[BBT7]

My employer switched the whole town over to one health insurance plan and my counselor doesn't accept my new insurance. I started seeing her just before my wedding and I really liked her. I'm supposed to have an appointment with her tomorrow at 5pm but I just found out now that she doesn't affiliate with my new plan. How much do you think an appointment costs when it isn't covered by insurance? I want to meet with her one more time, if I really have to switch to someone else.
I haven't seen her in 2 weeks and we were going to really start working on my issues because I just got married 2 weeks ago and she didn't want to do anything too serious until I got through the wedding. So I saw her for about a month, took 2 weeks off, and was ready to start "fixing" myself, but now I have to start all over with someone new.
Just felt like sharing and seeing who else has been in the same boat.

[eskielover]

Sometimes it's possible for them to actually sign up & be a part of that insurance coverage even though they aren't at the moment. I had that happen several times with different Dr's that I was seeing. They just had to sign up with the insurance & they would end up being accepted by them. Best thing to do is call the office & explain the situation. If she is working alone, then I would call her up & talk to her about the situation. Give her the new insurance information.......or you could talk to the new insurance provider & ask them what you need to do to get your counselor covered by them.

It's really usually a simple procedure.

[BBT7]

Originally Posted by eskielover

Sometimes it's possible for them to actually sign up & be a part of that insurance coverage even though they aren't at the moment. I had that happen several times with different Dr's that I was seeing. They just had to sign up with the insurance & they would end up being accepted by them. Best thing to do is call the office & explain the situation. If she is working alone, then I would call her up & talk to her about the situation. Give her the new insurance information.......or you could talk to the new insurance provider & ask them what you need to do to get your counselor covered by them.

It's really usually a simple procedure.

That is so good to hear, but I'm afraid to get my hopes up! I figured there must be a reason she doesn't work with the new plan, like maybe it costs her too much to do business with them. The mental health department for my new plan already closed for the day, so I'll have to try tomorrow. I left a message with my counselor, too, so maybe she'll have a solution.
Thanks, fellow Eskie lover. :-P

Update: Scratch all that. Counselor said she doesn't work with Tufts and will not. She gave me names for some other people. Greeaat.

[Handre]

Congrats on the wedding, sorry to hear about the counselor though.

Sorry about the temporary setback, BBT7.

[MortalCoil]

Hi BBT7, I'm very sorry for your insurance situation. I know it's really hard having to go through the trouble of getting a new counselor, starting all over again, and learning to trust a new person in your life. I might actually have to do exactly that in about a month.

I'm covered under my dad's insurance and he's looking to switch to a different plan to save money (which he happens to be looking at Tufts as well). I talked to my T about this and she says our sessions won't be covered under Tufts. So either I have to convince my family to go for insurance that my T associates with or I'll definitely have to switch because I can't afford like $100 every one or two weeks. I just started with her and have had 4 sessions.

In addition, I'm still getting over my last T who I had to leave circumstantially too. She worked for my college and it was the last semester of her internship so she'll be gone and I won't see her again. After developing so much trust in her, I've had a hard time moving on and still miss her a lot.

So, yes, I think I'm right there with ya. I saw that you had a thread on how to choose a new therapist - I may have to refer to it.

Good luck!
+Jeff

[eskielover]

Fellow eskielover......

I'm sorry that she wouldn't work with your insurance. It's so hard when you're used to a T & then have something like that happen. Strange though when things like this happen, sometimes we end up with an even better therapist that who we were seeing. Hope it works out like.

Congratulations on the wedding. Hope everything well work out for your best in the end.

[googley]

I'm sorry you are having to go through this. You should check and see what your new insurance has for 'out of network' coverage. It usually means that you have to pay more for your visits, but if you can pay the difference it would be a way to stay with the same therapist. What usually happens with this is that you get the bill from the T and pay it then submit the bill to the insurance company and they refund you a percentage of the cost of the appointment. So it is more work on your part and it doesn't pay as much, but might be a way to stay with the same T if your new insurance covers out of network clinicians. Good luck with whatever happens.

[Rhiannonsmoon]

BBT7,

Just a thought...if your employer has swapped the whole town onto tufts, then your therapist refusing to work with them, is going to have a very quiet practice. Something has happened there and she has obviously had some sort of negative experience with them big enough to make her put her foot down and say no.

There will be other therapists and sometimes these things happen for a positive reason and the outcome is better than we expected...

Good luck,

Rhiannon