$140.00 for a 45-50-minute session. This is flat rate for intake, individuals, and couples. Teletherapy is available for Wisconsin residents.
Full payment is due at the time of service. All major credit/debit cards, check, cash or HSA are accepted for payment. Invoices are available upon client request and can be used to submit to your insurance company for out of network benefits.
In order to prioritize client care, I do not bill through insurance plans at this time. Reasons for this choice include:
All insurance companies require practitioners to utilize the DSM-5 diagnosis to get reimbursed for counseling services. Not all clients seek counseling services related to a mental health disorder and may seek counseling to address issues such as relational difficulties, financial distress, adjustment, grief, premarital counseling, and life stressors.
Insurance companies require full access to your file; including diagnosis, progress, symptoms, and evaluations/assessments. Insurance companies use this to dictate length of treatment, which can limit the amount of sessions covered. I believe the course and method of treatment is best decided collaboratively by provider and client.
If you need to cancel or change your appointment, 24 hours notice in advance is required to avoid charges. If notice is given less than 24 hours, the full hourly rate will be charged. Emergencies and illness are exceptions to this rule.
The No Surprises Act aims to increase price transparency and reduce the likelihood that clients receive a “surprise” medical bill by requiring that providers inform clients of an expected charge for a service before the service is provided. Starting January 1, 2023, behavioral health care providers have been required by law to give uninsured and self-pay clients a Good Faith Estimate of costs for services when scheduling care or when the client requests an estimate (whichever occurs first).
Prior to the implementation of the No Surprises Act, all psychotherapists already had/have an ethical obligation to provide advance notice of costs and fees for every patient. The No Surprises Act builds off of that and asks the private practice practitioner to provide further formal disclosures of anticipated fees.
All Kristin Damato Psychotherapy, LLC clients will receive a Right to Receive a Good Faith Estimate Information Summary, outlining additional detail when establishing services.
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