In 2019, the company spent $610 million on mental health services. The increase in spending is attributed to more members seeking mental health and substance use disorder treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release.
BCBSMA said to meet the demand, its mental health provider network has grown by 50 percent over the last five years, which now includes more than 18,000 clinicians.
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