Any PMHNPs working for online platforms?

[Taylor Stauffer]

Hi! I am a PMHNP working outpatient right now. Since covid, most of my visits are telehealth. I am looking into platforms like Get Cerebral and/or TalkSpace that hire NP as 1099 employees. They apparently pay $90-100 per visit (depending on med check or evaluation) and ask providers to have at least 20 hours of availability each week. 
 

if anyone currently works for a platform like these, do you feel the pay is decent?
How many patients do you see daily? 
 

I'd love to have 30 hours of availability a week but wondering how much of this time would be seeing patients and actually getting paid.  

[MentalKlarity, BSN, NP]

There's a lot of factors that go into that. Some of the platforms are super easy and "weed out" anything serious so that you're only seeing minor MDD, anxiety, and ADHD. Obviously the intake would take less time then, especially if they have a long pre-intake questionnaire for you to look over.

There's time per intake and followup. A 30 min followup vs a 15 minute followup is the difference between 2 and 4 patients per hour which really effects income level.

Being 1099 means they pay no benefits or taxes for you so that should factor into your (higher) rate as well.

For a very generic answer, I'd say around $45-$50 for a followup and $75-100 for a new intake is fair, again dependent on all those other factors.

[DrCOVID, DNP]

Has anyone worked for or heard of?

https://www.telemynd.com/psychiatric-nurse-practitioner

https://apply.workable.com/forefront-telecare/?lng=en

https://www.acadiahealthcarecareers.com/en-US/search?keywords=practitioner&location=

 

[GordonGekko, MSN]

I have heard from some PRN Cerebral people they aren’t getting good patient loads 

[DrCOVID, DNP]

I did some digging and calling - these huge national companies should be shut down along with all the "online only" for profit easy 2 year NP schools. 

[Ellie D]

Hey! Did you end up pursuing any of these opportunities? I'm considering a position with Cerebral but I'm coming across some things that make me nervous and trying to find someone who has worked for them to ask some questions. Thanks!