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MA S1390
Bill
AI Summary
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Establishes minimum payment rates for psychiatric collaborative care model services at or above Medicare Resource-Based Relative Value Scale physician fee schedule rates, with annual adjustments
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Applies to MassHealth, the Group Insurance Commission, and all commercial insurers including accident/sickness policies, hospital service plans, medical service agreements, and HMOs
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Specifies reimbursable CPT billing codes for the collaborative care model: 99492, 99493, 99494, and G2214
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Defines the psychiatric collaborative care model as a team-based approach where primary care providers and care managers collaborate with psychiatric consultants to deliver integrated behavioral health services
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Requires MassHealth to remove collaborative care billing codes from accountable care organization capitation rates and instead pay these services on a fee-for-service basis
Legislative Description
Relative to access to psychiatric collaborative care
Last Action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
1/12/2026