Headway is building a new mental health care system that everyone can access by making it easy for therapists to accept insurance. Today, we're the largest mental health provider network in the country, with 34,000 providers across race, gender, ethnicity and specialty working with Headway to serve patients through insurance. Patients can schedule care within 48 hours via one-click booking at headway.co, or can get care through a referral. The company operates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Headway (headway.co) has 2,418 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.0 out of 5.
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Mental Health
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2026
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I appreciate that the staff inquires about how I'm doing and seems truly interested in my growth as a clinician
Response from HeadwayFeb 5, 2024
Thank you for the kind feedback! We appreciate you being a part of Headway and are always here to help.
BK
Burt K.
Easy payments and great templates for…
Easy payments and great templates for recording sessions.
CU
customer
Long time cliniciam however we need to take…
Great support however we need to take BCBS in Florida and allow multistate clinicians to practice in all states
Response from HeadwayFeb 2, 2024
Thank you for the feedback! We're working on multi-state licensing and BCBS expansion currently!
JR
Jared R.
They WILL screw up your insurance billing
In 2022, I was incorrectly billed a very low co-pay for 12 sessions with my provider. Because the error was on Headway's end, they ended up having to eat almost $1200 worth of session fees. I immediately switched to paying my provider in cash. I didn't post a negative review then because they didn't bill me for the incorrectly calculated co-pays, but it was very difficult to get hold of any customer service reps. As others have mentioned, there is just a contact form, and you will likely experience radio silence after submitting an inquiry.
This year, I switched to insurance that offered a $15 co-pay for outpatient mental health services, including counseling with my LPC. Headway is in-network with my insurance, so I started using Headway again. Initially, they correctly calculated my session cost at $15 and charged me the correct amount for two sessions this month.
Two days ago, I received an email from Headway stating that my co-pay had been incorrectly calculated, and that I owed them $85 apiece for my previous two January counseling sessions. I called my insurance provider, who confirmed my co-pay was $15 for counseling (no deductible), and that Headway was in-network for them. They stated that Headway hadn't filed the claims correctly and needed to refile them.
I opened a support inquiry with Headway, was told it was being escalated, and haven't heard anything back. I've emailed four times with increasing detail and received no response.
My co-pay in the Headway dashboard now states that my session cost is $15 again, but that I still owe $85 for a backdated session. My therapist felt it was prudent to cancel my session today because she didn't trust that I would be billed correctly for it.
To sum up - Headway's lack of competence with navigating insurance providers is preventing people like me from accessing mental health services, and is causing stress and financial hardship. Headway - get it together and hire a real customer service team and a real billing department. There's no excuse for this.
January 2025 Update: Headway is back at it again! They're insisting that UnitedHealthcare and my new 2025 plan (which I got specifically for the mental health copays) is out of network. I've confirmed with UHC on multiple occasions that Headway IS in network with my plan. In fact, UHC has already processed two January claims correctly with the correct co-pay!
Headway still only has email support, and it can take up to ten days to get a response. I have no idea how they manage to be this incompetent. It's almost like they're trying to make people not use them or pay cash without insurance.
Response from HeadwayJan 31, 2024
Thanks for the review and so sorry you're having this experience. It looks like you've gotten in contact with our support team and someone is working on this currently. If you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out in that email and we'd be happy to assist.
CU
customer
The Pay
The pay is better than other sites
LA
Luis Alvarado, P.
There is a commitment to make this work…
There is a commitment to make this work both for Headway and providers, and I see everyone trying their hardest.
Response from HeadwayJan 29, 2024
Thank you for the feedback! We appreciate you being a part of Headway.
NC
Nina C M.
Just getting started
I am just getting started and confused about a few things. First of all, I had trouble setting up my account to begin to sign on for the service as a provider. Where I'm stuck is that Headway likes CAQH and that's fine, I've been with CAQH for a number of years. However, I have no intention of giving them my user name and password. I see no reason Headway can't vet me like other agencies use CAQH. Anyone else uncomfortable giving out a user name and password?
Response from HeadwayJan 25, 2024
Thanks for the review and so sorry you're having issues getting started. If you could please reach out via our contact form (http://headway.co/contact), a member of our support team can help out!
AB
Ann B.
The availability and the ease in using…Survey
The availability and the ease in using the clinical assessments.
Response from HeadwayJan 25, 2024
Thank you for the feedback! We appreciate you being a part of Headway.