Provider after hours phone line requirements

Updated

All Headway providers are required to have an “after hours” phone line available. Our agreement with our insurance partners includes meeting carrier-specific requirements and state regulations.

Providers will need to share a monitored and confidential phone line with all of your clients at the start of sessions.

The phone line voicemail recording requirements include the following language:

  • "A confidential and monitored voicemail"
  • "I will check the voicemail daily on business days and attempt to respond by the end of the next business day"

 

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