I recently attended a conference in Oakland sponsored by Kaiser SF entirely devoted to the use of ketamine for mood disorders. Impressive start to finish. The folks from Kaiser talked about their successes using ketamine. We heard from several Kaiser patients who have had their lives changed by ketamine infusion therapy–very compelling. There were a number of high-quality talks by physicians who run ketamine infusion clinics. Perhaps this will be a spark to eventually convince other insurers that it makes good sense to cover ketamine treatments. A short piece about Kaiser SF’s ketamine efforts can be read here.
