diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/DoubleMLEstimator.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/DoubleMLEstimator.scala
index 6e63c7c2e4..b8eb604630 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/DoubleMLEstimator.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/DoubleMLEstimator.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.ml.param.{DoubleArrayParam, ParamMap}
 import org.apache.spark.ml.param.shared.{HasPredictionCol, HasProbabilityCol, HasRawPredictionCol, HasWeightCol}
 import org.apache.spark.ml.util.Identifiable
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, Dataset}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BooleanType, DoubleType, IntegerType, LongType, StructType}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BooleanType, DataType, DoubleType, IntegerType, LongType, StructType}
 import org.apache.commons.math3.stat.inference.TestUtils
 
 import scala.concurrent.Future
@@ -77,21 +77,9 @@ class DoubleMLEstimator(override val uid: String)
     logFit({
       require(getMaxIter > 0, "maxIter should be larger than 0!")
       val treatmentColType = dataset.schema(getTreatmentCol).dataType
-      require(treatmentColType == DoubleType || treatmentColType == LongType
-        || treatmentColType == IntegerType || treatmentColType == BooleanType,
-        s"TreatmentCol must be of type DoubleType, LongType, IntegerType or BooleanType but got $treatmentColType")
-
-      if (treatmentColType != IntegerType && treatmentColType != BooleanType
-        && getTreatmentType == TreatmentTypes.Binary) {
-        throw new Exception("TreatmentModel was set to use classifier " +
-          "but treatment column in dataset isn't integer or boolean type.")
-      }
-
-      if (treatmentColType != DoubleType && treatmentColType != LongType
-        && getTreatmentType == TreatmentTypes.Continuous) {
-        throw new Exception("TreatmentModel was set to use regression " +
-          "but treatment column in dataset isn't continuous data type.")
-      }
+      validateColTypeWithModel(treatmentColType, getTreatmentCol, getTreatmentModel)
+      val outcomeColType = dataset.schema(getOutcomeCol).dataType
+      validateColTypeWithModel(outcomeColType, getOutcomeCol, getOutcomeModel)
 
       if (get(weightCol).isDefined) {
         getTreatmentModel match {
@@ -256,7 +244,7 @@ class DoubleMLEstimator(override val uid: String)
       .setFeaturesCol(treatmentResidualVecCol)
       .setFamily("gaussian")
       .setLink("identity")
-      .setFitIntercept(false)
+      .setFitIntercept(true)
 
     val coefficients = Array(residualsDF1, residualsDF2).map(regressor.fit).map(_.coefficients(0))
     val ate = coefficients.sum / coefficients.length
@@ -273,6 +261,23 @@ class DoubleMLEstimator(override val uid: String)
   override def transformSchema(schema: StructType): StructType = {
     DoubleMLEstimator.validateTransformSchema(schema)
   }
+
+  protected def validateColTypeWithModel(colType: DataType, colName: String, model: Estimator[_]): Unit = {
+    val modelType = getDoubleMLModelType(model)
+    colType match {
+      case IntegerType | BooleanType =>
+        if (modelType == DoubleMLModelTypes.Continuous)
+          throw new Exception(s"column $colName in dataset is integer or boolean data type " +
+            s"but you set to use a regression model for it.")
+      case DoubleType | LongType  =>
+        if (modelType == DoubleMLModelTypes.Binary)
+          throw new Exception(s"column $colName in dataset is double or long data type" +
+            "but you set to use a classification model for it.")
+      case _ =>
+        throw new Exception(s"column $colName must be of type DoubleType, LongType, " +
+          s"IntegerType or BooleanType but got $colType")
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 object DoubleMLEstimator extends ComplexParamsReadable[DoubleMLEstimator] {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/DoubleMLParams.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/DoubleMLParams.scala
index d40cfaeabd..b8016f568a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/DoubleMLParams.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/DoubleMLParams.scala
@@ -85,22 +85,24 @@ trait DoubleMLParams extends Params
    */
   def setSampleSplitRatio(value: Array[Double]): this.type = set(sampleSplitRatio, value)
 
-  private[causal] object TreatmentTypes extends Enumeration {
+  private[causal] object DoubleMLModelTypes extends Enumeration {
     type TreatmentType = Value
     val Binary, Continuous = Value
   }
 
-  private[causal] def getTreatmentType: TreatmentTypes.Value = {
-    val treatmentType =
-      getTreatmentModel match {
-        case _: ProbabilisticClassifier[_, _, _] =>
-          TreatmentTypes.Binary
-        case _: Regressor[_, _, _] =>
-          TreatmentTypes.Continuous
-      }
-    treatmentType
+  private[causal] def getDoubleMLModelType(model: Any): DoubleMLModelTypes.Value = {
+    model match {
+      case _: ProbabilisticClassifier[_, _, _] =>
+        DoubleMLModelTypes.Binary
+      case _: Regressor[_, _, _] =>
+        DoubleMLModelTypes.Continuous
+      case _ =>
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Invalid model type: ${model.getClass.getName}")
+    }
   }
 
+
+
   val confidenceLevel = new DoubleParam(
     this,
     "confidenceLevel",
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/VerifyDoubleMLEstimator.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/VerifyDoubleMLEstimator.scala
index b4f6825f04..218573aeaa 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/VerifyDoubleMLEstimator.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com/microsoft/azure/synapse/ml/causal/VerifyDoubleMLEstimator.scala
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class VerifyDoubleMLEstimator extends EstimatorFuzzing[DoubleMLEstimator] {
     assert(ateLow < ateHigh && ateLow > -130 && ateHigh < 130)
   }
 
-  test("Invalid treatment model will throw exception.") {
+  test("Mismatch treatment model and treatment column will throw exception.") {
     assertThrows[Exception] {
       val ldml = new DoubleMLEstimator()
         .setTreatmentModel(new LinearRegression())
@@ -101,7 +101,21 @@ class VerifyDoubleMLEstimator extends EstimatorFuzzing[DoubleMLEstimator] {
         .setOutcomeCol("col2")
         .setMaxIter(20)
 
-      val ldmlModel = ldml.fit(mockDataset)
+      ldml.fit(mockDataset)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Mismatch outcome model and outcome column will throw exception.") {
+    assertThrows[Exception] {
+      val ldml = new DoubleMLEstimator()
+        .setTreatmentModel(new LogisticRegression())
+        .setTreatmentCol(mockLabelColumn)
+        .setOutcomeModel(new LinearRegression())
+        .setOutcomeCol("col1")
+        .setMaxIter(5)
+
+      val dmlModel = ldml.fit(mockDataset)
+      dmlModel.getAvgTreatmentEffect
     }
   }