Medicare Law Passes - 3/1/2023

On Dec. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus appropriations bill to keep the government funded. Among the many sections and provisions of the omnibus package was the content of the Mental Health Access Improvement Act. The inclusion of this language accomplishes what NBCC and the Medicare Mental Health Workforce Coalition have been working toward for years: eligibility for counselors for direct billing in Medicare. Medicare all goes live on January 2024.   These are some information about Medicare coming in 2024  https://www.counseling.org/news/news-detail/2022/12/23/we-did-it!-medicare-reimbursement-now-law https://www.counseling.org/docs/default-source/government-affairs/faqs-on-the-passage-of-mha-improvement-act_2022.pdf?#:~:text=new%20legislation%3F,to%20do%20so%20by%20CMS. Click the link below to read the S.828 — 117th Congress (2021-2022) https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/828/text