Medicare

Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people who are age 65 and older, disabled or suffer from Stage IV (or, end-stage) chronic renal disease. The program was created under the Social Security Act (SSA) in 1965. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, administers the Medicare program.

• Find Out if You’re Eligible for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment Program
• CMS Adds Psychologists to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System
  What psychologists need to know about Medicare’s new reimbursement program.

From enrollment to payment, the Practice Organization has the information and resources to help you understand the federal insurance program and how to participate.

• What is Medicare?    
  The program and psychologists’ participation.
• Enrollment     
  How to enroll, update your Medicare enrollment information or opt out.
• Coverage        
  What psychological services Medicare will cover, with information on telehealth, incident to services and noncovered issues.
• Payment         
  Information on billing and coding for Medicare services.
• News and Updates     
  Up-to-date information from the APA Practice Organization on Medicare and how it affects psychologists and their practices.

This ongoing series of articles explores how psychologists fit into Medicare’s new payment models.

• The low-volume threshold
• Medicare and your practice
• Group reporting under Merit-based Incentive Payment System