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Ketamine therapy

Spravato Prior Authorization: What Insurers Require in California

Nefretiri Abat, JD, PMHNP-BC0 Comments

Spravato (esketamine) almost always requires prior authorization, and approval turns on documentation: proof of treatment-resistant depression, meaning an inadequate response to at least two adequate antidepressant trials, plus confirmation that treatment will be given at

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TMS therapy

Insurance Denied TMS? How Appeals Work in California

Nefretiri Abat, JD, PMHNP-BC0 Comments

If your California health plan denied TMS therapy, you have a formal appeal path with real teeth, and denials are overturned regularly. The sequence is: understand the stated reason, file an internal appeal (called a

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