Does Behavioral Health Systems (BHS) Cover Addiction Treatment?
Behavioral Health Systems (BHS) is a leading provider of behavioral health services throughout the United States. Founded in 1989, BHS is dedicated to offering quality care solutions, including mental health and substance abuse services. As a privately held company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, it focuses on delivering comprehensive employee assistance programs (EAP) as well as network management and administrative services to organizations. While BHS is a self-standing entity, it collaborates with numerous partners and professionals within the healthcare industry to enhance the scope and reach of its services.
Two federal laws make coverage for substance use disorder treatment close to universal in the United States. The Affordable Care Act lists mental health and substance use disorder services among the ten essential health benefits that individual and small-group plans must include. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) goes further: when a plan covers behavioral health, it may not impose financial requirements or treatment limitations more restrictive than those applied to comparable medical and surgical care.
What differs from member to member is not usually whether treatment is covered but how much you pay and what approval is required — and both come down to your specific plan, network status and deductible. The fastest way to find out is a benefits check, which takes a few minutes and costs nothing.
83 centers in our directory are listed as accepting Behavioral Health Systems (BHS). In-network status can change, so confirm it before admission.
