Is health coaching covered by insurance?

The National Board for Health and Wellness Coaches, the leading organization representing the profession of health coaching, is currently working towards having health coaching a reimbursable healthcare treatment through insurance. Currently it is not. Please see this article and this one for more information. However, if you have an FSA/HSA program, it's possible that it accepts health coaching as a reimbursible item. I'm happy to provide you with the proper reimbursement codes and my Provider #, along with a sample "Letter of Medical Necessity" form to give to your physician to fill out and sign so you can file your FSA/HSA reimbursement. Ask me for more information!

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How can I start working with you?

Book a FREE 40-minute Discovery Call with me where you can ask all your questions, and I'll have a chance to share what functional health coaching and nutrition counseling are. You'll even have an opportunity to experience a bit of what health coaching is like! We'll see if we're a good match to partner up.

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How do I know your services are for me?

If you’ve just been given a mental or medical diagnosis and your doctor has made recommended action steps to you, I can help you implement those steps.

 

If you’re not working with a physician or healthcare provider, but you have a sense that you could be operating at a higher level or you want to improve your mental health, it might be time to listen to your intuition. Some recommendations can include starting / increasing / adjusting an exercise routine, or making healthier food choices, improving your sleep or managing your stress. There is so much you CAN do. I can help you figure that out, too!

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How much are your services?

I offer a "Pay What You Can" structure where I give you my standard rates, and we talk about what you can pay before we start working together. It's my hope that anyone who needs and wants help with optimizing their health will seek out coaching. I feel so strongly about self-empowerment and being able to advocate for what you want your wellbeing to look like, that I want my services to be accessible to anyone who wants to work with me.

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Can a health coach make a diagnosis? Write prescriptions? Interpret my lab results?

Nope, nope and nope. I can help you understand how your body works so you have the knowledge to talk to your medical practitioner and advocate for what you need. We can work together to make connections between your medical history, your family history and your current lifestyle, and see where you can make changes to shift the trajectory of your future to one that brings you healing and helps you to thrive.

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I’ve been diagnosed with an illness and my doctor already made recommendations so I can improve my health. Can I still work with you?

Absolutely! In fact, if you give me permission to communicate with your provider, we can coordinate your healing treatment so you'll have an integrated support team!

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How old do I have to be to get health coaching from you?

If you’re old enough to vote and make your own choices, you’re old enough for health coaching. I encourage and support client-autonomy. The more you can take on the decisions you make, the more energized, confident and successful you will become.

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I’ve heard that health coaching is like therapy. Is it?

Not really… Psychotherapy addresses significant, observable and diagnosable mental distress and suffering. That is beyond the scope of health coaching and should be handled by licensed clinical therapists or medical psychiatrists. That said, what I offer are possibilities that address the physiological terrain in which mental health issues present themselves. In other words, there is a lot one can do to improve mental health in addition to medication and psychotherapy. If you're curious, let's have a chat about it!