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Credentialing & Enrollment Guides.
Practical guides from the team that runs billing, credentialing, payer enrollment, and daily operations for behavioral health and outpatient practices.
Leaving Rula, Headway, Grow Or Alma? What Happens To Your Insurance Contracts
On most platforms you see insurance clients under the platform's contracts, not your own. That's why leaving can feel like starting over. Here's what each platform says about whose contract you're under, what stays with you, what happens to your clients, and how long...
Read the guide →Getting Paid While Credentialing Is Pending: Oregon And The Western States
Oregon makes insurers pay for covered care from the day your complete credentialing application arrives. How Washington, California and the West compare.
Read the guide →Credentialing In Multiple States: A Telehealth Practice’s Guide (2026)
Credentialing in multiple states takes a license, payer enrollment and Medicaid enrollment per state. What compacts do and don't do, and which states first.
Read the guide →Group Practice Credentialing: Group Contracts, Type 2 NPIs And Adding Clinicians
Group practice credentialing in two tracks: what the group sets up once, what each new clinician needs, a 120-day hiring plan and the roster clocks that apply.
Read the guide →Medicare Enrollment For Counselors And MFTs (LPC, LMHC, LMFT): 2026 Step By Step
Medicare has paid LPCs, LMHCs and LMFTs since January 1, 2024. Who qualifies, the PECOS steps, which MAC you file with, effective dates and the 75% rate.
Read the guide →From Headway or Rula to your own practice: credentialing and contracts
Moving from Headway, Rula, an employer or another practice? Understand new contracts, Tax ID changes, NPIs and payment setup before your practice bills independently.
Read the guide →How Long Does Credentialing Take? Published Timelines By Payer And State (2026)
What payers and state laws actually publish about credentialing timelines, what starts each clock, and how to plan a start date around them.
Read the guide →Solo To Group Practice: What Changes When You Add Your First Provider
Learn what changes when a solo behavioral health practice adds its first provider, including payer enrollment, billing, payroll, access, and workflows.
Read the guide →Credentialing Status Explained: Submitted, Approved, Effective, EFT And ERA
Understand the credentialing statuses that matter after submission: received, in review, approved, effective, rostered, EFT, ERA, directory verification, and first paid claim.
Read the guide →CAQH Is Now DataSpring: Provider Data Portal Setup And Attestation, Step By Step
A step-by-step CAQH Provider Data Portal guide: building and attesting your profile, the 120-day re-attestation, and mistakes that stall credentialing.
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