Mother Tree Extended network

Expanded Network

Extended Network Providers support Mother Tree clients and are compensated in 3 ways:

1) Insurance: If we refer a client both because the mental health practitioner is the best fit and the mental health practitioner accepts the client’s insurance, case managers can do a complete hand-off meaning no money runs through TGM. The original paperwork is kept in TGM files and a copy will be given to the extended network provider.

2) Slding-Scale: If a client is referred to the extended network for therapy, coaching, psychiatry, massage, or other therapy, healing, education modalities, the process will be the same as those clients referred to Core Practitioners. These practitioners will need to be entered into and trained in our billing system. Sliding-scaleunder the same sliding-scale structure as our core practitioners as determined by case managers/household income agreement or 2) offer reduced fee services on a case-by-case basis as negotiated or navigated through case manager and the provider. For extended network providers working under the sliding-scale structure, case managers will ensure that the necessary paperwork transfers and that the extended network practitioner has access to the payment portal. Case managers or point of contact providers referring to extended network offering reduced fee services will, as seamlessly as possible, support the transition of the client to the service provider ensuring the client has clarity of the fee, payment, and service.

Questions: When an extended network is working within the sliding-scale structure, do we then enter them into the database/train them on billing/getting paid? Who is responsible for doing this (consistency will be important)?