Trends in Psychiatrist-Led Care for Medicare Part B Enrollees.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The rising incidence of mental illness in the US underscores the need for timely access to psychiatric care, especially for vulnerable populations such as older adults and individuals with mental and physical disabilities who receive Medicare.

Objective

To assess changes in the number and proportion of active psychiatrists providing professional services to traditional Medicare Part B enrollees from 2014 to 2022.

Design, setting, and participants

This repeated cross-sectional study of Medicare Part B enrollees used publicly available data (for January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2022) from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Kaiser Family Foundation. Data from all traditional Medicare Part B enrollees in all 50 states and the District of

SUBMITTER: Havlik JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803478 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature