Medicare's Collaborative Care model needs a psychiatric consultant, and most PMHNPs qualify. How the role works, who bills, and how to contract for it. In this Deep Dive episode, two hosts walk through “PMHNP Collaborative Care Consultant: 2026 Career Guide” from the Psych NP Fellowship blog by Lindsay Hill, DNP, PMHNP-BC. Key takeaways: • CMS defines the Collaborative Care psychiatric consultant as a medical provider trained in psychiatry and qualified to prescribe the full range of medications. Most PMHNPs meet that definition. • The consultant usually never meets the patient. The job is a weekly caseload review with a behavioral health care manager, typically done remotely, plus quick questions between reviews. • The primary care practice bills CPT 99492, 99493, 99494, or G2214. The consultant gets paid by that practice under a contract or empl ...