Associate Licensed Clinician (1099)

About the role

Real Life Counseling provides mental health outpatient therapy in a private practice setting, utilizing in-office and telehealth services. We work with a combination of Medicaid Funded Insurances, Private Insurances and Private Pay.

What you receive

• Collect a Contracted Percentage Of All Session Income Collected
• RLC Charges a 45% Fee On All Collected Revenue From Billable Sessions, Which Includes Our Contracted Administrative/Executive Services And Contracted Licensure Supervision (WA State)
• All credentialing with our primary insurance contracts (once qualified) at no additional cost
• Supervision — as part of the 45% fee, you also receive licensure supervision from a contracted Licensed Clinical Supervisor.
• Referrals — RLC will coordinate and provide you with a consistent flow of referrals so you can maintain the size of caseload that meets your professional and personal needs/goals.
• Scheduling — RLC will schedule all your intakes and initiate completion of intake documentation via our Client Portal while you control your preferred demographics and availability — ensuring clinician autonomy over your schedule, caseload and preferred intake frequency while having administrative support.
• Billing — RLC will complete the billing process for all completed sessions, including navigating unexpected billing barriers on your behalf.
• Practice location & services — a furnished office (it is expected that all clinicians using our office space use it for at least 75% of actual sessions); RLC Google Workspace platform including our Virtual Session platform of Google Meet; and an EHR system designed by counselors, for counselors, that includes scheduling, billing, client portal and documentation — structured to support your documentation, mitigate insurance take-backs and make the occasional records request easy and simple.
• Business Email — all 1099 Clinicians are provided with a business email and access to HIPAA-compliant Google Workspace as part of the contracted services at no additional cost
• CEUs — you can opt into a contracted service for unlimited access to our Relias Education & CEU platform library, with courses that meet the ongoing education requirements for all clinicians (additional $30/month with 1-year commitment).
• Business Phone Line — you can opt into a business line RLC can set up for you (additional $25/month with no annual commitment), managed via a Google Voice app on your cell phone and connected directly with your business email
• Flexibility and independence with your schedule — there are no minimum or maximum thresholds. As a 1099 Independent Clinical Contractor, you set your own schedule, and this can serve as your primary practice location or a supplemental one.
• Financial transparency — RLC utilizes an EHR system that allows you to track the revenue you generate, check the billing status of any completed session 24/7, and access support from our Front Desk, Billing and Bookkeeping departments.
• Dependable billing — RLC maintains a set billing timeline you can depend on and has a 99.7% billing efficiency rate — meaning RLC goes out of its way to collect on the revenue you have generated, which includes navigating insurance barriers, and will work with providers in real time when a billing barrier occurs.
• EHR System — our EHR system is built specifically for counselors to meet all RCW/WAC and insurance expectations, minimizing insurance take-backs and the time it takes to document. It also has a built-in secure client portal for communicating and interacting with clients safely and reliably — including completing intake documentation, screeners and assessments. It's structured to make documentation easy, supportive, organized and reliable.
• Career Pathways — RLC values empowering individuals over their career, knowing the incredible privilege it is to be a provider in our community. Whether a provider initially contracts us for just sessions, or eventually transitions to contracting clinical supervision for interns or our Incident to Billing team, there are numerous opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications And Contract Expectations

• Qualifying Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) or Counseling (MA/MAC) that allows you to be an Associate Licensed provider within Washington State (Mental Health Counseling — LMHCA, Social Work — LICSWA, Marriage and Family — LMFTA).
• Must have and maintain an active and in-good-standing qualifying practice Associate License (LMFTA, LICSWA, LMHCA) from Washington State. This includes adhering to both the Ethical and Legal requirements to provide mental health counseling within WA State, and having no history of documented and verified complaints within any of the states you hold a practicing license.
• Must have and maintain (or have capacity to obtain) an active Washington State business license and associated Federal Employment Identification Number (EIN) and Unified Business Identifier (UBI) with WA State.
• Must have and maintain (or have capacity to obtain) active Practice Liability Insurance
• Must have at least 2 practice references verifying your integral and ethical approach to providing mental health services
• Be a team player/worker — 1099 Clinicians partner with our Admin team in completing the administrative areas of our services
• Able to provide services professionally in both office and tele-health/virtual settings
• Successfully complete and pass a background check prior to being offered a contract, due to the job working and interacting with clients and medical information
• Not be on the Federal Excluded Providers List (LEIE)
• Harmonize with the values and culture of RLC and be able to successfully interact with our Admin departments/staff, systems and platforms
• Able to provide at least in-person sessions or a hybrid of in-person and tele-health

Working together

• That you will provide integral, legal and ethical mental health services to the clients contacting Real Life Counseling.
• Abide by Washington State Law and Regulations (WAC/RCW) in providing therapy, including maintaining up-to-date documentation.
• Abide by the Ethical Standards as outlined within the Association connected to your degree and/or license (ACA, NASW, AAMFT).
• Interact with other 1099 Independent Clinical Contractors and our Administrative staff in a way that aligns with our RLC culture and values.

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