Medicare Enrollment

You can be enrolled in Medicare as either a participating or a nonparticipating provider.  

If you are sure that you don’t want to see any  patients under Medicare for a period of two years, you can opt out of Medicare entirely and you may then enter into private contracts with Medicare beneficiaries.

Quick Practice Info Guides – Documents exploring common practice management issues encountered by psychiatrists.

Practice Management for Psychiatrists: The Basics [free online to Members. The e-book is posted both as a single document download and as a chapter-by-chapter download for ease of printing.

Information on Mental Health Parity can be found on the APA website www.psych.org under Managing A Practice or on the APA co-sponsored site www.parityispersonal.org.