The Impact of Medicare on Psychiatry
WENDELL R. LIPSCOMB M.D.1
1 Chief of research, Mendocino State Hospital, Talmage, Calif. 95481
Medicare is having a tremendous impact on psychiatry and the rest of medicine. The author feels that the restrictions on psychiatric coverage in this law, rather than being a handicap, should serve as a challenge to the profession to modify existing practices and attitudes so that psychiatry can meaningfully cope with the benevolent philosophy of the legislation.
