Medicare Application for Mental Health Providers: Counselors, Therapists, Social Workers, Clinical Psychologists, MDs, and More
Presented by Yesenia Servin, CPMSM, PESC
Recorded on Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page
The new CMS guidelines allow Mental Health Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists to join as Participating Medicare practitioners! For these credentials, the Providers must be licensed at the Master’s level or above. After several years of professional counselors advocating to get CMS to accept them and expand access to MH services for Medicare members, CMS is finally allowing them in!
Understand HOW to complete the Medicare application for these provider and WHICH application to complete for each of them. Expand access to the Medicare community your providers and organization is serving. Positively impact the revenue cycle!
This program, when attended in its entirety, offers 1.0 CEs for Psychologists, 1.0 IL CEUS for Counselors and Social Workers, or 1.0 BBS California CEUs for LPCCs, LPSW, and LMFTs.
The new CMS guidelines allow Mental Health Counselors and Marriage & Family Therapists to join as Participating Medicare practitioners! For these credentials, the Providers must be licensed at the Master’s level or above. After several years of professional counselors advocating to get CMS to accept them and expand access to MH services for Medicare members, CMS is finally allowing them in!
Understand HOW to complete the Medicare application for these provider and WHICH application to complete for each of them. Expand access to the Medicare community your providers and organization is serving. Positively impact the revenue cycle!
After attending this introductory-level program, participants will be able to:
- Identify the correct Medicare application.
- Identify which providers (LCPC, LPCC, LMFT, LPC ) can enroll now that CMS has allowed it.
- Review the application process, step by step.
This program meets APA’s continuing education STANDARD 1.2: Program content focuses on ethical, legal, statutory or regulatory policies, guidelines, and standards that influence psychological practice, education, or research.
This program meets APA’s continuing education GOAL 3: Program will allow psychologists to maintain, develop, and increase competencies in order to improve services to the public and enhance contributions to the profession.
General Admission: $30
The Chicago School Faculty/Staff/Site Supervisors: $20
Students: $15*
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Refund Policy: 100% of tuition is refundable up to 48 hours before the program. Within 48 hours of the program, and at any point in Homestudy format, tuition is nonrefundable.
Yesenia Servin, CPMSM, PESC
Yesenia Servin is an expert in credentialing and provider/payer enrollment with over 23 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Yesenia has a deep understanding of Medicare & Medicaid enrollment and is a nationally certified credentialing manager and provider enrollment specialist. Through, YS Credentialing PLLC, Yesenia helps organizations develop and implement best practices guidelines and processes. Guides the credentialing and payer enrollment structure. Thrives on training and growing administrative, credentialing and enrollment healthcare professionals.
Yesenia manages payer enrollment, keeps team members and colleagues up to date on industry trends, and is a liaison to all departments that impact payer-enrollment processes. Yesenia works with durable medical equipment, hospital and health systems, and community mental health organizations, global managed care organizations as well as providing revenue cycle consulting services to various healthcare providers and organizations.
Yesenia is a current Charter Oak University Faculty, NAMSS member, and is a current & past NAMSS Educational Conference Speaker, current trainer for The Chicago School of Professional Psychology trainer and a TMG Collaborator. Yesenia studied microeconomics and communications at NEIU and healthcare administration at Concordia University Chicago.
Yesenia enjoys spending time with her family and pugs. She finds great joy in visiting and trekking the great US states and regions.
Marriage and Family Therapists (MFT) and Mental Health Counselors (MHC) Provider Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). (2023, September). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Center for Program Integrity. https://www.cms.gov/files/document/marriage-and-family-therapists-and-mental-health-counselors-faq-09052023.pdf
Medicare Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 10 – Medicare Enrollment. (2023). In Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (No. 100–08). https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/guidance/manuals/downloads/pim83c10.pdf. Rev. 12393.
Provider Enrollment – JF Part B – Noridian. (n.d.). JF Part B. https://med.noridianmedicare.com/web/jfb/enrollment/total-enrollment/provider-enrollment
Target Audience: All MH tracks, professional counselors, psychotherapist, social workers, clinical psychologist, PhD, PsyD, MD, DO, LPC, LSW, LCSW, LPCC, LCPC, clinic owners, practice owners, clinical directors.
Psychologists. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 1.0 continuing education credits. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is committed to accessibility and non-discrimination in its continuing education activities. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is also committed to conducting all activities in conformity with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Participants are asked to be aware of the need for privacy and confidentiality throughout the program. If program content becomes stressful, participants are encouraged to process these feelings during discussion periods.
Counselors/Clinical Counselors. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 1.0 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for counselors and clinical counselors. License Number: 197.000159
Social Workers. This program, when attended in its entirety, is available for 1.0 hours of continuing education. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to provide continuing education programming for social workers. License Number: 159.001036
MFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs. Course meets the qualifications for 1.0 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, and/or LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. If you are licensed outside of California please check with your local licensing agency to to determine if they will accept these CEUs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is approved by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to offer continuing education programming for MFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, and/or LCSWs. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is an accredited or approved postsecondary institution that meets the requirements set forth in Sections 4980.54(f)(1), 4989.34, 4996.22(d)(1), or 4999.76(d) of the Code.
Non-Psychologists. Most licensing boards accept Continuing Education Credits sponsored by the American Psychological Association but non-psychologists are recommended to consult with their specific state-licensing board to ensure that APA-sponsored CE is acceptable.
*Participants must attend 100% of the program in order to obtain a Certificate of Attendance.
If participants have special needs, we will attempt to accommodate them. Please address questions, concerns and any complaints to [email protected]. There is no commercial support for this program nor are there any relationships between the CE Sponsor, presenting organization, presenter, program content, research, grants, or other funding that could reasonably be construed as conflicts of interest.