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Psychologists to see payment increases for health services under Medicare
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32134
Subject(s) - medicaid , payment , intervention (counseling) , business , health care , health services , coding (social sciences) , actuarial science , nursing , family medicine , medicine , environmental health , finance , economics , sociology , economic growth , population , social science
Psychologists have secured an important win for patients, the community and their respective practices following the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS's) support of a new coding structure for Health and Behavior Assessment and Intervention (HBAI) services for providing care for Medicare patients. Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, psychologists will receive higher payments for providing treatment to Medicare patients with physical health conditions.