What if I want to see a clinician outside MIT? Does the MIT Student Extended Insurance Plan cover that?
Visits to clinicians outside of MIT Medical are covered by whatever insurance plan you have in addition to the MIT Student Medical Plan, which is included with tuition and covers most services provided at MIT Medical. If you have the MIT Student Extended Insurance Plan, visits to outside mental health clinicians (as long as they are Blue Cross Blue Shield providers) are covered at 100 percent of the cost for the first 12 sessions and 80 percent for the next 12 sessions. This coverage will occur only if a clinician at MIT Medical has referred you to the outside provider. But if you have a clinician in mind or are already seeing a clinician, you do not necessarily have to make an appointment to get a referral; it can be done over the phone. Just call the Mental Health Service at 617-253-2916, and tell them you need a referral to an outside clinician. The above was prepared by the mental health work group of the MIT Student Health Advisory Council with input from the staff of MIT Medical’
