Good Faith Estimates

You may obtain a Good Faith Estimate of our charges upon request prior to scheduling with us if you are paying for services out of pocket or using out-of-network insurance benefits. The No Surprises Act is a federal law which provides you with the right to a Good Faith Estimate of the cost of services at our practice. However, the Ohio licensing board rules require us to provide you with the actual cost of our services in a written informed consent form to which you must agree prior to our providing services. We also provide the cost of services on our website. In most cases it is impossible to specify exactly how many sessions you will need. We can make an estimate of the duration of care, but that will not be determined until after your concerns are evaluated. The ultimate duration of care may also vary based how quickly you make progress toward your treatment goals, which depends in part on your efforts during therapy. You will be free to discontinue services at any time or the services may otherwise be terminated in accordance with terms described in the informed consent form.

Although the No Surprises Act says that you may initiate a dispute process if the actual charges are substantially in excess of the Good Faith Estimated charges, i.e., if you are charged $400 more than the estimated cost for a session or for the total estimate provided, that is unlikely to happen. This is because you will be agreeing up front to the actual charges per session prior to being seen. Dispute information is available upon request; however, any changes to our fees will require a change in the informed consent form fees, which you must agree to prior to having them go into effect. Otherwise, the fees will remain in effect for 12 months. Please feel free to contact us with any questions related to obtaining or understanding a Good Faith Estimate.