Trends in Medicare Billing by Oncologists for Integrated Mental Health Care Services

Key Points

• This research aims to explore how oncologists are billing Medicare for integrated mental health care services.
• Cross-sectional design is utilized to analyze billing data.
• Focus on integrated mental health care services provided by oncologists.
• Examine billing trends from the years 2018 to 2024.
• An increase in billing for integrated mental health services by oncologists is observed.
• Growth in the use of collaborative care and behavioral health integration models is noted.