Do Licensed Psychiatrists Need to Follow Medicare Standards?

When therapists were able to accept insurance payments, therapists came under the rule of having to prove medical necessity. So once we had to justify medical necessity, our notes had to follow a certain consistent rubric of information. And that's actually written out, spelled out in Medicare rules. We need to make sure that we know and track medication,. Not that they're Med providers, but we're the first line of defense, so to speak.