COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course explores ethical considerations of insurance utilization, particularly as it relates to mental and behavioral health care delivery. It focuses on the benefits and challenges of accepting insurance as a mental health provider, conveying practical tips for how to consider engagement with insurance in an ethical way. This course views this topic through the lens of various providers with different considerations as they consider their approach to insurance utilization within their practice.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Explain the ethical tensions therapists face when accepting insurance and how insurance parity legislation has impacted access and mental health care delivery
2. Identify administrative and ethical challenges in insurance billing, including benefits verification, claims management, and confidentiality protection
3. Recognize strategies therapists can use to advocate for clients within insurance systems and understand the legal and ethical boundaries of collective action
AUDIENCE: Graduate-level psychotherapists
NUMBER OF HOURS: 1
COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: Completion of podcast, packet, evaluation, and obtain a passing score of 70% or higher on the post-test will immediately issue a Certificate of Completion through the Learning Management System. Post-test can be re-taken a maximum of 3 times.
INSTRUCTORS: Joshua Terhune, LMHC, Rachel Kimbrel, LCSW, Katie Playfair, LPC
INSTRUCTOR BIOS:
Joshua Terhune, LMHC, is a child and family therapist whose professional social media pages, including content focused on issues in insurance reimbursement, have garnered a national audience.
Rachel Kimbrel, LCSW, is a therapist who also coaches other therapists on how to run a successful business, including navigating the complexity and nuance of insurance reimbursement.
Katie Playfair, LPC, specializes in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. Before her career as a therapist, her career was in business, including management consulting and human resources. She was written extensively about topics including insurance and ethics on her professional blog.
INQUIRIES: For any questions, complaints, feedback, disputes, or requests for additional accommodations, reach out to info@savethetherapist.com. All disputes, accommodation requests, or other inquiries requiring response will be responded to within 2 weeks from time of inquiry.
DATE OF CREATION/ MODIFICATION: 10/15/2025
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFO:
Save the Therapist has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7676. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Save the Therapist is solely responsible for all aspects of programs.
Save the Therapist, #2288, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 01/20/2026–01/20/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 1 general continuing education credit.
