Mother Tree Extended network

Expanded Network

Extended Network Providers support Mother Tree clients and are referred and compensated in the following ways:

1) Sliding-Scale: If a client is referred to the extended network for support (therapy, coaching, psychiatry, massage, or other therapy, healing, education modalities), the process will be the same as those clients referred to Core Practitioners with regard to paperwork. These practitioners will need to be entered into and trained in our billing system. Case managers will handle the referral, and invite Amy or Jen into the process to support the practitioner’s onboarding to the billing system.

2) Insurance or Reduced-Fee Option: 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 and/or the practice has a reduced-fee system, case managers transfer the client to the extended network practitioner. Some Extended Network providers are supplemental to Mother Tree care. Only if the referral is for mental health and the client will not be in the care of TGM Mother Tree, the original paperwork is kept in TGM files and a copy will be given to the extended network provider. After the client has been transferred, TGM will close the file on our end.

3) Special Case: If a client is referred to the extended network for support (therapy, coaching, psychiatry, or other therapy, healing, education modalities), a reduced fee for service on a case-by-case basis is supported by a case manager or provider. The negotiated fee is paid by client directly to provider. The transactions occur outside of TGM and are between client and provider.

4) Wellness Ticket: Some services (massage, reiki, psychological or educational testing) are not ongoing, may be a one-time only visit, or practitioners only have capacity to provide services at a reduced rate to a certain number of clients per year. When a Mother Tree practitioner becomes aware that a sliding-scale client may benefit from one of these services, the community member in our care pays their TGM practitioner or case manager their regular negotiated rate for a Wellness Ticket to a particular service. The Mother Tree provider/case manager may then request a Wellness Ticket using this form. Once the request is received, Jen will send the QR code to the provider/case manager who will then pass this code on to the community member. The community member will offer the QR as paymet after the service has been rendered, and the provider will use the QR code to request payment from TGM.