Practice Launch · for therapists actively planning independence
Practice Launch coordinates the foundation, submits the selected payer applications, builds the operating systems, and verifies go-live while the payer clock runs.
Your practice. Your contracts. Your client relationships. Your data.Flat fees. Never a percentage of collections.
Before scope
The operational outcome
Practice Launch is not a promise that payers will move faster. It is a coordinated build that keeps the work visible, assigns the decisions correctly, and closes on verifiable outputs.
Entity, EIN, and NPI-2 administrative steps move with your attorney and CPA advising.
CAQH, the EHR, telehealth, intake, consent, reminders, fees, superbills, and public profiles are configured.
Selected applications for up to 5 payer panels are filed within 14 days of complete inputs.
Systems pass the go-live checklist, and the first claim per payer is tracked through payment.
The practice, payer contracts, client relationships, and practice data remain yours.
The parallel launch model
Foundation work, payer applications, and systems setup overlap. Exact sequencing changes with the facts of the practice, but credentialing is not treated as the only workstream.
Illustrative sequence: not a guaranteed calendar. Payers control review, panel status, acceptance, effective dates, adjudication, and reimbursement.
Exact included scope
The project is one coordinated engagement, but each lane has a distinct output and boundary.
Grasshopper coordinates the administrative sequence so downstream payer and systems work has a usable foundation.
Boundary: your attorney and CPA advise; you make the legal, tax, and accounting decisions; Grasshopper executes administrative work.
The application lane begins as soon as the required inputs are complete and stays visible through payer determination.
Boundary: payer availability, acceptance, review timing, contract terms, and effective dates remain payer-controlled.
The operating environment is configured during the payer window rather than postponed until approval.
Boundary: you approve business and clinical choices; legal document content remains yours and your counsel’s responsibility.
The project closes on evidence of operating readiness and claim movement, not on a vague handoff.
Boundary: you provide care and documentation; payers adjudicate and reimburse. Grasshopper cannot promise payment amount or timing.
Responsibility map
Grasshopper coordinates and executes administrative work. It does not replace your judgment, licensed advisers, or payer determinations.
| Work area | You | Grasshopper | Payer, adviser, or platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entity and tax setup | Choose the structure, authorize the work, and engage advisers as needed. | Coordinate entity, EIN, and NPI-2 administrative steps. | Attorney and CPA provide legal, tax, and accounting advice. |
| CAQH and payer panels | Provide accurate inputs, review or sign where required, and select the panels. | Build the CAQH profile, prepare and submit applications, and follow up weekly. | Payer controls panel status, acceptance, timing, contract terms, and effective date. |
| EHR and workflows | Choose the EHR and operating preferences; approve clinical and legal content. | Configure the EHR, telehealth, intake, consent, reminders, fees, and superbills. | Counsel advises on legal content; software platforms control their products and availability. |
| Public profiles | Approve the public business information and representation of the practice. | Set up Google Business Profile plus two directory profiles. | Listing platforms control verification, review, and publishing policies. |
| Go-live and claims | Decide when to open, provide care, and complete clinical documentation. | Run the go-live checklist and track the first claim per payer through payment. | Payer adjudicates the claim and controls reimbursement. |
| Ownership | Own the practice, payer contracts, client relationships, and practice data. | Provide administrative operations for flat fees; never take a percentage of collections. | The signed terms preserve the stated ownership boundary. |
The honest timeline
90–150 daysThis is not Grasshopper’s delivery deadline and it is not a guaranteed approval date. The useful distinction is between the payer clock and the work Grasshopper can commit to.
All selected panel applications submitted.
Every payer follow-up logged, with a weekly status note.
Systems pass the go-live checklist.
The first claim is tracked through payment.
Definition of done
All selected panel applications submitted within 14 days of complete inputs.
Weekly follow-up on every payer, logged where the client can see it, with a weekly status note.
Systems pass the go-live checklist before the first session.
First claim per payer tracked through payment.
Practical planning asset
The downloadable worksheet helps you organize target timing, payer priorities, input readiness, EHR choices, ownership boundaries, and cash-flow questions for your own advisers.
Price and payment timing
One flat fee covers the published scope. Payer decisions and reimbursement remain outside the fee promise.
Flat project fee. Includes up to 5 payer panels; Medicaid counts as one.
Never a percentage of collections.Per payer beyond the 5 included panels.
When a 12-month Complete agreement signs at go-live, making the effective standard Launch price $2,950.
Founding availability requires verification. Founding Launch pricing and the $1,000 Complete credit do not stack.
A payer may close a panel, deny an application, delay an effective date, or delay reimbursement. Grasshopper cannot guarantee those outcomes. Confirm any payer-substitution rule and non-approval payment scenario in the signed launch plan.
After go-live
High-intent questions
The answers below distinguish the work Grasshopper controls from the decisions and timing it does not.
Review all published pricingWork backward from the date you want to begin insurance-based sessions and allow for the full 90–150 days payer-controlled range, plus the time needed to provide complete inputs. Beginning while you are still employed can reduce the risk of making payer timing your resignation deadline.
No. Practice Launch can begin while you are employed. Your notice and resignation timing remain your decision; discuss contract, legal, tax, accounting, and personal cash-flow questions with your own advisors.
Complete inputs means Grasshopper has the accurate information, access, selections, signatures, and attestations needed for the selected applications and systems build. That generally includes identity and license information, work-history and CAQH source information or access, practice and location details, the selected payer list, EHR and workflow choices, and timely responses to payer-specific requests. Exact requirements vary by payer. Do not send protected health information.
You do. The published scope includes applications for up to 5 selected payer panels, with Medicaid counting as one. Grasshopper prepares, submits, and follows up; each payer controls panel availability, acceptance, timing, and the effective date.
Grasshopper logs the payer's determination and reports it. A closed panel cannot be overridden, and acceptance is not guaranteed. The published scope does not automatically promise a replacement application; confirm any substitution in the signed launch plan. An additional payer is $295.
No. SimplePractice is the stated default, and alternatives are supported. The EHR should be selected early enough for Grasshopper to configure telehealth, intake, consent, reminders, fee schedules, and superbills and to complete the go-live checklist.
Credentialing approval does not mean immediate cash. After sessions begin, claims still move through submission, adjudication, and payment. Grasshopper tracks the first claim per payer through payment, but reimbursement amount and timing remain payer-controlled and are not guaranteed. Build the cash-flow plan with your CPA or financial advisor.
Legal, tax, or accounting advice; clinical services, supervision, or clinician staffing; office leasing; and any guarantee of panel acceptance or credentialing timing. Grasshopper coordinates administrative and practice-operations work only.
You may take the systems forward yourself. Complete is optional. When a 12-month Complete agreement signs at go-live, the standard Launch project receives a $1,000 credit, and the $750 Complete transition fee is waived for Practice Launch graduates. Founding Launch pricing and the credit do not stack.
You own the practice, payer contracts, client relationships, and practice data. Grasshopper charges flat fees, never a percentage of collections, and provides administrative and practice-operations support only.
Next step
A 20 minutes fit call is for timing, scope, payer count, boundaries, and fit—not a hidden-price reveal.