Medicaid reimbursements for mental health care also trailed Medicare’s. On average, Medicaid reimbursed psychiatrists only 81% of what Medicare paid for the same services, although Medicaid compensation exceeded that of Medicare in 5 states. “States that are chronically underfunding or underpaying the...
What percentage of psychiatrists do not take insurance? Among psychiatrists, 51.5% [95% CI 42.9, 60.0] accepted Medicare, and [39.0%, 95% CI 30.8, 47.9] accepted Medicaid). Psychiatrists in solo practice were less likely to accept all types of insurance (43.0%[95% CI 32.7,54.0] of solo...
Another area that may offer lessons for improving access to psychiatry is the policy, payment, and medical community’s response to the primary care shortage. Facing this looming shortage, Medicare and Medicaid have increased payment for primary care and are incentivizing the implementation of new de...
My patients regularly tell me that this is not unique to Blue Cross Blue Shield and happens with most insurance providers.A 2016 surveyby the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services showed that it’s also a problem with other medical specialties. The numbers, however, never seem as bad for...
Families, the legal system, Social Security, Medicaid/Medicare, Big Pharma, Madison Avenue, insurance companies, and employers of psychiatrists (and, increasingly, non-psychiatrists) like me—all of them see psychiatry the same way: as a way to label and “pathologize” behaviors that are, ...