Providers amped up 60-minute psychotherapy service in 2020

Why This Topic Matters

Understanding shifts in psychotherapy and psychiatric evaluation reporting can help organizations benchmark utilization, track Medicare payment trends, and identify which specialties and provider types are most associated with these services.

Article Sections

1. Medicare psychotherapy and psychiatric diagnostic evaluation trends

   Overview of claim and payment patterns for psychotherapy and psychiatric diagnostic evaluation services in Medicare data, including broad year-over-year changes.

2. Comparisons within the psychotherapy code family

   Discussion of how services in the psychotherapy code family changed relative to one another over the reporting period, with attention to the broader set of related services.

3. Provider types reporting the most claims

   Summary of which specialties and clinician types most frequently billed the reviewed services and how those reporting patterns differed by service category.