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Dr. Sera Lavelle, Ph.D, CHt is New York's expert in using hypnosis and integrative therapy for weight loss, compulsive behaviors, anxiety, and a variety of issues related to confidence and motivation. She has been written about in Elle Magazine and Allure and helped hundreds of people overcome their difficulties.
Dr. Sera Lavelle, Ph.D, CHt is New York's expert in using hypnosis and integrative therapy for weight loss, compulsive behaviors, anxiety, and a variety of issues related to confidence and motivation. She has been written about in Elle Magazine and Allure and helped hundreds of people overcome their difficulties.
We charge $250 for our standard 45-minute psychotherapy sessions. Sessions must be paid in full at the time of service, regardless of whether or not you are reimbursed by your insurance company.
NY Health Hypnosis & Integrative Therapy is a division of Soho Integrative Psychological Services, PLLC. Thus, our services are billed under our company, Soho Integrative Psychological Services. Our services are psychotherapy, and not hypnosis services, as we are licensed psychologists providing psychological services using a variety of therapeutic techniques.
Soho Integrative Psychological Services is not in-network with any insurance company. Most of our clients, however, can be reimbursed for our services in the range of 50%-100% after meeting their deductible if their policy reimburses for out-of-network psychotherapy.
We are proud to announce that we have partnered with Nirvana, a HIPAA-compliant third party site, to help you understand your benefits. Please note that we are adding this as a courtesy to help you verify your benefits, but are making no claim on the accuracy or your insurance company’s willingness to reimburse you.
We make every attempt to simplify the claim reimbursement process by partnering with Reimbursify, a third-party HIPAA-compliant software platform that simplifies claim submission and allows you to track the status of your claims.
Once you become a patient and receive your first statement for reimbursement from us, you have three options for submitting our claims to your insurance company for reimbursement.
Submit our claims to your insurance company directly by using their process.
Submit our claims and track the status using our Reimbursify portal.
Request and authorize us to submit claims to Reimbursify on your behalf.
Please note that we provide this as a courtesy and make no claims about your insurance company's willingness to reimburse you. While we do our best to simplify the process in order to minimize claim denial, we are not held responsible for their policies nor their denial of claims. Regardless of reimbursement, you are solely responsible for payment at the time of the session.
Please arrive or log on 10 minutes prior to your scheduled appointment to ensure that you start on time. Your scheduled session is reserved specifically for you, and the next client session often begins immediately after your session ends. You will be charged the full session fee regardless of whether or not you arrive on time.
We respectfully ask that you give us at least 48 hours notice if you must cancel an appointment. The full session charge will be applied for any no show appointments or cancellations made less than 48 hours prior to the start of the appointment.
Out-of-network refers to providers that are not contracted with your plan. Although they are not in your plan, PPO plans generally will reimburse you for the sessions after you have paid for your session in full.
No. Most PPOs offer out-of-network insurance reimbursement, whereas HMOs and most government plans, such as Medicaid and Medicare, do not reimburse.
Our sessions are psychotherapy, and not strictly hypnotherapy, since we are licensed psychologists who utilize hypnosis as a way to enhance our therapy sessions and utilize a variety of therapeutic approaches. This is an important distinction, as most health insurance policies reimburse for individual psychotherapy sessions with licensed providers, such as us, but will not reimburse for unlicensed professionals strictly providing hypnosis services.
Our standard sessions use the CPT code 90834, which is the standard code for 45 minute individual psychotherapy appointments. Please note that some insurances, such as Aetna, also require a modifier code 95, which will be added to your statements. Please notify us if you need the modifier added.
We do offer a sliding scale for some providers, but on a very limited basis and the current waitlist is long. Please contact us at info@nyhealthhypnosis.com to request to be added to the waitlist.
As payment is done through our portal, we only accept credit cards or HSA credit cards. We do, however, accept all forms of credit cards.
There are many reasons that your company may deny your claim, such as a typo when submitting, submitting the wrong code, or that you have not yet reached your deductible. It could also be that they do not cover therapists outside of your network. Please be sure to verify that you have out-of-network coverage before starting therapy.
If your insurance denies your claim, contact them to ask for clarification or inquire if they need more information. While insurance reimbursement is between you and your insurance company, we will help resolve the matter if they need further documentation from us.
