Using 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.

Where we stand

The honest version.

Shift Support Network is out-of-network with the carriers and administrators that run entertainment industry plans, with in-network credentialing in process. Most of these plans include an out-of-network behavioral health benefit for the situations where in-network options do not fit a shoot, a run, a tour, or a contract. We tell you what your plan covers, in plain English, before you commit to care.

Plans we work with

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.

How out-of-network behavioral usually works

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.

Made for a working schedule

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.

Verify 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.

Check your benefits Or call (805) 815-6777

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.