Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorder Program — Golisano Children's at UK
Outpatient · Adolescents and young adults (ages 12-20) · All genders
Kentucky
Eating disorder treatment in Kentucky
An estimated 393,000 Kentuckians will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, and the state's specialty care is limited to programs in Louisville and Lexington. Kentucky has no in-state residential or inpatient eating disorder facility. Care ranges from outpatient and adolescent specialty programs through intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and virtual options.(source)
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Partial (PHP), IOP, Outpatient, Virtual / telehealth · Adolescents and adults (13+) · All genders
About eating disorder treatment in Kentucky
The Louisville Center for Eating Disorders runs the state's only partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient eating disorder programs, and the Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorder Program at Golisano Children's at UK in Lexington provides outpatient and adolescent specialty care. People who need residential or specialty inpatient care travel out of state. Outside those metros, Bowling Green, Owensboro, Paducah, the eastern Kentucky counties, and the western coalfield have little in-person specialty care, so families there often combine virtual outpatient programs with travel to Louisville or Lexington when an in-person level of care is needed.
Paying for treatment in Kentucky
Most commercial health plans in Kentucky cover eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, subject to your plan's deductible, copays, and prior-authorization rules for higher levels of care. Coverage depends on whether your plan contracts with the program you choose. Because the state has no in-state residential or inpatient facility, those levels of care are provided out of state; the treatment program checks your coverage and network status as part of admission.(source)
Kentucky Medicaid covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization and medical-necessity review for higher levels of care. Medicaid acceptance varies by managed care plan, which the treatment program can confirm for you. UK HealthCare, which operates the outpatient Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorder Program at Golisano Children's in Lexington, accepts Kentucky Medicaid for outpatient care. Children may also qualify through the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP).(source)
Kentucky's parity statute requires plans that cover mental health conditions to do so under terms no more restrictive than medical and surgical care, and adopts the federal parity act's treatment-limit requirements. Eating disorders are covered as mental health conditions; the law doesn't name them separately.(source)
To start a benefits verification, call to be connected with a licensed eating disorder program.
See also: our insurance guides, how to verify your benefits, and how virtual eating disorder treatment works.
Common questions about eating disorder treatment in Kentucky
Where can I get residential eating disorder treatment in Kentucky?
Kentucky has no in-state residential or freestanding inpatient eating disorder facility. The highest level available within the state is partial hospitalization at the Louisville Center for Eating Disorders, which also runs the state's only intensive outpatient eating disorder program. The Adolescent Medicine Eating Disorder Program at Golisano Children's at UK provides outpatient adolescent specialty care in Lexington. People who need residential care travel out of state.
Does Kentucky Medicaid cover eating disorder treatment?
Yes. Kentucky Medicaid covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization for higher levels of care. Acceptance varies by managed care plan, which the program confirms for you, and children may also qualify through KCHIP.
What about eating disorder treatment in eastern Kentucky, western Kentucky, or rural counties?
Kentucky's in-person specialty programs are in Louisville and Lexington. Bowling Green, Owensboro, Paducah, the eastern Kentucky counties, the western coalfield, and rural counties statewide have no in-person eating disorder specialty program. For families in those areas, virtual programs are usually the most workable option for outpatient and intensive outpatient care, while residential or inpatient care means traveling out of state.
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