Telephone Consultation
Telephone Consult Cost:
Telephone consults are available for those seeking an integrative medical opinion. Here is what you need to know about telephone consults or telemedicine. Billing rate is $75 / 15 minutes with a 15 minute minimum.
General Information:
- Telephone consults are scheduled like a regular appointment.
- Requires a credit card for billing.
- We do not bill insurance for telephone consults.
- Telephone consults are billed in 15 minute increments.
- Billing time is phone time plus 5 minutes to 10 minutes of documentation time.
- An email of the recommendations will be sent to you.
Telephone Consults for Established Patients:
- Can save travel time and time off work.
- Telephone consults are recorded in your chart.
- Can fill prescriptions, except scheduled drugs requiring hard copy of prescription.
- Require one in person office visit to be considered established patient.
Telephone Consults for New Patients:
- Does not establish physician-patient relationship.
- Can not prescribe medications, only in Washington state.
- Can make suggestions for care to discuss with your personal physician.
- Notes of suggestions are available by email.
- Can book a telephone consult from 50 U.S. States.
- Useful when no Integrative physicians are available in your locality.
