100 Washington Street
Elmira, NY - 14901
T (607) 737-4726
The Elmira Psychiatric Center, located in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes Regions of Upstate New York, provides a wide array of comprehensive psychiatric services including Inpatient care and Community Based Psychiatric Services. Inpatient programs (located in Elmira) consists of a 52 bed Adult Unit and a 12 bed Child/Adolescent Unit. Community-based services comprise the largest component of the treatment spectrum and include Assertive Community Treatment, Clinic Treatment, Community Residences, School-based Day Treatment, Drop-In Centers, Family Care Residences, Intensive Case Management, Mobile Mental Health, and Prepaid Mental Health.
Admissions/Referrals
Admission to the inpatient level of treatment is normally by transfer from an acute care hospital or through the County Mental Health Director(s). Referrals are coordinated through the facility's admission/discharge coordinator at the above phone number. Community Based services are accessed through the local county Single Point Of Entry process, or by contacting the programs directly.
Elmira Psychiatric Center accepts Medicare, a federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older and people with disabilities.
Medicare covers a wide range of mental health services.
Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) covers inpatient mental health care services you get in a hospital. Part A covers your room, meals, nursing care, and other related services and supplies.
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) helps cover mental health services that you would generally get outside of a hospital, including visits with a psychiatrist or other doctor, visits with a clinical psychologist or clinical social worker, and lab tests ordered by your doctor.
Medicare Part D (Prescription Drug ) helps cover drugs you may need to treat a mental health condition. Each Part D plan has its own list of covered drugs, known as formulary. Learn more about which plans cover various drugs.
If you get your Medicare benefits through a Medicare Advantage Plan (like an HMO or PPO) or other Medicare health plan, check your plan’s membership materials or call the plan for details about how to get your mental health benefits.
All state Medicaid programs provide some mental health services. Elmira Psychiatric Center accepts Medicaid, a joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.
Elmira Psychiatric Center receives State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
Elmira Psychiatric Center Funds designed to finance the cost of treatment for mental health conditions.
Obamacare purchased from the Health Care Marketplaces covers Mental Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Treatment. Under the Health Care Law there are 10 categories of benefits. Mental Health Care and Substance Abuse Treatment are two of the 10.
If you have Affordable Care Act Coverage you will have mental health care coverage.
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