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Entertainment industry plansUsing your guild or industry health plan for virtual outpatient treatment.
SAG-AFTRA, the Motion Picture Industry Health Plan, the Directors Guild plan, the Writers' Guild plan, Actors' Equity / Equity-League, AFM locals, and the IATSE National Health and Welfare Fund cover working members across film, television, music, and the stage. Your plan is unique. We verify yours specifically before you commit to anything.
The honest version.
We are out of network with commercial carriers. In-network credentialing is in progress. We verify your out-of-network benefits and tell you the real out-of-pocket number before you start.
What we will and will not tell you about cost.
We do not waive cost-shares. We do not tell you treatment is free. We verify your OON benefits, give you the real number, and if cost is a genuine barrier we will talk about it case by case.
If your card is one of these.
We are not endorsed by any guild, plan, or fund, and we do not list specific reimbursement figures because every plan year is different. What is consistent is the support we offer to a member who needs structured outpatient treatment without leaving the work.
- SAG-AFTRA Health Plan. For union performers in film, television, radio, and audio. We verify your benefits on whichever plan year applies to your start date.
- Motion Picture Industry Health Plan. For eligible industry workers and their families. The plan also operates the Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Center for Behavioral Health for in-person care; we fit as a virtual option when an MPI member cannot come in person or needs to keep working.
- DGA Producer Health Plan. For Directors Guild members in active and retiree tiers.
- AFM and AFM-local health plans. Including Local 802 (New York) and Local 47 (Los Angeles) member health plans. Carrier varies by local.
- Equity-League Health Trust Fund. For Actors' Equity members and stage managers.
- Writers' Guild-Industry Health Fund. For WGA members and their families. The fund runs a member health center; we coordinate around that.
- IATSE National Health and Welfare Fund. For crew across the IATSE locals.
On a plan that is not listed? Most entertainment-industry plans work the same way on the out-of-network side. Send us the carrier and member ID on your card and tell us which plan you are on. We will verify the out-of-network behavioral health benefit on your specific plan.
A short overview, no fine print.
Plans vary widely. The numbers below are intentionally not on this page. Yours are unique, and we pull them with you on the phone or in a two-minute form.
The pieces of the plan
- An allowed amount for each kind of visit or day of care.
- A deductible you meet before the plan starts splitting the cost.
- A coinsurance split after the deductible.
- An out-of-pocket maximum for the year, after which the plan covers more or all.
- An authorization step for intensive outpatient and PHP-intensity hour expansion, which we handle.
- An industry recovery resource. The Entertainment Community Fund, MusiCares, and the MPTF center are not insurance benefits; they are industry support programs that can provide a confidential first call and a warm hand-off.
What we do for you on the benefits side
- Call the plan on the back of your card and pull the actual out-of-network behavioral numbers for the level of care you need.
- Coordinate with your guild's MAP or wellness program if you used one as the first call.
- Translate the benefit into the dollar cost of a week of treatment, so there are no surprises.
- Submit the authorization and stay on the case through review and renewal.
- Bill what the plan considers reasonable, so there is no balance-bill surprise later.
Treatment that does not pause your work.
Every cohort runs in a morning, afternoon, or evening track. Sessions are virtual. We bridge a step-down from inpatient or residential, hold the schedule through a tour or a shoot, and we keep your case manager and your union's MAP looped in on the cadence they ask for, within the limits of 42 CFR Part 2 and your signed authorization.
Pages by plan.
If you already know which plan you're on, jump straight to the plan-specific page for how out-of-network behavioral usually works, what we verify, and how confidentiality applies.
Actors, broadcasters, voice talent
Earner I and Earner II tiers, behavioral admin moving to Anthem in 2026, Carelon Wellbeing EAP, plus how the Entertainment Community Fund and SAG-AFTRA Foundation lines fit alongside treatment.
Open the SAG-AFTRA page Motion Picture Industry Health PlanIATSE crew, DGA BTL, Teamsters 399
Active vs Inactive eligibility, Plan A/B/C tiers, Optum behavioral, and how the MPTF Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Center for Behavioral Health fits alongside virtual intensive outpatient.
Open the MPIHP page IATSE National Health and Welfare FundStagehands, DPs, editors, costume, sound
Hours-based eligibility, Plan C-1 vs C-2, Eastern and Western regions, dependent coverage, and the location-job rule for telehealth.
Open the IATSE National pageVerify your benefits in two minutes.
Send us the carrier and member ID on your card and tell us which plan you are on. We come back with your specific out-of-network deductible, coinsurance, out-of-pocket maximum, and what a typical week of intensive outpatient or partial hospitalization-intensity care would cost you. No commitment until you decide.
If you or someone you are with is in immediate danger, call or text 988 (the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or call 911. Shift Support Network is an outpatient program and is not an emergency service.