Membership Benefits and Options
At its 10-13-23 Annual Meeting, the organization formed in 1996 as the American Mental Health Alliance Oregon changed its name to:
Independent Mental Health Practices Alliance (IMHPA)
IMHPA is a 501 (c)6 corporation which offers individual memberships to Oregon clinicians of all mental health disciplines practicing solo or in office-sharing arrangements and to clinicians practicing in two types of incorporated groups; (1) private corporations where the clinicians are owners/shareholders organized on some “costs and/or profit sharing” basis and (2) private corporations where all employees are salaried.
IMHPA recognizes that independent mental health professionals have different support, practice-development and operation needs, just as they have varying modes of clinical practice, interests and specialization. IMHPA members may use all the benefits available or just benefits they choose. Cross-discipline collaboration improves mental health services.
Join now, as we fully define ourselves as activists for ethical and collaborative care.
Peer consultation and study groups are core values of IMHPA, members are supported to organize and participate in groups they create and maintain.
Peer review of quality care is protected by State Law for contract eligible members.
IMHPA’s Referral Directory at OregonTherapyOptions.com has a quick, advanced search engine and offers MANY more features than any other referral system; it helps clients find the professional services they need.
Members may create an unlimited number of free unique websites with their own domain names at their dashboard on OregonTherapyOptions.com
Members can upload their own office forms to their marketing pages.
Members’ listserv
Members have a HIPAA secure FORUM available for consultation and discussion
Member have discounts or member-benefit access to many services, tools and continuing education.
Privacy-protected online potential-client screening to attract people seeking services.
Online measurement system using widely accepted screening and progress measures.
Online screening, progress and outcome questionnaires delivered by kiosk, web portal, email or text.
Free-with-membership EHR system includes HIPAA compliant, privacy protective chart notes meeting basic, comprehensive, progress and medical necessity requirements.
EHR system includes a Coordination of Care chart note which automatically includes a graph of progress, after 3 measures have been made
EHR system allows Members to print chart notes as pdfs.
EHR system allows Members to make a “bulk download” of their chart notes as .pdfs
Analytic system allows members to examine their own patients’ data.
Contract negotiation and administrative support
Online training to ensure professional readiness to contract.
Healthy Contracts with health plans
Membership & Participation Options
Owner-Membership Requirements
Licensed Mental Health Professionals of All Disciplines are Welcome
Oregon Licensed Mental Health Professionals may apply to join at any time. IMHPA’s membership includes Psychologists, Marriage and Family Therapists, Professional Counselors, Social Workers, Psychiatrists, and Mental Health Nurse Practitioners and those at post-graduate level of training, practicing under approved supervision.
All Oregon Mental Health Professionals are welcome to apply.
Licensed professionals pay $65/month and enjoy numerous benefits of membership.
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Please download and read your application before you complete it. If you are interrupted in the process of completing it, the electronic signature system does not save your work.
First Year Licensed Membership
Oregon Licensed Mental Health Professionals who join within 60 days of receiving their license pay just $20 a month for their first 12 months of membership and enjoy all benefits of membership. (IMHPA recognizes that starting out in practice has many expenses. IMHPA can help you avoid several of those.)
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Please download and read your application before you complete it. If you are interrupted in the process of completing it, the electronic signature system does not save your work.
Associate Membership
Professionals under approved supervision toward their licenses may participate in the referral directory, create free websites, and enjoy and most member benefits for $20/month as Associate Members. CLICK FOR ASSOCIATE APPLICATION
Please download and read your application before you complete it. If you are interrupted in the process of completing it, the electronic signature system does not save your work.
PART OF A PRIVATE PRACTICE GROUP?
IMHPA is a 501 (c)6 corporation which offers individual memberships to clinicians of all mental health disciplines practicing solo or in office-sharing arrangements and to clinicians practicing in two types of incorporated groups; (1) private corporations where the clinicians are owners/shareholders organized on a “costs and/or profit sharing” basis and (2) private corporations where all employees are salaried.
Established, incorporated groups which include 6 or more licensed members and help facilitate the group’s professionals credentialing process for IMHPA contracts pay dues at a rate of $45 per month per licensed group member and $20 per month for salaried associate-level professionals participating in the corporation.
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Full Membership Requires:
State License for independent practice of a mental health discipline.
Malpractice insurance (1,000,000 occurrence 3,000,000 aggregate) plus General Liability Insurance,
Approval by the IMHPA Board of Directors of candidate's Enrollment Application.
Membership in IMHPA is provisional for the first year.
Members agree to accept Bylaws and Policies adopted by IMHPA as they enroll.
Members agree to IMHPA policies concerning their ethical responsibilities to colleagues and clients as they enroll. (We suggest downloading and reading your application before you complete it. If you are interrupted in the process of completing it, the DocuSign system does not save your work.)
Peer-consultation is a requirement of and support for members.
Members are Owners and may serve on Committees, as Board members and officers.
Contracting with Healthplans
Keep your current EHR if you choose. IMHPA offers an online platform (which meets group and individual contracts requirements) at no extra charge. IMHPA members have responsibility for and control over their individual contracts with Healthplans.
Contracting agreements which involve the provision of mental and behavioral health services with structure as Value Based Contracts (VBC) that involve Alternative Payment Methods (APM) are part of the future. (The Affordable Care Act of 2010, has brought VBC contracting to all of healthcare. It is coming for mental and behavioral services slowly and with a great deal of confusion. These developing payment methods may include Value Based Payments (VPM), Risk-sharing, Pay for Performance (P4P) and Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT), IMHPA is positioning itself to support Ethical Independent Practices in the new arena of Value Based Contracting.
Peer Consultation & Supervision
IMHPA members have created an interdisciplinary community that promotes and supports sound clinical practice through participation in peer study and consultation. IMHPA Bylaws require that all members belong to a Peer Consultation Group or have other formal study, consultation or supervision. The expectation is that consultation/supervision or study meetings will be held at least once a month. IMHPA members can choose to meet with a single peer consultant or supervisor.
Peer consultation
creates and supports professional community.
encourages ethical practice and provides networking opportunities.
supports IMHPA members as they provide quality care to clients.
supports counseling and therapy services through appropriate referrals and improved decision making capabilities.
helps prevent therapist burnout by decreasing the isolation therapists often experience in private practice.
allows mentoring opportunities in therapy skills and business practices.
is a quality assurance strategy. When IMHPA members present our practices to the public, and when we market contracts for services the fact of our peer consultation is an assurance to clients of our well-developed skills and our clinical depth.
is a growing standard of practice across the country. In many cases, peer supervision is a required standard of behavior.
Three basic reasons to start, join or formalize A consultation group
Less Risk and Lower Liability.
Save Time and Money.
Professional Growth.
Contact us if you want to know more
If you are interested in joining an existing peer consultation group, or would like to form a new one, you are encouraged to post a message on the IMHPA listserv and/or to contact the IMHPA Administrator at 503-222-0332.
IMHPA Bylaws