Oct. 16, 2025
We reimburse for covered services provided by behavioral health master’s- and doctoral-level interns, in addition to postdoctoral fellows. These unlicensed behavioral health trainees must be working toward clinical state licensure under the clinical supervision of a fully licensed contracted provider. Trainees shouldn’t be added to a group. They don’t contract with us and are excluded from our online Provider Finder® directory.
Billing and supervision reminders
- Covered services rendered by the behavioral health trainee must be billed under a supervising licensed clinician’s National Provider Identifier, in accordance with all other standard billing requirements.
- The supervising contracted provider must be available 100% of the time the behavioral health trainee is providing services, enabling the supervisor to provide direction and intervene in the event of an emergency.
- Supervising providers may supervise a maximum of four behavioral health trainees at a time.
- Behavioral health trainees must receive the required minimum individual face-to-face supervision in compliance with Illinois state licensure requirements, specific to the trainee’s level of licensure.
- Supervisors and any behavioral health trainee should work within the same organization or system. We may waive this element where necessary for programs reaching underserved populations.
- Under no circumstances can the behavioral health trainee make direct payment to the supervisor for supervision while pursuing clinical hours for state licensure.
Licensing and supervision requirements are directed by the corresponding licensing bodies or professional organizations corresponding to the clinician’s license.
Noncredentialed providers: Provider groups may add noncredentialed provider types, who will display on Provider Finder. These providers may bill under their own rendering NPIs. Once they’re fully licensed, and upon completion of the credentialing process through the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare, licensed clinical social workers and licensed clinical professional counselors must be added to their group again. Once added, Provider Finder will display these providers as fully licensed clinicians.
If you have questions or need more information, contact your assigned Provider Network Consultant.
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