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No. After seven years of a personal initiative to make personalized & functional medicine more accessible,  Dr. Parker made the difficult decision to opt out of all insurance as of July 17, 2022. This is because insurance limitations do not support complexities of care within personalized & functional medicine. 

Many of our services are eligible for reimbursement from insurance.  If you need assistance with obtaining a reimbursement check from your insurance company using Out-of-Network benefits, please let us know at the time of service.  Many services are eligible for HSA/FSA coverage. 

Insurance will be billed for most or all lab orders and medications. 

Common CPT codes used:

• 99205 Initial comprehensive consultation
• 99204 Initial targeted consultation
• 99215 Follow up consultation
• 99214 Follow up consultation

Lab CPT codes are ordered based upon medical necessity.  

 Dr. Parker is happy to work with your wellness care team to determine the root cause of illness, as well as its treatment.  Primary care providers are focused on ruling out acute diseases, and are not geared towards qualify of life issues and preventive medicine.  She is not a primary care doctor, and she views primary care as its own speciality out of a great degree of respect.   

Like your primary care doctor, Dr. Parker runs most lab testing and imaging through insurance (except Medicare) as deemed appropriate.  As an integrative medicine specialist, she is not a replacement for a primary care doctor.  She would prefer that all patients have a primary care provider who is trained as an internist or osteopathic doctor at a major hospital for thorough physical exams and in the event of emergencies.  She is similar to a primary care provider in that she may refer you to other specialists in order to more fully 

evaluate a particular condition she uncovers during your evaluation.   

 Continuity of care refills are provided as needed, with the exception of most controlled substances.  Some medication refills require a physical exam and standard lab testing, and some merit referrals back to the original prescriber. 

Yes!  Approximately 60% of our patients come to this clinic because they do not want to see a doctor for a disease condition. Rather, they see the need for preventive healthcare and wish to enhance their current level of

 wellness for themselves and their family.  

Initial appointments of this type are used to establish care, review existing lifestyle habits including diet and exercise, and accentuate the goals you have for optimum health for yourself and for your family. 

Yes!  Dr Parker provides up-to-date aging & menopausal healthcare educational sessions via video conferencing to women around the world. This is different from a doctor-patient relationship, and she will not prescribe therapies, diagnose or interpret lab work in this context.  

She can work to help you find credible care near you and arm you with resources to know how to evaluate your local doctors, the tests and lab work they should run, and other facets of health advocacy.    

No. Each woman is distinctly different and her individual health goals and needs influence her care.    Our approach is highly personalized based on individual goals and risk factors, and incorporates lifestyle wellness, exercise, nutrition, supplementation. Hormone therapies are not needed in many cases, and not all women are candidates for hormone replacement.  Many of our patients use only natural remedies, diet and lifestyle to achieve their health transformations. Duration of treatment, budget, existing medications, family history, genomics and responses to previous therapies are always considered. Teens and women in their twenties often require simple adjustments in nutrition and digestion to help create hormonal balance.  Depending on health goals and risk factors, women on hormone replacement may merit more extensive evaluations and more frequent appointments and screenings. 

 Functional & integrative healthcare prioritizes improving an individual’s unique expression of wellbeing and vitality by reversing underlying factors which cause chronic disease and decreased quality of life. This may include a detailed review of past medical history, rigorous laboratory assessment, imaging &/or dynamic studies and tiered specialty treatment over time. This work-up honors the complexities that arise from an individual’s genetics, psychosocial development, lifestyle choices including nutrition and exercise, lifespan stage such as menopause or andropause & present physiological burden such as fatty liver, sleep apnea or insomnia. 

Treatments are designed to address underlying causes of illness while also alleviating concerning symptoms.   

You do not need a referral to see Dr. Parker.  

However, a referral  from your health care provider or counselor may expedite your ability to get an initial appointment.

Yes, your past medical work-ups are integrated into your assessment. In some cases, this can be very helpful.   The Documents section of the Patient Portal is intended for patients to upload past health records.  You may also complete a Release of Information form which we can fax to your provider, or you may directly request your provider to fax your records to us at 844-854-4660.