WVU Disordered Eating Center of Charleston (DECC)
Outpatient · Children, adolescents, and adults · All genders
West Virginia
Eating disorder treatment in West Virginia
An estimated 158,964 West Virginians will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, and the state is one of the most under-served in the country for in-person specialty care. Every in-state program is outpatient only. Care is limited to outpatient programs, including statewide telemedicine. For intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, residential, or inpatient care, residents go out of state.(source)
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WVU Medicine Eating Disorder Interdisciplinary Treatment (EDIT) Clinic
Outpatient · Children, adolescents, and young adults up to age 25 · All genders
About eating disorder treatment in West Virginia
The two in-state programs are both operated by West Virginia University, and both are outpatient. The WVU Disordered Eating Center of Charleston (DECC), within Charleston Area Medical Center's Department of Behavioral Medicine, provides multidisciplinary outpatient care for children, adolescents, and adults. The WVU Medicine Eating Disorder Interdisciplinary Treatment (EDIT) Clinic in Morgantown serves children, adolescents, and young adults up to age 25, with statewide telemedicine. The Eastern Panhandle counties of Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan, the Huntington Tri-State region, the Northern Panhandle around Wheeling, and the southern coalfields have no in-person specialty program, and anyone needing a higher level of care is referred out of state.
Paying for treatment in West Virginia
Most commercial health plans in West Virginia 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. In-network coverage depends on whether your plan contracts with the two in-state WVU outpatient programs. Care above the outpatient level is reached out of state, where whether it is in-network again depends on your specific plan.(source)
West Virginia Medicaid, delivered through the Mountain Health Trust managed-care program, covers eating disorder treatment as a mental health benefit, with prior authorization and medical-necessity review for higher levels of care. The two in-state outpatient programs both accept West Virginia Medicaid. Children may also qualify through the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program (WVCHIP).(source)
West Virginia requires behavioral health parity under state law, and it defines mental health and substance use conditions by reference to the ICD and DSM. Every DSM-5-TR eating disorder diagnosis is captured. The state runs an annual parity data call and parity examination through its insurance commissioner.(source)
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See also: our insurance guides, how to verify your benefits, and how virtual eating disorder treatment works.
Common questions about eating disorder treatment in West Virginia
Where can I get residential eating disorder treatment in West Virginia?
West Virginia has no in-state residential, specialty inpatient, partial hospitalization, or intensive outpatient eating disorder program. Its two in-state options are both outpatient and run by WVU: the Disordered Eating Center of Charleston at CAMC's Memorial Hospital (all ages) and the WVU Medicine EDIT Clinic in Morgantown (up to age 25). Residents needing higher levels of care travel out of state. People with medical complications are stabilized on hospital medical floors first.
Does West Virginia Medicaid cover eating disorder treatment?
Yes, as part of the behavioral health benefit. Both in-state outpatient programs run by WVU, the Disordered Eating Center of Charleston and the EDIT Clinic in Morgantown, accept West Virginia Medicaid. Acceptance can still vary by plan, so the program checks that they take your specific Medicaid coverage when you reach out.
What about eating disorder treatment in the Eastern Panhandle, the Tri-State region, or the southern coalfields?
West Virginia's only in-person eating disorder specialty programs are the two WVU outpatient clinics in Charleston and Morgantown (the Morgantown clinic serves ages 25 and under). The Eastern Panhandle, the Huntington Tri-State area, the Northern Panhandle, the southern coalfields, and the rural counties have no in-person specialty program. For families in those regions, virtual care is often the main option, since the WVU EDIT Clinic in Morgantown offers statewide telemedicine. A trip to Charleston or Morgantown is usually only needed for an in-person evaluation.
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