The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is also proposing some changes to payment for services provided to patients with opioid use disorders. Psychiatrists will see on average a slight uptick in reimbursement under the Medicare program in 2020, according to the proposed 2020 fee schedule issued last month by the Centers for Medicare and
It is possible that the new generation of medical students is attracted to a psychiatry that is now better integrated with the rest of medicine and that offers work-life balance. The popularity of psychiatry as a specialty choice among medical school seniors—and competitiveness for residency slots—may be increasing, according to recent data from the National
While digital psychiatry and mental health apps are proliferating, experts caution that they may create new legal responsibilities and question whether the hype is getting ahead of evidence supporting their use. A smartphone app now in development monitors a person’s voice frequency and detects when mania or depression is creeping in. Another prompts patients to
