I am a mental health professional and just today got a call like that from Aetna, wanting to know why my depressed client isn't on meds. I stated not everyone wants that. It's also not in my scope of practice to tell a patient they need to be on meds. I can refer them to be evaluated for the possibility of medication, but not say, "you need to be on meds". He lost interest when I stated my client was done with therapy. Clearly, he was interested in saving the insurance company by pushing depression medication!
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I am a mental health professional and just today got a call like that from Aetna, wanting to know why my depressed client isn't on meds. I stated not everyone wants that. It's also not in my scope of practice to tell a patient they need to be on meds. I can refer them to be evaluated for the possibility of medication, but not say, "you need to be on meds". He lost interest when I stated my client was done with therapy. Clearly, he was interested in saving the insurance company by pushing depression medication!
November 10, 2009 - 2:44pmThis Comment
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