claims on your behalf to simplify processing and payment.

For additional information, read Understanding Your Mental Health Benefits (PDF).

Resources

MIT Employee Health Plan

MIT Traditional Health Plan handbook (PDF)
MIT Flexible Health Plan handbook (PDF)

Related Links

Mental Health Service
BCBSMA Managed Care Behavioral Health Network provider

BCBSMA Managed Care Behavioral Health Network provider