Fees for Tracy Schaperow, Psy.D. and Sam Schaperow, MSMFT, LMFT vary depending on the type of service, its length, and the provider. Rates range from $45*-~$260** for therapy/coaching, and psychological testing ranges from $200-$1800. Insurance only covers mental illnesses, and rarely testing. We accept checks, cash, and major credit cards. Tracy Schaperow, Psy.D. and Sam Schaperow, MSMFT, LMFT have successfully removed their contracting with managed care providers. However, we can submit your claims monthly to help you obtain reimbursement. For clients with PPO plans that allow them to see "out of network providers", these statements are typically sufficient to obtain reimbursement. However, you may face a deductible before coverage begins. Tracy Schaperow, Psy.D. and Sam Schaperow, MSMFT, LMFT choose to work very little with managed care insurance companies, ensuring our clients maximum privacy, maintaining small to moderate case-loads (typically 1/2 what other therapists do) in order to be able to do hours of intersession work, consultations, etc., and to maintain flexibility in treatment planning. *$45 is for very brief, [behavioral] prescriptive sessions, while **$260 is for certain couple work & group work. Our associates are independent practitioners operating within the same space, who are on insurance panels, are: I. Full Associates: Insurance, in-network plans taken: Cigna out-of-network on most plans sliding-fee-scale available Lee Oren, LCSW (203-285-5895) (ages 14-35 male or 14+ female; couples only on parenting issues) Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield out-of-network on all other plans sliding-fee-scale available Sliding-fee-scale and out of network plans taken: Vanessa Kienoski, Art Therapist (501-9771) very liberal sliding-fee-scale available John M. González, Ph.D. (501-9767) very affordable sliding-fee-scale available II. Partial Associates: Arlene Werner, Ph.D. (447-8982) Husky A & Charter Oak Tricare Anthem Aetna (limited) Jamelah Stone, LCSW (ages 18 & up, but occasionally goes a bit younger) (203-535-6771) Anthem Medicare Aetna Jennifer Clark, LCSW (ages 13 & up; no couples) (917-0790) Anthem Tricare MHN | Please read to the left for more information. If interested, please read the following: Even when seeing someone in an insurance network, there are times when mental health is not covered. If you do see a provider who gets you covered for any of the following by altering the diagnosis for reimbursement purposes, do you really wish to see that kind of therapist? Ahead is the information quoted from Anthem.com, which covers Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Most insurers use this exact same formula: "MENTAL HEALTH CARE: The term Mental Health Care means services provided to treat a mental disorder as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and 17 Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”. Mental Health Care does not include (1) mental retardation, (2) learning disorders, (3) motor skills disorder, (4) communication disorders, (5) caffeine-related disorders, (6) relational problems, and (7) additional conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention, that are not otherwise defined as mental disorders in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’." |