A QUESTION FROM THE TEACHING PRACTICE · FRESHLY ANSWERED
“Do I need to join a facility by February 28?”
VERDICT · CITED
LIMITED LICENSE × BCBSM COMMERCIAL × MICHIGAN
Yes — if BCBSM members are on your calendar past March 1.
Incident-to billing in professional settings ends March 1, 2027 for limited-licensed clinicians: social workers, counselors, MFTs, temporary limited psychologists, and students and trainees. Association with an accredited, supervised facility by February 28 keeps you serving Blue Cross commercial and BCN commercial members after that date. Inside facility settings, incident-to continues.
WHAT TO DO
✓ Map your BCBSM commercial caseload past March 1
✓ Shortlist accredited facility settings now; credentialing takes months, not weeks
✓ Put the supervision arrangement in writing as part of the association
✓ Full licensure landing before February 28 changes the answer: run your pace
✓ Reviewed and signed, Dr. Elizabeth M. Teklinski, PhD, LPC, NCC, NPT-C
SIGNED 07 · 2026
Billing the transition itself? The SA modifier arrives September 1.
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