Provider types · Behavioral health
LCSW Credentialing Services
Licensed clinical social workers enroll in Medicare as clinical social workers on the CMS-855I. For Texas Medicaid, an LCSW must be licensed and must be enrolled in Medicare or obtain a pediatric practice exemption.
Medicare
Clinical social workers are listed among the individual practitioners who enroll on the CMS-855I.
Texas Medicaid
An LCSW must be licensed and must be enrolled in Medicare or obtain a pediatric practice exemption. Providers who hold a temporary license are not eligible to enroll.
Enrollment in Texas Medicaid comes before any Medicaid managed care plan can enroll you; each plan then contracts and credentials separately.
Licensure
Social workers in Texas are licensed through the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council (BHEC).
Associates
Associate-level clinicians, such as an LMSW, do not enroll on their own. Whether a payer allows services under supervision is a payer-by-payer question.
Sources
- CMS Medicare Provider Enrollment (MLN9658742)
- TMHP Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual
- Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council
Payers and agencies set their own review pace, so we do not promise outcomes or dates. What we control is a complete, accurate file and steady follow-up.
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