Access to Care – Mental Health Providers
This indicator reports the number of providers with a CMS National Provider Identifier (NPI) that specialize in mental health. Mental health providers include licensed clinical social workers and other credentialed professionals specializing in psychiatry, psychology, counseling, or child, adolescent, or adult mental health. The number of facilities that specialize in mental health are also listed (but are not included in the calculated rate). Data are from the latest Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Provider Identifier (NPI) downloadable file.
Source
Source Description
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) provides basic information about all organization and individual providers with a National Provider Identifier (NPI). The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is unique identification number for health care providers, including both organizations and individuals. Each month, CMS provides an updated data file available for download which contains FOIA-disclosable NPPES health care provider information, including name, credential, practice location address, and practice type based on multiple (primary, secondary, tertiary, etc.) taxonomy codes. Additional information about the NPPES downloadable file can be found here.
Methodology
Data for this indicator are acquired from the monthly Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Downloadable File. This file includes directory information for all Medicare providers that had a valid National Provider Identifier (NPI). Provider information contained in this file includes name, credentials, gender, specialty, and complete address. Indicator counts are tabulations of providers that deliver mental health care, determined based on the “provider type” listed in the data file. Mental health providers include licensed clinical social workers and other credentialed professionals specializing in psychiatry, psychology, counselling, or child, adolescent, or adult mental health. The number of facilities that specialize in mental health are tabulated, (but are not included in the calculated rate). For more information, please refer to the CMS National Provider Identifier documentation, available here .
Data Breakouts Available
- Mental Health Care Facilities
- Mental Health Care Providers
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