Insurance
Does our practice take Medicaid?
We accept Medicaid for psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and therapy, for children through older adults. Call and our billing team will confirm your specific plan before your first appointment.
Adult & Child Counseling & Psychiatric Center accepts Medicaid at our Melbourne office, for psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and therapy. That covers children, adolescents, adults, and older adults, all in one practice, so a family does not have to hold two different plans of care at two different places.
Finding a Medicaid psychiatrist in Brevard County
Finding a practice that both accepts Medicaid and has availability is the part most people find hardest, and it is not your imagination. Brevard County's own community health needs assessment found that the share of residents unable to access needed mental health services rose from 9.2% in 2019 to 15.3% in 2022, while the share seeking treatment nearly doubled. More people are looking, and the supply has not moved with them.
We have practiced from one address in Melbourne since 1992, with psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and licensed therapists in the same building. When a prescriber and a therapist are both involved in your care, they talk to each other directly rather than through you.
What Medicaid covers here
Psychiatric evaluation, ongoing medication management, and individual, family, couples, and group therapy are all provided at this practice. Which of those is right for you is decided at the first appointment rather than before it.
Coverage details, including whether a referral or prior authorisation is needed, depend on your specific Medicaid plan and can change. Call our office and our billing team will verify your benefits before your first appointment, so you are not finding out afterwards.
Care for the whole family
Many families reach us because a child needs to be seen and nobody nearby takes their plan. We evaluate and treat children and adolescents as well as adults, and where more than one family member needs care, that can happen in one practice rather than across several.
With your permission we will coordinate with a pediatrician, a primary care provider, or a school, so that everyone involved is working from the same plan.
Common questions
- Do I need a referral to be seen with Medicaid?
- It depends on your specific Medicaid plan. Some require a referral from a primary care provider and some do not. Call our office before booking and our billing team will check what your plan requires so nothing is turned away at the desk.
- Do you take Medicaid for children as well as adults?
- Yes. We evaluate and treat children, adolescents, adults, and older adults at this practice, and the same coverage verification applies whoever the patient is.
- How do I check my coverage before booking?
- Call the office. Our billing team verifies benefits before a first appointment rather than after, and they will tell you what to expect rather than leaving you to interpret a benefits letter.
Insurance plans accepted are subject to change. Please contact our office to verify your specific plan and coverage before your appointment.
Also see TRICARE, or the full list of plans we accept.
Call to verify your coverage
Our billing team checks your benefits before your first appointment, not after.