Headway handles credentialing with major insurance payors, files claims for you, and pays you on a fixed schedule. Free for therapists; Headway takes a cut of insurance payouts.
Billing & InsuranceVerified May 2026
Headway
Insurance credentialing and billing for therapists
About Headway
What Headway does
The features that actually matter for therapy practice.
Insurance credentialing
Claims filing
Fixed pay schedule
Built-in EHR-lite
Honest assessment
What works and what does not, based on hands-on testing.
What works well
- Free to therapists
- Removes credentialing friction
- Predictable pay schedule
Where it falls short
- Takes a percentage of insurance reimbursement
- Limited to in-network payors
Alternatives
Other tools in Billing & Insurance
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