The TMS Solutions' Depression & Treatment Blog 

Exciting news for active military and veterans suffering from depression!

Christopher Blackburn, co-founder of TMS Solutions, with locations in Grand Junction, CO, Denver, CO, and Boise, ID is enthusiastically reaching out to his patients who are veterans. Blackburn said that TRICARE recently announced to its members that TMS Therapy is now covered in their policy, making it available as a treatment for medication resistant patients suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Blackburn also noted that while TMS is currently only indicated for depression, it can also be effective in treating the PTSD and anxiety veterans face when they return from active duty. 

TMS Therapy is finally experiencing the insurance coverage recognition it deserves!

After formal FDA approval in 2008, celebrating the Neuronetics TMS System completion of its One Millionth TMS treatment, thousands of success stories, and mounting research evidence detailing the multitude of TMS therapy benefits—insurance companies are slowly, but surely, coming on board, too. The latest victory is Aetna’s change in TMS insurance coverage policy. Read more about the lawsuit that was the final push toward Aetna changing its TMS insurance coverage policy. In July of this year, Aetna joined the list of insurance providers who include repetitive TMS therapy (rTMS) as a behavioral health benefit for their members, all 18+ million of them! TMS is now a covered service for Aetna members 18 years-old and older who suffer with drug-resistant Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).

In a recent article in The Connecticut Law Tribune on September 21, 2015, writer Michelle Tuccitto Sullo posted a blog titled  “Connecticut Insurer Sued for Not Covering 'Magnetic' Depression Treatment”.

In the article Michelle Tuccitto Sullo brings to light the recent case of a Tennessee man suffering from depression, “who has filed a federal lawsuit against the Aetna insurance company, alleging that the Hartford-based insurer refuses to cover a magnetic therapy treatment for his condition."