Edward Jacobs, Ph.D. & Associates

Insurance

We accept most insurances.  However, all insurances do not provide coverage for all services.  Also, we are enrolled in several insurance panels as individuals, so not all clinicians will be on the same insurance panels.  Please check with your health insurance carrier to make sure that the clinician with whom you have an appointment is a provider with your insurance. It is also important to check to see if you need prior authorization for an appointment with us.  If you do, it is important that you obtain authorization prior to the appointment, or you might be financially responsible for the appointment.  When you obtain prior authorization, please obtain a general authorization.  If you desire a specialized service, such as psychological testing, we will discuss that at your appointment and then determine what further steps we might need to take to get it approved.


We have had great difficulty getting insurance companies to pay for neurofeedback and brain mapping.  We have had a number of health insurance companies assure us and our patients that these services were covered to be provided by us, only to have the companies deny the claims, resulting in very time consuming and frustrating attempts by us and our patients to get the insurance companies to pay for these services.  Therefore, if you speak to your insurance company and the representative agrees that the service is covered, clarify that we are covered to provide the service and GET IT IN WRITING.  Unfortunately, if they refuse to authorize what they say in writing, then there is no guarantee that the services will be paid for.


If you are interested in checking with your insurance carrier about coverage for neurofeedback training, you can ask them if your benefits include the following procedure codes, if they are covered for the specific provider you will be seeing,if you need prior approval for these services and what they pay for the services;
                  
                  90876   Individual psychophysiological therapy including
                               biofeedback
                  90901   Biofeedback
                  90812   Individual psychotherapy assisted with a device


If you are interested in checking with your insurance carrier about coverage for brain mapping (quantitative EEG), you can ask them if your benefits include the following procedure codes, if they are covered for the specific provider you will be seeing, what diagnoses they are covered for, if you need prior approval for these services and what they pay for the services:
                  
                  95816   Digital EEG recording
                  95957   Digital EEG analysis
                  99090   Referece EEG database
                  95812   EEG extended recording, 41-60 min



 





























 
Edward Jacobs, Ph.D. & Associates: Psychological Services • Neurofeedback • Learning Disabilities Services • Tutoring

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