Ignite Happiness and Live Your Possible with Darrin Tulley

Key Takeaways

• Medicare Part B recognizes the medical importance of mental well-being and covers an annual depression screening at zero cost to the beneficiary when performed by a primary care provider.

• Comprehensive mental health treatment, including partial hospitalization programs for severe mental health crises preventing daily functioning, is covered under Medicare.

• Medicare Advantage plans increasingly offer supplemental benefits geared toward general well-being, such as adult day-care services, though Original Medicare does not cover these.