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Empower Behavioral Health conducts compensation and pension style behavioral health examinations, written for the raters, program officers, and primes who rely on them.
Who Empower is and what it does
Empower Behavioral Health is a national behavioral health organization that conducts compensation and pension style evaluations. Its licensed clinicians have completed more than 50,000+C&P evaluations, the team includes 250+ licensed providers, and telehealth is available in all 50 states, subject to examination and program requirements. Reports go through clinical quality review before release, and clinical quality accountability is held at the executive level by the Chief Executive Officer.
Empower is registered in SAM.gov. UEI and CAGE codes will be published on this page.
50,000+
C&P evaluations completed
250+
Licensed providers
50
States with telehealth coverage
Why Empower
When the exam is hard, Empower is who the program calls.
Not the biggest network. One built for the examinations where getting it wrong changes a veteran's life, with the ability to place a qualified clinician wherever the veteran actually is. Few organizations combine what we combine: specialty depth in complex behavioral health examinations, a clinical workforce Empower recruits and credentials directly, and named clinical leadership accountable for every report.
Depth where it is hardest
Empower's core work is the narrow, difficult end of veteran behavioral health evaluation: PTSD, military sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, medical opinions on causation and aggravation, and quality review of completed evaluations. This is the primary business, not an adjacent capability.
- Service lines built around compensation and pension examination protocols
- Clinicians trained in trauma-informed care and mentored by senior evaluators who specialize in this work
- Structured quality review before any report is released
- Named, credentialed clinical leadership by service line
Capacity that moves
Empower recruits, credentials, and supports its own clinicians directly, so capacity can be built up or drawn down in a specific state, for a specific specialty, for a specific examination type, in person or by telehealth. Coverage follows the requirement instead of the requirement queuing behind the coverage.
- Direct recruitment, credentialing, and support of Empower's own providers
- Telehealth available in all 50 states, subject to examination and program requirements
- Capacity discussions grounded in what Operations will stand behind, never in guarantees
A clinician-led accountability loop
At Empower, the clinician performing the evaluation has a direct line to the clinical leadership accountable for its quality. Examiner feedback reaches accountable clinical leadership directly, and mentorship holds documentation standards consistent as the network grows.
- Named clinical leadership accountable for examination quality
- A mentorship model pairing newer evaluators with experienced C&P clinicians
- Structured pre-submission quality review
- Named case management with proactive status updates
Evaluation Service Lines
Four behavioral health evaluation lines
Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Evaluations
Empower's licensed psychologists and psychiatrists conduct military sexual trauma examinations that follow VA markers-based evidence standards and are written for review by VA raters.
Read the Military Sexual Trauma approachTraumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Evaluations
Empower conducts traumatic brain injury evaluations that assess residuals across cognitive, emotional, and behavioral domains, with neurology expertise represented in its clinical leadership.
Read the Traumatic Brain Injury approachPTSD Evaluations
Empower's licensed psychologists and psychiatrists conduct PTSD examinations using DSM-5 criteria, structured interviews, and stressor-linked diagnostic reasoning written for VA raters.
Read the PTSD approachGulf War Illness and Toxic Exposure Evaluations
Empower evaluates Gulf War Illness and toxic exposure claims, including the behavioral health dimensions of chronic multisymptom illness and PACT Act era exposure presentations.
Read the Toxic Exposure approachExplore the Federal Hub
Capability, coverage, leadership, and teaming
Capability statement
Legal entity, SAM.gov registration status, assigned NAICS codes, core competencies, differentiators, and the named point of contact. Downloadable as a PDF.
Go to capability statementCoverage and footprint
Telehealth available in all 50 states and in-person coverage in 43 states, subject to examination and program requirements, and how examination capacity is built through credentialing and quality review.
Go to coverage and footprintLeadership and accountability
Named clinical leadership and where clinical quality accountability sits, held at the executive level by the Chief Executive Officer.
Go to leadership and accountabilityTeaming and subcontracting
How a subcontract or network relationship with Empower works: scope, credentialing, quality assurance, escalation, and reporting.
Go to teaming and subcontractingPosition Paper
Examination Quality in Complex Claims: A Position on the Standard the Work Requires
Published by the Empower Clinical Quality Team, with clinical quality accountability held at the executive level by the Chief Executive Officer.
A clinician-authored analysis of what quality means in complex behavioral health examinations: markers-based evidence in MST claims, facet separation in TBI residuals, criterion-level support for PTSD diagnoses, and scope discipline in toxic exposure evaluations.
Read the position paperFederal point of contact
Jon Towers
Policy Director, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
600 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 400Washington, DC 20001Last reviewed: 2026-08-03
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions federal reviewers ask
What does Empower Behavioral Health do for federal programs?
Empower conducts compensation and pension style behavioral health examinations for veterans, including PTSD, military sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, and Gulf War Illness and toxic exposure evaluations. Its licensed clinicians have completed more than 50,000+ C&P evaluations.
Does Empower have a UEI or CAGE code?
Empower is registered in SAM.gov. UEI and CAGE codes will be published on this page.
What NAICS codes apply to Empower's services?
Empower's assigned NAICS codes are 621330, 621112, 621111, 621999.
Is Empower asking for a contract or procurement decision?
Empower is not requesting a contract action, an earmark, or a procurement decision. We are asking the Committee to sustain pressure on examination quality for the conditions where it matters most.
Who is Empower's federal point of contact?
Jon Towers, Policy Director at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, reachable at 202.383.4420 or jtowers@bhfs.com.
Reviewing Empower for a federal program?
Start with the capability statement, then reach the named point of contact directly. No lead form, no shared inbox.