An uncut discussion about ALMA and Headway. Watch this before signing up!
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2023
- In this video I just share some raw thoughts on ALMA and Headway. I hope you find this uncut discussion helpful.
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I’m getting back into private practice after over a year being off from working in mental health and this is very informative, thank you!
Amazing. I am glad you found it helpful
Just signed on with headway. This was very great information. I will definitely be getting a fully built out EHR after this.
Awesome. So glad you found it helpful
Always supporting! Keep up the good work!
Thank you
Incredibly helpful! Thanks for this!
I am so glad it was!
I asked about headway on a previous video; this answered it, thank you!
Fantastic!
This is why people should have their own EHR
Headway: client has to put card; Alma: suggests client puts card but if client doesn’t then you are responsible to make sure they pay copays/deductibles other Alma will eventually take it out from your pay.
Super helpful additions. Thank you.
How does it work when a client late cancels or no-shows? I'm reading on their website that therapists would be responsible for collecting that
Thats right. If someone late cancels or no shows, you are responsible for collecting that. It's quite simple to charge the late fee as you would with any other platform, but you have the control about whether or not you charge a fee. It will not be done for you automatically. Hope this info helps.
Hi Matt. Thank you for this video and your helpful articulations. Since you have worked with both ALMA and Headway, would you be able to provide any information about which you prefer overall? Or what the advantages and drawbacks are of each? Thank you!
Hi Kristy,
To be honest they have different strengths and weaknesses. I find ALMA is a better overall platform however lacks the ability to manage a group practice. I only use Headway for group practice management. If I was just a solo provider, I would probably stick with ALMA only
Do you have to use Alma's calendar for all clients in order to bill? I would prefer to do scheduling (and google meet links, reminders, forms, scales, notes, and prescribing) through IntakeQ. I am unclear to what extent I need to add patients to both my IntakeQ calendar and my Alma calendar in order to bill with Alma- I want to save them and myself redundancies. Thanks for any help!
Hi Sophie,
So technically you do not have to add them to the ALMA calendar in order to bill. You are able to create claims without the calendar. However, ALMA continuously verifies client coverage through the calendar. So if you don't have a client on the calendar, they wont verify the coverage prior to the session, which could lead to some obvious issues.
Just tried to sign up with Alma but they have made a change in June 2023 which does not allow Group practices to join. What would you suggest as an alternative for the credentialing part and ins claims submitting.
Hi Rebecca,
You can either go with Headway or you can be credentialed on your own and learn how to submit claims through your EHR.
Can you be OON and utilize Alma and Headway for private pay? Word on the street in my area is you don’t have to take insurance to utilize their platform to gain private pay clients. My thoughts were that they may be referring to an offering like Mentaya for superbill options. Can you speak to this?
Hi there. The way I understand the platforms like ALMA and Headway are that they are a set of tools you can use for your practice. Some people use the insurance tool while others do not. I do think some clinicians use ALMA simply for the directory and keep clients as self pay.
As a Group Practice Owner do you use one of these platforms? Headway doesn't accept some Insurances. Is it good to be both independent and use the platforms to increase the type of Insurance you can accept?
I use Headway for my group. Check out this video. ua-cam.com/video/b3b5DGptXYE/v-deo.html&pp=ygUaaGVhZHdheSBmb3IgZ3JvdXAgcHJhY3RpY2U%3D
Great video! I recently signed up w/headway. Do you take your headway & alma clients to simple practice to document? Do you register them there?
I document everything in SimplePractice
@@matthewryanLCSW So Simple practice serves as a EHR only? do you register folks there and document? do you provide the documentation to headway/alma for billing purposes?
@@EsmeraldaWellnessHavenLLC So I pretty much do everything there. I document and schedule there. The only thing I do on ALMA and Headway is submit claims.
@@matthewryanLCSW thank you so much for your response! this is very helpful.
You mentioned getting credentialed by yourself after working with Alma. So, can you work on getting credentialed by yourself "outside" of Alma while working with Alma?
Yep you can.
I don't do TX plans in my private practice. I would if I had a group practice.
Thanks for sharing what you do.
Are you able to share what EHR you are using?
I currently use SimplePractice
Can you Keep your clients of leave Alma or Headway?
Yes you can. They are your clients. ALMA and Headway are just tools to help you build your practice
Can you work remotely anywhere in the world with Alma and headway? Ie live in Canada.
Its not so much about ALMA and Headway, but more so about your licensing boards telehealth rules and the laws around where a clinician needs to be and where a client needs to be.
How did you get credentialed on your own?
I used a credentialing company
Does Alma allow group practices?
No it does not
@@matthewryanLCSW ok good to know cause there are indeed some clinicians in NYC where I live that are doing this still with Alma so I’m so confused!