Finding a Rehab That Accepts Carelon

Carelon Addiction and Mental Health Treatment Coverage

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Finding a rehab that accepts Carelon Behavioral Health Insurance can feel like an arduous task. But with Icarus Idaho, you’ve found a mental health treatment center that is glad to help resolve your mental health disorders.

Icarus Behavioral Health in Boise, Idaho, offers fully-accredited substance abuse treatment programs. To our team, addiction treatment is more than addressing a drug and alcohol addiction. To us, it means individualized treatment plans and comprehensive care to address all mental health issues.

We urge you to continue reading if you have been researching Carelon Behavioral Health rehab centers for yourself or a loved one.

Carelon Behavioral Health Insurance (Formerly Beacon Health Options)

Carelon Behavioral Health insurance provides coverage for people experiencing mental health challenges. It is known nationally and accessible through employer plans, Medicaid, and Medicare. Until 2023, it was called Beacon Health Options.

It specializes in helping members cover the costs of behavioral and mental health services and serves clients in all 50 states.

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Icarus Behavioral Health Idaho is proudly in-network with Carelon Behavioral Health insurance. That means you can receive compassionate care in our structured treatment environment without worrying about out-of-pocket expenses adding up. By being an in-network provider, we’ve helped countless people struggling with mental health and addiction challenges receive the mental health care they needed to overcome their challenges.

We advise all new clients to call us with all questions about insurance coverage details. Don’t contact Carelon Behavioral Health directly. Before the healthcare reforms in the Affordable Care Act in 2010, insurance coverage was notably stingy in approving help for substance abuse and other specialized treatment in the mental health field. Despite the many years having passed, that culture of denying approval for mental health treatment still exists in many insurance companies.

Our insurance specialist understands what to say – and what to avoid saying to Carelon Behavioral Health – to gain you access to the maximum behavioral health services for the lowest costs.

Behavioral Health Services and Addiction Treatment Centers Coverage Details

Carelon coverage details vary greatly, depending on your specific plan. Some insurance coverage details that differ from other members can include:

Deductibles
Co-pay amounts
Prior authorization requirements (if any)
Treatment services allowed

When you entrust your insurance coverage details to our admissions team, we’ll check out all the fine details quickly and confidentially, allowing us to craft a comprehensive treatment program that aligns with your needs.

Covered Treatments at Drug and Alcohol Addiction Rehab Centers

Icarus Idaho team members take a holistic approach to helping solve your mental health and substance abuse issues. The personalized treatment plans look very different from one client to the next, because no two people experience mental health challenges in precisely the same way.

Keep reading to learn about some treatments often approved by Carelon Behavioral Health insurance plans, based on each individual’s rehabilitation service needs.

Inpatient and Outpatient Services

Carelon Behavioral Health insurance programs can approve inpatient or outpatient programs depending on the client’s needs. They recognize that a supportive environment can help end mental health struggles, including alcohol or drug addiction. They pay for inpatient and outpatient programs based on individual behavioral health needs.

Residential Treatment (Inpatient)

When delivering comprehensive care 24/7 is a must for client well-being, an inpatient or residential treatment program can be an effective solution. The round-the-clock therapeutic environment is the ideal place for those who are:

Currently in a mental health crisis and requires immediate protection and stabilization
Threatening or attempting self-harm or suicide
Restarting the recovery journey after outpatient treatment attempts have not been a good fit
Seeking support for a more complicated dual diagnosis

Residential care provides a stable, nurturing environment for those who require the most intensive care. Carelon Behavioral Health coverage considers the intensity of client symptoms before approving an inpatient treatment program.

Partial Hospitalization Programs

Carelon Behavioral Health insurance also covers partial hospitalization programs, or PHPs. With this outpatient service, clients receive therapeutic support in our healing environment several days a week and go home to sleep at night.

Partial hospitalization can be a step-down environment from inpatient treatment services for those who still need behavioral health support and addiction treatment most of the day.

Intensive Outpatient Programs

Carelon Behavioral Health insurance plans favor intensive outpatient treatment programs, as they are a highly effective entry point to receiving mental health and addiction treatment. Most people overcoming addiction must balance drug and alcohol treatment services and living their daily lives. Intensive outpatient programs are the perfect blend.

Clients attend outpatient treatment for several hours, several days weekly, allowing them to meet their other obligations.

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Managing Withdrawal Symptoms in Medical Detox

There’s no way around it – detoxing is the first step to any effective addiction treatment program. Trying to quit using drugs and alcohol alone can lead to several unwanted outcomes, including worsening anxiety, depression, cravings, and other uncomfortable symptoms.

You may also experience physical health challenges and symptoms in the first days of drug rehab. In a professional substance abuse program, a healthcare provider monitors your wellness and provides medications when needed.

Carelon Behavioral Health recognizes that a professional recovery center is the safest place to start detox. They allow plan members to start the recovery journey under the guidance of a healthcare provider to avoid other health challenges.

Complex Mental Health Conditions and Co-Occurring Disorders

Both Icarus Idaho and Carelon Behavioral Health recognize that substance abuse often co-occurs with other mental health conditions. Addiction treatment means fully understanding the “why” behind drug or alcohol abuse. In many cases, this discovery is a second mental health condition, commonly anxiety, PTSD, or depression.

This knowledge helps us take the appropriate measures when planning for treatment services. For example, we would likely provide trauma-informed care for the person covering their post-traumatic stress disorder by self-medicating with prescription drugs.

Individualized Therapy and Psychiatric Services

Therapy is at the heart of mental health care. Carelon Behavioral Health insurance coverage allows individuals in recovery centers to work one-on-one with specially trained counselors and therapists to work on the issues that led them to drug abuse.

Some methods you might experience at Icarus Idaho include:

Dialectical behavior therapy
Cognitive behavior therapy
Narrative therapy
Motivational interviewing
Art or music therapy

Clients will receive therapy regardless of whether they receive inpatient or outpatient treatment.

Family and Group Therapy Services

Family and group counseling services allow clients additional opportunities for even more personal growth. In these professionally led sessions, clients work with loved ones and peers to learn to communicate better and build supportive systems to lean on after leaving the treatment center. Carelon Behavioral Health insurance coverage usually allows for this vital recovery service.

Medication-assisted Treatment Programs

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) helps clients stop using certain drugs without sudden cessation. Carelon Behavioral Health insurance plans usually only allow this for stopping the use of opioid drugs or alcohol.

With MAT, a medical professional replaces the more harmful drug with a lower-dose, less addictive replacement. They gradually taper the dosage until the client no longer needs it. MAT is not a replacement for therapy; it’s used in conjunction with dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and other specific therapeutic methods.

Medication Management

It can be confusing for someone taking medications for better mental health to keep track of what’s needed and avoid interactions with prescription drugs they take for other medical conditions.

Medication management allows a healthcare provider to ensure that all prescriptions are safe, effective, and dosed correctly. It also keeps an eye on any unwanted drug interactions that could hinder the client’s progress.

Up To 100% of Rehab Costs Covered By Carelon

Karina Used Her Carelon Behavioral Health Benefits for Recovery at Icarus Idaho

‘Karina,’ 30, became addicted to stimulant drugs in her mid-20s and had been struggling for 5 years before coming to Icarus in Boise, Idaho. Her medical sales career was fast-paced and highly competitive. A former co-worker shared how stimulant use kept him at the top of the company’s sales leader board and helped him earn six figures.

After trying stimulants, Karina found that she had more energy and could work almost around the clock. She earned more money than she’d imagined. But that use escalated as her body grew increasingly dependent on the stimulants – she needed to purchase even more to achieve those same effects. Knowing that it was becoming a problem, Karina found that her employer’s Carelon Behavioral Health benefits would help her pay for recovery.

Karina entered an outpatient treatment option, managing to stay on track at work by day and coming to the Icarus Idaho treatment center several evenings a week and on Saturday mornings. Her customized recovery program helped her stop using stimulants and helped her understand her values and life goals.

Karina got well and made a life-altering decision. She’d no longer jump through hoops to earn dollars. She used her savings account to quit and find a job that better supported her mental and physical well-being. She’s still attending Narcotics Anonymous once each week and hopes to become a sponsor to help others.

Call to Get Options for Treatment at Icarus Wellness & Recovery

Icarus Idaho is the ideal facility to address your mental health treatment and addiction recovery needs. We work with self-pay clients and dozens of insurance providers, including Carelon Behavioral Health insurance.

If you’re ready to start treatment, call our admissions department today. It’s free, confidential, and we can speak with you day or night.