Show me the money! Understanding Rates, Raises, and Resigning (with Barbara Griswold, LMFT)
When dealing with insurance, one of our biggest complaints as therapists is the low reimbursement rates, which can be less than half of our normal fee. This issue alone leads many to avoid insurance or to resign. The vast majority of us don’t understand how plans come up with reimbursement rates, don’t know how to fight it when a rate drops and most of us aren't aware raises are possible!
In this training, Barbara will answer your insurance money questions including:
How health plans determine reimbursement rates (and why your rate may be different than your colleague next door)
Why we don’t (can’t?) band together to fight low reimbursement rates
What’s going on with the recent and sudden rate drops for some out-of-network providers (aka The Data Isight Saga)
Can (and how) you get a raise from a health plan?
What to say in your raise request
What you should think about before resigning
How to resign
How to ethically handle clients when you leave their plan
Insurance contracts for Therapists. Free Trainings and resources to navigate the process with Barbara Griswold.
Notice: This training mentions free CE credits, which are no longer available.
To earn 2 Legal & Ethical CE credits for California LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, or LEPs, you can purchase Barbara’s course here.
Other licensees should check with their boards.
Barbara Griswold, LMFT and author of Navigating the Insurance Maze: The Therapist’s Complete Guide to Working with Insurance – And Whether You Should, now in its 9th edition. She has been interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition and served 2 years on the Ethics Committee for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In addition to her 32-year private practice in San Jose, CA, she provides Continuing Education webinars and group trainings to therapists nationwide, on topics including insurance and progress notes, and the business side of psychotherapy.
