CMS Expands Access to Behavioral Health Services; Physician Fee Schedule Expands Billing Providers and Flexibilities

On November 2, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its 2024 Physician Fee Schedule final rule (Final Rule) for calendar year 2024 that will, in part, implement some of the most important changes to improve access to behavioral health care in Medicare’s history. These changes further the goals of CMS’s Behavioral Health Strategy as follows: For the first time, CMS allows Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) and Mental Health Counselors (MHCs) to enroll in...
By: Foley & Lardner LLP