TELEPHONE & EMERGENCY PROCEDURES If you need to contact Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx between sessions, please leave a message at the answering service (000) 000-0000 and your call will be returned as soon as possible. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx checks her messages a few times during the daytime only, unless she is out of town, and will return your call within 24 hours. If it is an emergency situation and you are in a crisis situation, and Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx cannot be reached, you may call 911, or 24-Hour Crisis Hotlines – National 1-800-273-TALK (8255) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Suicide/Crisis Hotlines of Maricopa 0-000-000-0000 or 000-000-0000, or go immediately to your local hospital emergency room. Please do not use email or faxes for emergencies. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx may be with a client, out of the office or on vacation and may be unable to check her email or faxes daily. PAYMENTS & INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENT: Clients are expected to pay at initial appointment an intake assessment fee of $200.00 per 90 minute session (individual) or $250.00 for 90 minute session per couple or family. Clients are expected to pay the standard fee of $125.00 per 45 minutes (individual), $160.00 per 60 minutes (individual), and $185.00 per 60 minutes (couple and family) session; at the end of each session or at the end of the month unless other arrangements have been made. When clients are being seen by an Associate level therapists the cost for initial appointment, intake assessment fee of $175.00 per 90 minute session (individual) or $200.00 for 90 minute session per couple or family. Clients are expected to pay the standard fee of $100.00 per 45 minutes (individual), $130.00 per 60 minutes (individual), and $150.00 per 60 minutes (couple and family) session. Telephone conversations, site visits, writing and reading of reports, consultation with other professionals, release of information, reading records, longer sessions, travel time, etc., will be charged at the same rate, unless indicated and agreed upon otherwise. Please notify Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx if any problems arise during the course of therapy regarding your ability to make timely payments. Clients who carry insurance should remember that professional services are rendered and charged to the clients and not to the insurance company. Unless otherwise agreed upon, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx will provide you with a copy of your receipt on a monthly basis, which you can then submit to your insurance company for reimbursement, if you so choose. As was indicated in the section Health Insurance & Confidentiality of Records, you must be aware that submitting a mental health invoice for reimbursement carries a certain amount of risk. Not all issues/conditions/problems, which are dealt with in psychotherapy, are reimbursed by insurance companies. It is your responsibility to verify the specifics of your coverage. If your account is overdue (unpaid) and there is no written agreement on a payment plan, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx may use legal or other means (courts, collection agencies, etc.) to obtain payment.
