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Emora vs Handspring for clinicians.
Handspring Health is a pediatric mental health group that hires clinicians as W-2 staff for in-network therapy with children and teens, largely through payer and school partnerships. Emora is a network of clinicians who run their own practice focused on kids, teens, and families, with a calendar Emora books, pay per completed session, and hours you set.
| Emora | Handspring | |
|---|---|---|
| Who the families are | Children, teens, and young adults, and their parents. Pediatric is the whole business, not a filter. | Children and teens, in-network, through payer and school partnerships. |
| 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. | Handspring, as an employer assigning a caseload. |
| When families book | After school and evenings, 3 to 9 pm, and weekends. We ask for two prime blocks a week and fill them. | Set by the practice, including daytime school-linked hours. |
| Credentialing | Full service: CAQH, payer enrollment, and a tracker that shows where each payer stands. | Handled by the practice under its group contracts. |
| 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. | Handspring's own clinical tools. |
| 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. | Salary as an employee, with benefits and productivity expectations. |
| 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. | Apply for an open role; standard hiring process. |
Where Handspring fits
If you want a salaried, benefited role in a pediatric group with school-day hours, Handspring is that.
Where Emora fits
If you want your own practice, after-school hours you set and adjust, families brought to you, and pay for every completed session on a calendar we keep full, Emora is built for that, and it fits next to a school or group role.
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 Handspring: questions
- Can I work with Handspring and Emora at the same time?
- Emora sessions are after school and evenings, so many clinicians run an Emora practice next to a daytime role. Check your employment agreement for outside-practice terms.
- Is Emora in-network like Handspring?
- Yes. Emora bills insurance for families and credentials you with the payers we bill. You are paid per completed session whether or not the payer has paid us yet.
- How does Emora fill my caseload without a school contract?
- Emora brings the families through our own marketing, our provider directory, school and physician referrals, and referrals from other Emora clinicians. You do no marketing.
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.