Does Medi-Cal Cover Drug & Alcohol Rehab?

Medi-Cal Essential Health Benefits

Medi-Cal covers a core set of services from doctor visits to hospital care. Essential healthcare benefits include mental health and substance use disorder services. The full list is below³:

• Ambulatory patient services (outpatient care you get without being admitted to a hospital).
• Emergency services.
• Hospitalization (like surgery and overnight stays).
• Pregnancy, maternity, and newborn care (both before and after birth).
• Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment (this includes counseling and psychotherapy).
• Prescription drugs.
• Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices (services and devices to help people with injuries, disabilities, or chronic conditions gain or recover mental and physical skills).
• Laboratory services.
• Preventive and wellness services and chronic-disease management.
• Pediatric services, including oral and vision care (but adult dental and vision coverage aren’t essential health benefits).

Does Medi-Cal Cover Addiction Treatment & Rehab?

Depending on your coverage, Medi-Cal may be able to cover addiction treatment or rehab. This will of course depend on your treatment plan, length of stay, level of coverage, and various other variables that will be determined based on your personalized needs. Call us today at By calling, we can help you answer any questions you may have and also determine whether treatment may be covered by insurance. The following are some of the substance use disorder benefits for those enrolled in Medi-Cal³:

• Voluntary Inpatient Detoxification
• Intensive Outpatient Treatment Services
• Residential Treatment Services
• Outpatient Drug Free Services
• Narcotic Treatment Services

If you have a different insurance provider, find out if they may be able to cover all or part of the cost of rehab. Or explore other rehab payment options and plans.