2025 Reimbursement Top Ten Psychologist Medicare Services

The searchable 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) was published 1/1/2025. Happy New Year? This is the latest in the year prior to prices going into effect these have been published, though I suppose one could say this is the earliest in the effective year the searchable databse has been provided. 2025 national reimbursement for …

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Update Medicare Opt-Outs 2024 YTD

NOTE:  Data in the “Annual and Cumulative” chart were updated 8 November 2024, based on the Opt Out Affidavits dataset through September 2024. Other chart data were not updated. 2024 will be (already has been) a record year for the number of psychologists opting out. As of the August 2024 Update to CMS’s Opt Out …

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MFT And MHC Uptake In Medicare

As of January 1, 2024, Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) and Mental Health Counselors (MHCs) became eligible to bill Medicare independently for their services to diagnose and treat mental illnesses. Expansion to new mental health clinicians in Medicare – with reimbursement at 75% of the physician fee schedule – was thought to be a cost-effective …

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