1700 Mount Vernon Avenue, Room 3057
Bakersfield, CA - 93306
T (661) 326-2248
At Kern Medical, inpatient psychiatric service is available at Behavioral Health Unit and psychiatry consultation service is available for emergency department and medical-surgical units of the hospital by the Psychiatry Consultation and Liaison service.
Counties are often responsible for backing services like schools and hospitals. Kern Medical Department Of Psychiatry receives funding from either the county or another local government. This means that mental health services for local residents might be offered for free or at a reduced rate. Call to find out.
Kern Medical Department Of Psychiatry receives federal grants destined for mental health services. This means that Kern Medical Department Of Psychiatry either recieved money to obtain certification or training for its employees or it has recieved money to offer services such as suicide prevention, telehealth programs, or other behavioral initiatives.
Kern Medical Department Of Psychiatry accepts Medicare, a federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older and people with disabilities.
Medicare covers a wide range of mental health services.
Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers inpatient mental health care services you get in a hospital. Part A covers your room, meals, nursing care, and other related services and supplies.
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) helps cover mental health services that you would generally get outside of a hospital, including visits with a psychiatrist or other doctor, visits with a clinical psychologist or clinical social worker, and lab tests ordered by your doctor.
Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug ) helps cover drugs you may need to treat a mental health condition. Each Part D plan has its own list of covered drugs, known as formulary. Learn more about which plans cover various drugs.
If you get your Medicare benefits through a Medicare Advantage Plan (like an HMO or PPO) or other Medicare health plan, check your plan’s membership materials or call the plan for details about how to get your mental health benefits.
All state Medicaid programs provide some mental health services. Kern Medical Department Of Psychiatry accepts Medicaid, a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.
Kern Medical Department Of Psychiatry receives State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
Kern Medical Department Of Psychiatry Funds designed to finance the cost of treatment for mental health conditions.
Kern Medical Department Of Psychiatry recieves or accepts State welfare or child and family services funds.
Obamacare purchased from the Health Care Marketplaces covers Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Under the Health Care Law there are 10 categories of benefits. Mental Health Care and Substance Abuse Treatment are two of the 10.
If you have Affordable Care Act Coverage you will have mental health care coverage.
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