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Emora vs Alma for clinicians.
Alma is a membership network for private practice clinicians: credentialing, billing, and a directory, for a monthly fee. Emora is a network focused on kids, teens, and families that brings you families and a free-to-paid ladder for running your practice.
| Emora | Alma | |
|---|---|---|
| Who the families are | Children, teens, and young adults, and their parents. Pediatric is the whole business, not a filter. | Adults and some adolescents. Pediatric is a small share. |
| Who fills your calendar | Emora. We bring the families, through our own marketing, our provider directory, school and physician referrals, and referrals from other Emora clinicians. You do no marketing. | Mostly you. Alma's directory and insurance listing help; volume depends on your market and profile. |
| When families book | After school and evenings, 3 to 9 pm, and weekends. We ask for two prime blocks a week and fill them. | Whenever your own clients book. |
| Credentialing | Full service: CAQH, payer enrollment, and a tracker that shows where each payer stands. | Yes, included in membership. |
| EHR and notes | The Emora Care Platform, our own EHR built from the ground up for work with kids and families: AI-assisted notes, measurement-based care, parent portals, and school coordination in one place. | Alma provides practice tools; some clinicians keep a separate EHR. |
| How pay works | Per completed session, twice a month, by direct deposit, whether or not the payer has paid us yet. We book the calendar, so we talk in months. | You bill through Alma at its payer rates and pay a monthly membership fee. |
| How you join | Apply to Emora Health. One clinical interview. Less than 7% of applicants are accepted, and strong applications book the interview the same day. | One membership tier for practice support. |
Where Alma fits
If you run an established adult practice and want a well-known membership brand with insurance billing, Alma is a solid choice.
Where Emora fits
Emora books your calendar with children and families, charges no membership fee, and deposits your pay for every completed session. Alma leaves pediatric demand to you.
The one question to ask both of us
Ask each platform: how many sessions a week will you book for me, and can you show me clinicians whose calendars have stayed full for a year? Emora can.
Compare months, not hours. Ask every platform one question: how many sessions a week will you book for me? Emora brings the families and books your after-school calendar, then holds it at ten to fifteen sessions a week, month after month. That steady caseload, not the per-session line, is what your month is made of.
What you get with Emora
Your practice, our engine
Families brought to you
New clients matched to your ages, specialties, and after-school hours. Emora brings the families; you do no marketing.
Credentialing done for you
CAQH, payer enrollment, and a tracker that shows where each payer stands.
Paid twice a month
Direct deposit for every completed session, whether or not the payer has paid us yet.
Referrals both ways
Referrals from Emora prescribers and psychologists, and a place to send the cases you cannot take.
Standing you can see
Your first eight clients set your standing. Attendance, cancellations, and retention are on your dashboard from week one.
Bring your own clients
Run the clients you already see on the Emora Care Platform alongside the families we bring. Sessions you source are paid at a higher rate.
Emora vs Alma: questions
- Does Emora charge a membership fee?
- Emora has no membership fee. You are paid for every completed session, twice a month.
Bring your license. We bring the families.
Apply to Emora Health. You see your per-session pay inside the application, before any call, and you hear back within 48 hours. Less than 7% of applicants are accepted.