Good Faith Estimate

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 my practice. However, I go beyond this requirement, in that, when we agree to work together, I will provide you with the actual cost of charges in a written informed consent form and outpatient services contract to which you must agree (and sign) prior to the beginning of our work together. I will send that to you prior to you being seen for your first session and prior to any billing. In most cases it is impossible to estimate how many sessions you will need, and that will not be determined until your concerns are evaluated and will also vary based on the progress that you make, which depends, in part, on your efforts in the therapeutic process. You will be free to discontinue services at any time or the services may otherwise be terminated in accordance with the informed consent form language.

Although the No Surprises Law 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 and would be a violation of licensing board rules, since you will be agreeing up front to actual charges per session prior to being seen. Dispute information is available upon request, however. You will be informed of any changes to my fees ahead of such changes going into effect, you must agree to prior to having them go into effect; otherwise fees will remain in effect for 12 months.