Yes.  Insurance is likely to cover assessment for the following reasons:

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• To assess functioning to inform planning for treatment

• To determine if medications or therapies are causing problems or side effects.

• To determine the capacity of an individual to make their own health care decisions or live independently

• To differentiate between dementia vs. depression

• To distinguish between possible disease processes

• To distinguish deficits from normal aging

• To diagnose mental and physical conditions

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Insurance is unlikely to cover assessment

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• If a person is actively abusing substances that could lead to inaccurate results

• If an individual is getting used to a new environment

• The information could be easily obtained by a routine interview

• The patient can not meaningfully participate in the testing

• Testing is not required for treatment planning

• The tests are not going to answer the referral questions