Psychologist’s Guide to Medicare

Because the private insurance market often follows payments and trends in Medicare, APA Services makes psychologist participation and reimbursement in Medicare a legislative advocacy priority.

Medicare is a federal health insurance program created in 1965 for people who are age 65 or older, disabled, or suffer from end-stage renal disease. Medicare Part B was expanded in 1990 to give those enrolled in Medicare as “clinical psychologists” the authority to treat Medicare beneficiaries independently in all settings and bill Medicare for their services.