For clinicians
Practice tools Mason actually refers
A short list of insurance panels, an EHR, a notes tool, bookkeeping, payroll, a business bank, and a directory. These are tools Mason refers. That is not a claim he uses every one of them, and it is not a claim any of them is right for your practice.
Some links on this page are referral links. If you sign up through them, Mason may receive a bonus or credit from that company. You do not pay extra because of the link. Offers change. This is not an endorsement that a tool is right for your practice.
These are referral links. If you sign up through them, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change. Read the company’s current terms.
Heard, Rula, Grow Therapy, and Psychology Today are manual in different ways. This page will not put a fake “click here to enroll” button on those. If you have to enter an email, an NPI, or send Mason a name, the card says so.
For the conceptual review of paneled networks — speed versus control, who bills — read Headway and companies in that category. This page is the disclosed link list, not a rewrite of that article.
Insurance / panels
These companies sit between a clinician and commercial insurance. The honest trade is usually speed (you can show as in-network faster than a solo packet) versus control (you are often on their roster, and they often bill). Ask whose NPI and tax ID go on the claim before you upload a PDF. Details live on paneled networks.
Headway
A paneled network. They help clinicians get onto commercial plans faster and usually run a lot of the claims traffic under their infrastructure.
Who it is for: clinicians who want insured volume sooner than DIY credentialing, and who can live with less ownership of the payer relationship.
The trade: speed versus control. They typically bill. You are often rendering through their contracts, not holding those contracts yourself.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
How you actually sign up: use the referral link. The rest happens on Headway’s site.
Alma
Another company in the same category: insurance access packaged with some mix of credentialing, billing, and a clinician-facing front end. Not the same contract as Headway.
Who it is for: clinicians comparing a network seat to holding payer contracts directly.
The trade: faster onto plans; less of the contract is yours. They typically handle billing. Read their agreement, not a screenshot of someone else’s rate.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
How you actually sign up: use the referral link. The rest happens on Alma’s site.
Rula
A therapist-facing insurance platform in the same breath as Headway and Alma. They sit between you and commercial payers and usually run billing.
Who it is for: clinicians who want a platform to carry part of credentialing and claims, and who will read the actual agreement before treating it as land they own.
The trade: speed versus control. Who bills, and what happens if you leave, are the questions. This page will not invent your employment classification on their paperwork.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
How you actually sign up: this is Rula’s referral-program page, not an auto-apply button. You must enter your email and NPI on Rula’s page.
Grow Therapy
A provider marketplace in the insurance-access family. They credential, typically match clients, and typically bill through their side.
Who it is for: clinicians looking at another insured-volume door besides Headway, Alma, or Rula.
The trade: same speed-versus-control question. Who is the billing provider, and what travels with you if you resign.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
Grow Therapy provider referrals
How you actually sign up: manual. Grow’s provider-referrals page explains their path. It does not auto-apply a bonus from this site.
EHR / notes
An EHR is software you run the practice in. A paneled network is a middleman on the payer relationship. Do not mix those up. See SimplePractice and insurance.
SimplePractice
An EHR and practice tool: calendar, notes, documents, invoicing, a client portal, and, if you turn it on, claims and superbills. It is not a payer. It will not credential you.
Who it is for: solo and small-group clinicians who want the chart, the calendar, and billing in one product they log into.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
How you actually sign up: use this primary referral link. The rest happens on SimplePractice’s site.
Mentalyc
An AI notes tool. It helps draft clinical notes. It is a notes tool, not a therapist, and not a substitute for your judgment. You still review and sign what goes in the chart.
Who it is for: clinicians who want help getting a note started and who will still own the chart.
Mason did not report a signup bonus for Mentalyc. This page will not invent one.
How you actually sign up: use the registration link. There is no payout amount on this page because Mason did not give one.
Back office
Bookkeeping, payroll, and a business bank. None of this is the clinical hour. All of it decides whether the practice still has a clean week.
Heard
Bookkeeping aimed at therapists. The money after the session, not the clinical hour.
Who it is for: clinicians who want a bookkeeper that already speaks private-practice money.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
How you actually sign up: go to Heard’s rewards page and enter your email there. This site does not enroll you. There is no auto-apply button here.
Gusto
Payroll. If you have people to pay — or you are about to — that is the job.
Who it is for: practices that run payroll and do not want that living in a spreadsheet plus a hope.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
How you actually sign up: use the referral link. The rest happens on Gusto’s site.
Chase Business
Business banking. A practice operating account, not a therapy tool.
Who it is for: clinicians opening or moving a business checking account for the practice.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
How you actually sign up: use the referral link. Chase’s current terms decide whether the bonus applies.
Directory
A listing is a door, not a personality. How a profile actually converts is a separate article: Psychology Today profiles.
Psychology Today
A public therapist directory. People skim the photo, the first paragraph, the insurance line, and whether you write back.
Who it is for: clinicians who want inbound inquiries from people searching for a therapist, and who will answer those inquiries.
This is a referral link. If you sign up through it, Mason may earn a commission. You do not pay extra. Offers change; the company’s current terms control.
How you actually sign up: manual. Send Mason the friend’s information. There is no affiliate URL on this card and no button that pretends it auto-enrolls anyone.
If you want a walkthrough
A referral link will not choose a stack for you. If you want someone to sit with the actual practice — insurance, systems, which of these doors even belong in the week — that is paid 1:1 help at Advantage Coaching. No patient care. No diagnosis. No clinical records. Prices are not listed here.