Medicare may pay to help manage a behavioral health condition (like depression, anxiety, or another mental health condition) if your provider offers the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model.
Your costs in Original Medicare
You pay a monthly fee, and the Part B deductible and coinsurance apply.
What it is
The Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model is a set of integrated behavioral health services, including care management support such as:
- Care planning for behavioral health conditions
- Ongoing assessment of your condition
- Medication support
- Counseling
- Other treatments your provider recommends
Your health care provider will ask you to sign an agreement for you to get this set of services on a monthly basis.