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

Members of the Traditional or Flexible MIT Health Plans may choose to receive mental health services from a BCBSMA Managed Care Behavioral Health network provider or from a non-network provider. No authorizations/referral are required for network or non-network mental health providers. The Traditional and Flexible MIT Health plans 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 for all or part of his or her 50 yearly visits the member will only pay a $20 co-pay per visit.

If a member sees a non-network provider for all or part of his or her 50 yearly visits, the MIT Health Plans will pay up to 50 percent of Managed Care Behavioral Health network fee-schedule per type of visit (up to a maximum of $60 per visit for all clinician licensure levels), and the member will pay 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 new Blue Cross Blue Shield card includes the contact information for the Managed Care Behavioral Health Network.  Please show your mental health provider your BCBSMA ID card and if you are seeing a non-network provider please request that the provider submits the claims on your behalf to simplify processing and payment.

For additional information, read "Understanding your mental health benefits" (pdf).

For information regarding services rendered in 2007, visit the ValueOptions section of our site.