Behavioral Health Integration Services bookletVerified Aug 2026
CMS Medicare Learning Network · MLN909432 · January 2026 edition
The authoritative definition of Collaborative Care: codes 99492, 99493, 99494, add-on G2214, and general BHI 99484, with the care-team roles.
Behavioral Health Integration FAQsVerified Aug 2026
CMS · December 5, 2023
Question 5 settles the most misreported fact in collaborative care: the Behavioral Health Care Manager needs formal education or specialized training, no minimum degree, and does not need to be independently Medicare-eligible.
Marriage and Family Therapists & Mental Health CounselorsVerified Aug 2026
CMS Physician Fee Schedule topic page
Counselors and MFTs bill Medicare independently since January 1, 2024, paid at 75 percent of the psychologist rate. This is the enrollment page.
MFT and MHC enrollment FAQsVerified Aug 2026
CMS · May 2024 · authority: sec. 4121, Div. FF, CAA 2023
The practical enrollment answers, and the statute they rest on.
Become a Medicare providerVerified Aug 2026
CMS enrollment hub
Where PECOS and the CMS-855I actually start.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023Verified Aug 2026
Public Law 117-328 · sec. 4121, 4123, 4113
The law itself, for when a payer or a biller wants chapter and verse.
Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, chapter 15Verified Aug 2026
CMS Pub. 100-02 · sections 60, 60.1, 60.2
The controlling incident-to text: what direct supervision means and who counts as auxiliary personnel.
CY2024 Physician Fee Schedule final ruleVerified Aug 2026
CMS-1784-F · rule text at 88 FR 78818
Implements counselor and MFT coverage, extends the health behavior codes, pays crisis psychotherapy at 150 percent.
CY2025 Physician Fee Schedule final ruleVerified Aug 2026
CMS-1807-F · rule text at 89 FR 97710
Safety planning interventions, digital mental health treatment devices, audio-only flexibility for opioid treatment.
CY2026 Physician Fee Schedule final ruleVerified Aug 2026
CMS-1832-F · rule text at 90 FR 49266
New behavioral health add-on G-codes under APCM, digital mental health extended to ADHD, and virtual direct supervision made permanent. Audio-visual, not audio-only.
Telehealth FAQVerified Aug 2026
CMS · updated February 26, 2026
Behavioral telehealth keeps no geographic restriction, audio-only stays permitted, and the in-person requirement does not begin until January 1, 2028, grandfathering anyone in care by the end of 2027.
List of telehealth services, CY2026Verified Aug 2026
CMS annual list
The code-level authority. Check psychotherapy codes here, not in a summary article.
Medicare & Mental Health Coverage bookletVerified Aug 2026
CMS MLN · MLN1986542 · March 2026
All ten Medicare-eligible mental health provider types, the psychotherapy code family, and confirmation that psychologists, social workers, MFTs and counselors may bill the health behavior codes.
CMS Behavioral Health StrategyVerified Aug 2026
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The policy frame CMS itself uses. Useful in grant applications and advocacy letters.
