Rate data across licensure compact states.
Compact-licensed clinicians practice across state lines — but payer contracts still vary by state. Knowing where your rate falls in each market is a different question than knowing whether you can legally practice there.
Portable licensure, state-specific reimbursement.
Interstate licensure compacts let a licensed clinician practice across all member states via telehealth without obtaining a separate license in each. Three compacts are currently operational or in expansion: the Counseling Compact (LPC/LMHC), PSYPACT (Psychologist), and the Social Work Compact (LCSW).
The compacts solve a licensing problem. They do not solve a reimbursement problem. Each state continues to maintain its own commercial payer contracts — a UHC panel agreement in Texas is a different contract than a UHC panel agreement in Virginia, even for the same CPT code and the same credential. The compact removes the licensing barrier to multi-state practice, but the rate variance remains.
Credential coverage by compact.
LPC / LMHC
Allows licensed professional counselors and mental health counselors to practice via telehealth across member states without a separate in-state license. The compact removes the multi-state licensing barrier — it does not standardize payer contracts.
Who qualifies
Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselors (LMHC) who hold an active, unencumbered license in a compact member state and meet the compact's eligibility requirements.
Member states (43)
Psychologist (PhD / PsyD)
The Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact enables psychologists to deliver telepsychology services across participating states. Member states continue to maintain their own commercial payer contracts, so rates vary independently of compact membership.
Who qualifies
Licensed psychologists holding a doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) who are licensed in a PSYPACT member state and obtain an Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) credential.
Member states (42)
Multi-state practice makes payer-by-state comparison essential.
A compact-licensed clinician building a telehealth practice across several states faces the full complexity of multi-market payer contracting — without the usual geographic anchors that help a single-state practice calibrate. Knowing that UHC pays materially differently in two compact member states is the kind of benchmark that informs which markets to prioritize and whether a new panel offer is worth accepting. That comparison is exactly what RateScope is built to surface.
Social Work Compact
LCSW / LMSW
Facilitates licensed clinical social workers practicing across member states. As with other compacts, the licensure portability is distinct from reimbursement — each state's payer contracts apply regardless of compact status.
Who qualifies
Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) and Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW) licensed in a compact member state. The compact reached its enactment threshold in 2024 and began granting privileges to practice in 2025.
Member states (31)