Barnes Biofeedback
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with a focus on Nervous System Regulation, EMDR, and Biofeedback.
Good Faith Estimate
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost.
Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services. You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like therapy services, medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.
Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service.If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit: www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call 1-800-985-3059.
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You will receive a document in your portal if we start services that you can ask questions about and also get specific information about how much I charge for therapy services. This is required before starting services with me as to comply with the law and provide you with translucent information on how much therapy will cost.
ACCESS AND EQUITY
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In more recent years, mental health has become a more normalized and open topic than in years past.
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Despite this open conversation, many marginalized groups continue to have inequitable access to quality health care.
If you are reading this and need resources to find equitable care, please reach out and/or click on the links below. These are only a couple of many resources that will provide often free or highly discounted quality mental health care to marginalized groups seeking care.
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If you are reading this and you are a health care provider; I encourage you to donate, read, unlearn, and/or consider your practice as a form of social justice (because it is).
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Please see one way to take local action on ways to help under "Take Action"!
I welcome any suggestions/collaborations/comments as I continue to do work surrounding the intersectionality of mental health and social justice work.
"The country is in a state of health care denial.
The U.S. lags behind other
industrialized nations in many important health measures - partly because
citizens of certain races, ethnicities and incomes experience poorer versions
of U.S. health care than others. The disparities are glaring."
Robert Pearl, MD, CEO, The Permanente Medical Group
TAKE ACTION!
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If you’re interested in increasing access to mental health care in the triangle area in North Carolina, please consider a one-time or recurring donation to Radical Healing’s Black Mental Health Fund (BMHF). As stated on the Radical Healing website, “100% of all funds will support direct aid to our Black queer and trans mental health therapists in providing free and more accessible mental health services to Black queer and trans clients.”