Questions clinicians ask, answered.
How the practice works, who fills the calendar, credentialing, the EHR, hours, supervision, and pay timing. If your question is not here, write to provider-practice@emorahealth.com.
Everything clinicians ask
- What is the relationship? Am I working for Emora?
- You run your own practice, on Emora. You choose the hours, the ages, and the clinical approach. We bring the families, credential you, bill insurance, run the EHR, and deposit your pay twice a month; at year end we issue a 1099. Think of us as the front office, the referral network, and the clinical community behind your practice.
- Do I need to be credentialed with insurance already?
- You do not need to be credentialed before you apply. We handle CAQH and payer enrollment for you, and you follow every payer on a tracker in your dashboard. If you are already paneled with some payers, you start seeing families sooner.
- I am an associate or intern. Can I work with Emora?
- Yes. We work with associates and interns in the states where the board allows it, and we ask that your board-approved supervisor is in place before your first family. If you do not have a supervisor yet, apply anyway and we will point you to supervision options.
- How many sessions a week can I take on?
- As many or as few as your practice needs. Clinicians work anywhere from 5 to 30 sessions a week with Emora, and you set the number and adjust it up or down as your availability changes. Ten to fifteen after-school sessions a week is the most common shape. We tell you when demand is highest, so you can open the blocks that fill fastest.
- What hours do families book?
- Families book weekday afternoons and evenings, from 3 to 9 pm, and weekends, because children are in school until 3. We ask you to open at least two after-school or weekend blocks a week, and we fill them.
- How does pay work?
- You are paid for every completed session, twice a month, by direct deposit, whether or not the payer has paid us yet. Your per-session pay is set by your license and state, and the application shows you the exact figure before any call. We book your calendar and hold it at ten to fifteen sessions a week, so your month is steady.
- What EHR do you use?
- The Emora Care Platform, an EHR we built from the ground up for work with kids, teens, and families. Scheduling, AI-assisted notes, treatment plans, measurement-based care, parent portals, and supervision sign-off live in one place, and the whole thing was designed with our clinicians and a child psychiatrist at the table. Most clinicians are comfortable in a day.
- What happens after I accept an offer?
- The same day, you get a dashboard with an onboarding checklist, your credentialing tracker, and a target date for your first client. Someone on our team owns that gap with you until the first family is booked. From then on you have biweekly clinical office hours with the Clinical Director, one-to-one support when you ask for it, and real-time support through in-product messaging.
- What about malpractice?
- You carry your own professional liability coverage, as in any practice. We share the minimums during onboarding and can point you to the carriers most of our clinicians use.
- Can I bring my own clients?
- Yes. Bring the clients you already see onto the Emora Care Platform and run them alongside the families we bring you. Sessions with clients you source are paid at a higher rate, and the same credentialing, billing, and notes cover both.
- Can I keep my current practice or day job?
- Yes. Many of our strongest clinicians run their Emora practice at 10 to 15 after-school sessions a week next to another role, and some grow it into their main practice. Both patterns work because the after-school calendar fills itself.
- I am licensed in a state you do not serve yet. What now?
- Read your state page in our licensing guide and apply anyway. When we open your state, you will hear from us first.
- What does Emora pay per session?
- Your per-session pay is set by your license and state. Start the application and the exact figure for your license and state is inside it, before any call. Then look at the month: we book the calendar and hold it at ten to fifteen sessions a week, so the month is steady.
- When and how am I paid?
- You are paid twice a month, by direct deposit, for every session completed in the period with a signed note. Each January we issue your 1099-NEC.
- What is deducted?
- Nothing is deducted. Billing, credentialing, the EHR, and finding families are Emora costs. You carry your own professional liability coverage, as you would in any practice.
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