Diagnostic neuropsychological and psychological testing are predominantly psychologist-performed services in Medicare. The following provides an initial look at these services by psychologists and other health professionals in 2020 – the first year of the pandemic – based on data that have recently become available through CMS*. Seventeen diagnostic testing/evaluation services were available to psychologists in …

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Public use data have recently become available through CMS, allowing initial looks at practice patterns during the first year of the pandemic. 2020 may have been a banner year for a shift to telehealth, but the increased flexibilities do not seem to have yielded increased provision of psychotherapy overall to the Medicare population. Indeed, an …

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