Resources For Mental Health Providers

Cost should never keep someone from receiving the mental health care they need.  Building Hope provides a scholarship program for Summit County locals living and/or working in Summit County, who are unable to pay for therapy. Individuals, families, or couples can receive short-term funding to access therapy through an easy-to-use system.

Obtaining a scholarship for clients is a simple process. First, we work with the client to determine if they have a way to pay for therapy such as insurance, Medicaid, EAP. . If barriers to accessing care remain, a Building Hope Scholarship will be issued.

Accepting scholarships is simple for local providers. We have a straightforward contracting process and pay reliably once a month for the care you provide to Summit County clients. The basic requirements to be in our scholarship network are as follows:

• Therapist must provide 50-60 minute counseling sessions to Summit County clients
• Therapist must provide quality services to Summit County clients
• Therapist must provide timely and accurate billing at the end of each month
• Therapist must have appropriate Colorado licensure accessible in DORA without any restrictions
• Therapist must have liability/malpractice insurance
• Therapist must have office space and/or appropriate telehealth platform
• Therapist must provide W9 and Direct Deposit (ACH) information
• Therapist agrees to do their best to provide Solution Focused Brief Therapy as each scholarship entitles clients to 12 sessions
• Therapist agrees to notify Building Hope when their availability changes
• Therapist agrees to refer clients to additional resources such as Community Connectedness Events, Peer Warmline, and Support Groups

Please access these instructions for details on our new provider registration process with Mountain Strong to become a Building Hope Scholarship Provider.

Equity Incentives:

Do you specialize in providing services for any of the following equity demographics?

• LGBTQ+

• Spanish Language

Do you have deep experience, certifications or advanced skills in serving these vulnerable populations? If so, our Equity Incentive Program will pay an additional $15/hr session for scholarship clients that receive these specialized services from you. Please submit the linked application forms to express your interest and we will follow up. In the future, we will expand this program to include veterans, refugees, and potentially other populations.

Yet, this program has not solved all the issues, such as billing management. Our goal is to make taking insurance an easy process for providers.  We realize that behavioral health billing management is a major reason providers are not willing to be credentialed with insurance carriers.

Building Hope now has an insurance billing management program to assist providers, allowing them to spend less time facilitating claims and billing management.   

Provider Insurance Program Guidelines:

• • Building Hope will offer billing management services for commercial insurance, Medicaid, CHP+, Medicare, and some EAPs.
  • Building Hope will pay for up to five hours of consulting time with the provider and our billing vendor for setup, troubleshooting, provider education, and other general concerns.
  • Building Hope will only offer billing management services for claims of clients who live or work within Summit County, Colorado.
  • Building Hope will only offer billing management services to providers living in or around Summit County, Colorado.
  • Private providers will not hold Building Hope financially responsible for any denied or rejected insurance claims.
  • Building Hope will not be held responsible for any fraudulent claims or legal fees as a result of fraudulent claims.
  • Credentialing and paneling renewal will be the responsibility of the private provider each year.
  • Building Hope reserves the right to modify or change this program with appropriate prior notice.
  • Any insurance-related questions or issues will always be resolved by our billing vendor and not Building Hope.
  • It is the responsibility of the provider to collect any co-pays or payments at the time of appointment and from the client.
  • Provider agrees to participate in short impact surveys to measure program efficacy.

If you are interested in participating in the Insurance Incentive Program please contact Ravi.

Medicaid Credentialing: Please contact Kendra Peters for support with Medicaid Credentialing: Kendra.Peters@rmhp.org
Insurance Credentialing: Reach out to insurance panels directly through company websites.
Therathink: Please contact Denny Chapin,  denny@therathink.com
Lefthand Management: Please contact Stephanie Farrell, stephanie@lefthandmgmt.com 
Billing Plus: Please contact Jody at Jody@billingplus.com

Mini Grants

Building Hope’s Mini-Grant Program is designed to be a nimble and responsive funding opportunity to fulfill short-term needs that an individual provider or agency might have when working to improve mental health services and capacity in Summit County.

The grant-funded program must be time-limited and have a concrete impact on one of the core community mental health goals:

• Improve behavioral health
• Create a stronger behavioral health delivery system,
• Improve community environment supportive of behavioral health

Providers may apply for a Mini-Grant for the following: 

• Professional Development:  Attending advanced training for the advancement of MH specialization;  Completing further education courses to advance career development.
  
• Licensure Supervision: Costs related to the attainment and completion of required supervision hours and expenses related to licensure for a local mental health professional.
  
• Community Support (Workshop or One Time Support Needs): Offering of a training program or workshop series in the community; Hosting an outside MH professional to facilitate a training program for the community; Supporting translation services for a specialized mental health program or service; Purchase of preventions or education materials to promote emotional wellbeing or to provide information to an underserved population in Summit County; Offering a connecting event or program that requires a higher fee to deliver to the program
  
• Support group or Other Programming: Creating ongoing support groups in the community that become programming within your agency or practice; Creating new programming to be delivered in Summit County that will improve the mental health care to residents and populations in need.
  
  **Note: Support for obtaining a Professional Development, Licensure Supervision, or Intern Stipend grant requires the provider to have a consistent practice in Summit County for a minimum of 2 years, otherwise funds will need to be paid back to Building Hope**

Individual applicants may request up to $2,000/year from the Grant Program and agencies or group practices may request up to $25,000/year. 

Mini-Grants are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Please apply for a Building Hope mini-grant using the button below or contact Nicole.

Our goal is to provide a comprehensive list of all Summit County mental health providers on our website’s therapist list.

Use this form to request being added to our website, or to submit updates to your provider profile page on our website’s therapist list: Provider Information Online Form

Additional Resources

Behavior Health Services

• Behavioral Health Care Compliance Toolbox
• Behavioral Health Designation and Licensing Detailed Background and FAQs
• Behavioral Health Provider Contracts
• Resources for Adults Programs & Services
• Licensing and Designation Database and Electronic Records System (LADDERS) – searchable online resource to find a mental health or substance use provider in Colorado
• Data and Evaluation System Resources
• Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Toolkit

Throughout the year we partner with professional education groups and other provider communities to provide CEU opportunities, events, and engagements for our local provider community.  Stay up to date on these opportunities by contacting Ravi.

Building Hope will support providers willing to complete pro-bono sessions with scholarship clients to receive volunteer continuing education units with DORA. For more information please contact Kellyn.

Sign up for the CO Office of Behavioral Health’s email list here. OBH sends out updates on mental health statutes, training opportunities, and system-wide changes.

BUILDING HOPE CANNOT SUPPORT CRISIS CALLS. IF YOU ARE IN CRISIS, PLEASE CALL 911 AND ASK FOR SMART TEAM ASSISTANCE.  OR FOR NON-EMERGENT NEEDS CALL COLORADO CRISIS SERVICES AT 844-493-8255 OR Text “TALK” to 38255.