The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is looking to streamline primary care-specialist care integration, which could make it easier for behavioral health providers to get paid. Medicaid programs may now directly pay consulting providers for interprofessional consultations, even when a patient is not present. CMS informed state health officials of the new policy in a memo released last week. CMS said streamlining interprofessional consultations is a part of the Biden administration’s mental health crisis strategy, an extension of its so-called unity agenda.
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Source: https://bhbusiness.com/2023/01/05/how-cms-interprofessional-consultations-payment-updates-impact-behavioral-health-providers