Running a practice
How to use Headway to scale your group practice
Headway was built with the needs of group practices in mind. Here’s how we help your practice reach its full potential.
October 3, 2025
5 min read
Expansion is a wonderful thing for a group practice, but it’s not without complications. As your group practice evolves, so does your to-do list — and your financial commitment to your staff. More providers means more clients seen, but it also means more administrative work, more credentialing delays, more inconsistent payments, and more paychecks on the line when these disruptions occur.
As a platform built with the needs of in-network group practices in mind, Headway is designed to eliminate roadblocks like these. With higher rates, rapid credentialing, and consistent payments, Headway helps you scale your team without the stress. That means your practice can reach its full potential and help as many clients as possible.
It’s important to remember that Headway is not a group practice itself, nor is it meant to replace the special experience of working in one. Headway is an administrative partner and helpful platform that makes it all possible — here’s how.
Boost your earnings and your impact
Headway is home to the nation’s largest network of mental health providers who accept insurance, and we have deep-rooted relationships with more than 50 of the nation’s top insurance plans. That combination offers multiple benefits to your growing group practice.
First, our expansive network allows us to negotiate competitive reimbursement rates with payers, ensuring better per-session rates for every provider in your practice who uses Headway. Across your entire team, those increased rates add up fast.
Second, when your providers tap into our network of dozens of top insurance plans, their services become accessible to people across the country covered by a wide range of insurance plans. That means your client pool can expand dramatically.
More revenue per clinician, plus more clients on your roster, means a better bottom line for your practice. And since Headway is completely free to join and use, it’s all upside. There’s no added overhead — only room to expand.
Practice in-network with confidence
Simplify insurance and save time on your entire workflow — from compliance and billing to credentialing and admin.
Onboard clinicians faster with free credentialing
Under normal circumstances, months can pass between the moment you hire a new provider and the day they’re fully up and running to see clients, accept insurance, and contribute to your practice’s earnings. That can make hiring a daunting prospect, even when it’s clear that your team is ready to expand. It’s hard to be on the hook for payroll if you don’t know when income will start trickling in.
Headway slashes that timeline by handling credentialing in as little as 30 days. That means your practice can be fully responsive to client demand. If you’re getting more referrals than you can accommodate at your current size, you can efficiently bring on new providers with the confidence that they will be onboarded — and start booking sessions and bringing in revenue — quickly.
As with all of Headway’s benefits, credentialing (and re-credentialing, when the time comes) is completely free, affording your practice access to a nationwide insurance company network without spending a dime — or wasting precious time.
Secure reliable cash flow with guaranteed payments
In the mental health sector, the unexpected happens all the time. Claims get rejected, delayed, or clawed back. Payers experience outages. Clients no-show or reschedule appointments. These unfortunate scenarios are stressful for any provider, but particularly for a group practice leader who has an entire staff relying on them.
As a platform built for in-network practices, we get it. That’s why Headway guarantees bi-weekly payments — no matter what — and tailors our offerings to meet the needs of providers who accept insurance. With features like compliance-minded documentation templates, AI-assisted note-taking capabilities, automated eligibility checks, and billing support, we work to reduce the chances of rejected claims in the first place. And if hiccups like clawbacks do occur, payment protection can shield your practice’s bottom line so you can maintain worry-free payroll.
When your revenue is predictable, even in the face of unexpected disruptions, you can hire and budget without fear. Knowing exactly how much money you’ll be bringing in (and when) gives you the freedom to hire the number of clinicians you actually need to meet demand — not the number you know you can pay even if the worst comes to worst.
How Headway works for different group types
At Headway, we recognize that the needs of your group practice are as unique as the people you serve. We’re built to be flexible, offering tailored solutions for group practices of every stage and specialty, including:
Small groups
Headway helps small group practices expand by getting clinicians quickly credentialed with numerous insurance panels; extending client reach via our directory and wide list of insurance partners; and boosting per-session earnings. With perks like these — and no up-front or recurring costs — your practice may not be small for long.
Large groups
In large group practices with numerous providers all submitting claims to insurance, there can be a dizzying number of moving parts. Headway simplifies the whole equation by ensuring that providers get paid reliably, promptly, and competitively, saving your practice from having to track down tons of different reimbursements. Plus, you can maintain outside contracts if desired.
Talk therapy groups
Working with insurance can be so complex that many talk therapists choose to simply forgo it. But doing so may shrink your client pool, since lots of people want or need to use insurance to pay for sessions. By making it easier and more lucrative to accept insurance, Headway keeps your therapy practice growing and attracting new clients.
Psychiatric groups
Headway is also built to empower psychiatric practices with simplified insurance, billing, and built-in practice management tools that support independent, patient-first care. Your clinical expertise leads the way while our expert support keeps you aligned with ever-evolving insurance policies and regulatory guidelines. Psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners can increase their earnings with competitive pay negotiated on their behalf, guaranteed biweekly deposits, and referrals from our nationwide network of talk therapists.
Aspiring groups
Solo practitioners who dream of entering group practice are in the right place. Single providers can expand their client lists and earnings through Headway, then use the platform to quickly get partners credentialed, seeing patients, and bringing in revenue when the time comes.
Scale your group practice with Headway
Don’t stay stuck. With no membership requirements or costs, Headway gives group practices the tools they need to scale flexibly and with confidence. When new providers get credentialed quickly and your whole team gets paid competitively and on time, you’ll have the predictable cash flow needed to keep expanding your team and service offerings. When that happens, everyone wins: you, your staff, and your clients.
This content is for general informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute clinical, legal, financial, or professional advice. All decisions should be made at the discretion of the individual or organization, in consultation with qualified clinical, legal, or other appropriate professionals.
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