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Online mental health care is here to stay: Here's how to navigate your options and find the right clinician

As a mental health nurse practitioner who sees patients both in person and via telehealth, I'm often struck by just how many of my patients would not have received any mental health treatment before the COVID-19 pandemic: the stay-at-hom…

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to remote mental health care sprouted up almost overnight . In 2020, Medicare, a federal health insurance program for seniors and people with disabilities, began covering online mental health care , and most state Medicaid programs and private insurers soon followed .

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