A Bridge alternative that ends with contracts in your name.
Compare Bridge and Anvil on who owns the payer contracts, which entity you bill under, and how you leave network rental. This is a fact table from Anvil's public model, not a teardown of unpublished Bridge features or prices.
Bridge rents the network. Anvil migrates you off it.
Bridge is a network rental vendor. Anvil starts there so you can launch, then moves volume to payer contracts your own entity holds. Rent, then own.
| Anvil | Bridge | |
|---|---|---|
| Payer contract ownership | Migrates to your entity | Vendor holds the contracts |
| Entity you bill under | Anvil PC, then your own PC | A rented professional corporation |
| Network model | Rent, then own | Network rental |
| MSO-PC and CPOM | AKS-aligned rental. Your PC structured for state CPOM. | Not described here. Ask them. |
| Behavioral health | Medicaid MCO, ABA, psychiatry, IOP, collaborative care | Not listed here. See their site. |
| Switching path | Land your contracts, then give notice | Review your current agreement |
| Pricing | Published. See pricing. | Not listed here |
| Rate visibility | Contracted rate and fee as separate lines | Lease fee, typical of network rental |
| If you leave | Contracts stay with your PC after migration | Leaving without contracts is a relaunch |
Payer contract ownership
- AnvilMigrates to your entity
- BridgeVendor holds the contracts
Entity you bill under
- AnvilAnvil PC, then your own PC
- BridgeA rented professional corporation
Network model
- AnvilRent, then own
- BridgeNetwork rental
MSO-PC and CPOM
- AnvilAKS-aligned rental. Your PC structured for state CPOM.
- BridgeNot described here. Ask them.
Behavioral health
- AnvilMedicaid MCO, ABA, psychiatry, IOP, collaborative care
- BridgeNot listed here. See their site.
Switching path
- AnvilLand your contracts, then give notice
- BridgeReview your current agreement
Pricing
- AnvilPublished. See pricing.
- BridgeNot listed here
Rate visibility
- AnvilContracted rate and fee as separate lines
- BridgeLease fee, typical of network rental
If you leave
- AnvilContracts stay with your PC after migration
- BridgeLeaving without contracts is a relaunch
Anvil cells are from published site copy. Bridge cells describe the network rental model Bridge operates. They are not a quote from Bridge, and they are not a claim about unpublished Bridge features, fees, or customer counts. Where we do not have a public number, we say so.
Ownership, entity, behavioral health, and the switch
You own the payer contracts
On Anvil, contracting for your entity runs in parallel with launch. As each contract is effective, new visits with that payer route to you. On a rental model, the vendor keeps the contracts, rates, and relationships. Read the full migration on own your contracts.
Rental PC vs your own entity
A rented PC is the fastest way to bill. It is the wrong place to stay. Anvil forms your professional corporation, places a physician owner, and papers the MSO-PC relationship for each state's CPOM rules. See CPOM and AKS compliance.
Behavioral health depth
Anvil is built for psychiatry, therapy, ABA, and IOP groups going from one state to many. Medicaid MCO panels, ABA authorizations, supervision billing, and collaborative care codes are the work. We do not inventory Bridge's specialty coverage here. Start with behavioral health payer contracting.
The switching path
Do not give notice first. Collect credentialing files, form your PC, and file in your name. Move volume as contracts land. Anvil's rented PC can cover new states and closed panels during the switch. The playbook is on switching from a network rental vendor.
Questions, answered
Who owns the payer contracts on Anvil vs on Bridge?
On Anvil, you launch on our contracted PC and we migrate volume to contracts in your entity's name. Bridge is a network rental vendor: the vendor holds the contracts. If you never hold them, they are not an asset you can take with you.
Is Bridge a rental PC, and does Anvil use my own entity?
Bridge rents you access to a professional corporation the vendor controls. Anvil uses a rental PC to launch, then forms your own PC, places a physician owner, and bills under your entity as each of your contracts becomes effective.
How does Anvil handle behavioral health compared with a generalist rental vendor?
Anvil publishes a dedicated behavioral health path: Medicaid MCO panels, ABA authorizations, psychiatry credentialing across states, supervision billing, IOP and PHP, and collaborative care codes. We do not list Bridge's specialty mix here. See their site, then ask us to walk your license mix.
How do I switch from Bridge, or any network rental vendor, without a revenue gap?
Keep billing where you are. Form your PC, file contract applications in your name, and move volume payer by payer as each contract is effective. Give notice after the majority of volume is on your contracts. Remaining payers can run through Anvil's rented PC. Start on the switching page.
What does Anvil cost next to Bridge?
Anvil publishes pricing: a platform fee on collections during rental, plus fixed fees for your own PC and physician owner. The fee steps down as volume moves to contracts you own. We do not publish Bridge's prices. Model Anvil on the pricing page, then ask us to compare on your numbers.
How do CPOM and AKS show up in this comparison?
Anvil's rental phase is structured to align with the AKS personal services safe harbor. Your own PC is structured for each state's corporate practice of medicine rules, with an MSO-PC management agreement. That is the ownership path network rental does not take. Counsel reviews every Anvil structure. We do not describe Bridge's legal structure here.
Send us your current agreement. We will map the exit.
Notice terms, which payers move first, and what you own when you are done. No invented Bridge quotes. Your numbers, our published model.