August 2008

If you are planning a substance abuse treatment in Utah for yourself or for someone in your family, and are expecting that you will get coverage for the treatment through a Medicare or Medicaid or some other policy like that, then this is important for you.

The first thing that you must know is that insurance companies do not provide coverage for all kinds of rehab treatment in Utah. There are several kinds of treatments that are not acknowledged as acceptable forms of treatment. The various holistic programs that have become quite the fashion for addiction treatment in Utah lately are an example of that. Also, if they provide coverage for a particular rehab program, they might not cover for the entire program and they will have various restrictions about relapse treatment too.