The Need for Medically-Necessary Rehabilitation
A recent article in USA Today entitled, “For Brain Injuries, a Treatment Gap,” accurately reports the need for individuals who sustain brain injuries to access medically-necessary rehabilitation of sufficient scope, intensity and duration from licensed professionals in accredited settings to regain the physical abilities and cognitive skills needed to live healthy, independent and satisfying lives. Many brain injury professional are recommending everyone to check their health insurance plan to make sure they’re adequately covered in case of a serious injury.
The Brain Injury Association of America is urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to consider catastrophic injury in formulating regulations for the essential health benefits package under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. For more information: Access to Care Fact Sheet 2011.