Diabetes Education
If you want to feel less stressed around diabetes and more confident in your management, we can help!
What do we mean by “Diabetes Education”?
Diabetes Education provided by a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) can be an incredibly powerful tool in your care. CDCES clinicians are diabetes experts, trained to support you in navigating life with diabetes.
Our team is unique: we can provide eating disorder and Health at Every Size informed diabetes specialized support to clients at all stages of their diabetes journey, with any kind of diabetes. We will help you learn about your diabetes, teach skills you need for diabetes related self care, assist in crafting a personalized and sustainable care plan, support you in coping with the challenges of diabetes, and coordinate care with your doctors/advocate on your behalf.
We highly recommend connecting with one of our CDCES providers if:
You’re newly diagnosed with diabetes and looking for reliable, eating disorder informed, and non-triggering information.
You did not receive good information/education about diabetes care through your diagnosis process.
You’re feeling lost or frustrated with your current diabetes care plan.
You’re in eating disorder treatment, and feel your current treatment team is missing pieces in fully understanding and addressing your diabetes care. We can serve as an additional support in your care team, at any level of care.
Together, We’ll Focus On:
Ensuring you truly understand what is happening in your body
Stabilizing your blood sugar
Addressing shame, stigma, and other icky feelings that can arise around diabetes care
Learning about what affects your blood sugar
Creating an individualized and sustainable diabetes care plan
Increasing your confidence in your ability to take care of yourself
Reducing your risks for complications and/or other health conditions
Providing you with evidence based information about diabetes and diabetes care
Addressing all areas of your life that may affect your blood sugar (nourishment, movement, stress, sleep, medication, mental health, etc…)
Decreasing your diabetes distress
Challenging myths and misconceptions around diabetes that are not serving you
Collaborating with your doctor to ensure your care is seamless and adequate
Your Next Steps
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10-15 minutes
Contact us through the form on our website, or schedule a call with a member of our team! We will get back to you quickly, match you with a clinician who will be a good fit, and answer any questions you have.
We’re excited to get to know you, and are so proud of you for taking this brave first step!
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60-75 minutes
Our first appointment together is a chance for us to get to know each other better! We’ll take a deep dive into your past and present diabetes care plan. We will explore what type of support you need to meet your goals, answer your questions, and establish a plan for moving forward.
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30-50 Minutes
Follow up sessions are where we’ll do the hard work together. During follow up sessions, we will reflect on progress, celebrate wins, and unpack struggles to help you achieve your goals. We will provide you with tools, education, and structure to support you through the inevitable ups and downs of this journey.
The frequency and duration of follow up sessions can vary. Most of our clients benefit from weekly check ins to start, while others meet with us less frequently. Our goal is always to work towards a place of independence, where you need us less and less! As you feel more confident and are making progress, your sessions with us will decrease in frequency and/or duration.
We will collaborate with you and any other healthcare providers on your team to ensure you are receiving collaborative and comprehensive care.
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Fees and Insurance
Insurance
We do not currently accept any insurance plans. We encourage all clients to explore their out-of-network benefits within their individual policies. We can provide a superbill for you to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement, but please note that the client is responsible for full payment at the end of each session and a superbill does not guarantee reimbursement from insurance companies for sessions.
Not sure if you have out of network benefits? No worries! We have a handy script you can use to call your insurance company and get some information! Click here to download the script now!
Fees
Initial assessments are 75 minutes and follow up sessions are 50 minutes. Lauren charges $280 for an initial assessment and $230 for follow up sessions, Kelly and Maria charge $210 for initial assessments and $175 for follow up sessions. Accessibility is important to us: we offer reduced fees for clients who need it. Please contact us to let us know if you would need a reduced rate fee for sessions and we will do our best to accommodate you, or provide you with referrals to providers who can.
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 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 800-985-3059.
This notice is effective 1/1/2022