Starting on 9/4/2023, I will be in Japan to taking care of my 91 years old mother lives alone during the winter time. For patients looking for muscular skeletal pain issues, you may email me with the town you live. I will find the practitioners you might get help with. FYI, most of acupuncturists do not take Mass Health and Medicare. For the new patients looking for Functional Medicine Tele-Health Consultation, please email me with the main reason or multiple health issues getting out of control, I am more than happy to help you out by listening your history and what you have done so far. If you have a time to write in details, please do. The fee for the tele-health consultation is listed below.

 

 

acupuncture treatment

How to make your appointment 

Please email me – tamietreatment@gmail.com includes the following information.

  1. What is the main reason you would like to come to see me for.
  2. Please let me know your insurance information if you have BCBS (in-network), Allways (in-network), United Health (out of network), Cigna (out of network), and Aetna (out of network).
    1. Your Name
    2. D.O.B.
    3. Address with Zip Code
    4. Phone Number
    5. Name of your Insurance 
    6. Policy Number

I will get back to you as soon as the billing service person gets back to me – 1 to 2 days. I do NOT bill myself.

If you are the patient I would like to have a consultation (please read the information below) before the acupuncture treatment, I need to send you questionnaire forms (pdf) to you ahead of time as the attachment with the email. Those forms are for the specifically targeted health issues you would like to come to see me for.  Those questionnaire forms help me to narrow down the root cause of your problem. If you are just coming for the acupuncture treatment for muscular-skeletal issues or 1-2 health issues (example: seasonal allergy), you can fill out the simple form in my clinic upon arrival. ***** ALL Infertility Patients and the patients suffering any Hormone Imbalances require the Consultation First ***** Here is the main reason. Your acupuncture benefit will cover 3 units (45 min.) of acupuncture only. I can do so much within 45 min. Avoid having the guessing (time), I do prefer to talk with you first (if you have any recent lab work, even limited lab work run by PCP, I would like to take a look at it).

or leave a voice mail and let me know your name, whether you are calling from your cell phone or not, and what is the main reason (reasons) you are coming to see me. If you would like to talk to me first before you leave all information and your call went to voice mail, please leave a call-back time frame – for example, call me back anytime after 5 pm tonight, or call me at 12 pm during my lunch break tomorrow, or call me anytime tomorrow, etc. I will make sure to give you a call back at your requested time.

  • If you would like to come to see me the same day I am in the clinic (Mon/Thur/Fri/Sat AM and Tue 2:30 pm until 7:00 pm), please text me (781-254-2206) instead. I will take you in for acupuncture-only patients if there is a room available.

 


Clinic fees

Insurance

  • I am an “In-Network” provider for BCBS and Allways.
  • Deductible applies to some people. It all depends on your policy.
  • In-Network coverage only covers acupuncture. Consultation, supplements, and functional medicine testing are NOT covered.

I am an “out of network” acupuncturist for the following insurance. 

Your coverage depends on your insurance “POLICY” which means even though you have Aetna insurance if your insurance policy does not include out-of-network providers, you do not have the coverage for acupuncture. Aetna of MA covers 12 visits per calendar year for acupuncture but you need to see an IN-NETWORK provider.

  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • United Healthcare 
  • For patients who have health insurance with Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts, MassHealth, UniCare, you need to pay the pocket fee in this clinic or seek their In-Network practitioners

It is very often acupuncture coverage is limited to only pain management, nausea during the pregnancy, or only used for medical necessity means not for pain maintenance purposes even though you have unlimited acupuncture coverage. I will email you your coverage as soon as I hear from the billing service company I use. It usually takes 1-3 days to verify the out-of-network acupuncture coverage and the deductible amount you have before the coverage kicks in. Still, most of my patients pay out-of-the-pocket but every once in a while I see the great out-of-network acupuncture coverage. Again, it all depends on your policy, If you would like to find out more about acupuncture coverage with insurance, please read this article.


Fee:

Infertility Patient: Consultation is mandatory. 

Out of pocket – Initial Consultation w/ w/o treatment $360, Follow-up visit treatment $120-.

The patients have insurance benefit – Initial Consultation $240 + co-pay and Follow-up visit is your co-pay


Muscular-Skeletal Pain Management and patients ONLY looking for getting acupuncture treatment:

  • Initial: $180 (75 – 90 minutes)
  • Follow-up acupuncture treatment: $120– (1 hour but I often need extra time.)

If you are coming to see me for multiple health issues, I strongly suggest you consult with me first. You may get treated first and come to see me for just the consultation ($240-) later, that is fine as well.

(For example, if you have joint pain but also suffering from insomnia, anxiety, acid reflux, chronic sinus infection, had mono and EBV in the past, and currently taking anti-depressant and cholesterol-lowering drugs. That’s a lot to work on, right?)


Functional Medicine Consultation in the office:

  • Initial FM Consultation: $360- (60 minutes, sometimes go over but never less than 60 minutes) for an initial consultation in my clinic. Sometimes, we can not get to the treatment when the case is complicated. $360- does not include lab testing or supplements I might suggest you to take. The follow-up consultation or call is charged by 10 minutes just like other FM practitioners. I charge $60/10 minutes.

 

Functional Medicine Online Consultation

I charge $360- for Zoom, FaceTime, or What’sUp video conference call.  I will send an email with a series of comprehensive questionnaires specific to the patient’s health concerns. These questionnaires give me a good sense of where I can start. I will in-depth look into your medical history, symptoms and signs, diet, lifestyle, willingness to adapt, and sometimes genetics. I am able to order the lab using the local Quest Lab and also comprehensive specialty functional medicine tests to get a complete picture of your health. I am able to narrow down to the most suitable individualized protocol which includes diet, nutrition, lifestyle, supplements, and lab tests “if I think it is necessary”. Many patients are already working with other practitioners. That is very fine with me as long as you can let me know what you are given (supplements) and treatments like you are given spinal manipulations, ozone therapy, etc. If you want me to place an order for the specialty Functional Medicine lab test, the test result comes back to me in 2 weeks. I often consult with each lab’s consultants, mostly talking, email, or Zoom with their ND to go over your test result in detail. They are the specialist to interpret their lab test result. I will contact you by email or email me to request follow-up consultation call if you prefer. You are very likely to start the new treatment plan and we go over it in a week to 4 weeks. Please limit 1 email per week on an ongoing basis. I can be a great resource for nutrition, dietary, exercise, mind-body, herbal remedy, acupuncture point selections to do acupressure yourself, etc… suggestions but I am NOT your health coach to go over your questions on the daily basis. A health coach will help you with daily support. If you have a list of questions, please request a follow-up consultation call or video-call.

I accept your payment online (using square on my end). You will receive the receipt from Square. I charge $60- / 10 minutes.

 ***** Functional Medicine Lab Testings are extra fees and not covered by your health insurance *****

 

 

 

 


 

Online Conference Call for Infertility 

 

I charge $360- for 90 minutes online conference call. Whether you are currently going thru IUI, IVF, or trying naturally, I can be a great resource for you. If you are seeing an acupuncturist locally, I am more than happy to connect with your acupuncturist, ND, NP, DC, and DO for what I would do if you are my patient. Most of the practitioners are grateful for the suggestion. If you are looking for an acupuncturist treat infertility, I will search the practitioner for you. What else I can do for you? I am able to offer the best supplemental protocol, nutrition, diet, and lifestyle recommendations based on my experience. I am able to order the conventional lab tests by using the local Quest lab. For example your PCP or Endocrinologist will not run the thyroid panel but only TSH. I am able to order the panel includes Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, and TPO and TB for thyroid antibodies and you still suffer from infertility which very likely caused by thyroid issues. I am able to test specialty tests like DUTCH test (Precision Analytical Lab) to get a complete picture. To make you fertile and be able to work with your end of the team (fertility doctors, acupuncturists, etc.) and consulting distally required a lot of time on my end. Follow up call, if necessary, email me to request a call. I charge $60-/per 10 minutes.

 

 

 

 


  • Returning infertility patients for your second or third child: Evaluation for your first visit is $240- with acupuncture and follow up visit is $120-

  • Inducing the labor: $180- for the very first visit and $120- for the follow-up visits.

  • The patient for Functional Medicine Consultation, even 2 hours run out quickly if you have chronic multifactorial health issues. Please try not to make another appointment after our first meeting. I really do not want to be rushed out of my clinic. If you have a pile or a thick binder full of lab work and test results for me to go thru, I would do that after our meeting if you can leave the documents for a week. I am more than happy to make copies of the documents that are less than 20 pages long. It usually takes 2 hours of my time to go over everything we would like to get started without missing the piece of information. I wanted to make sure we are on the same page to achieve the goal. For infertility patients, I can get the infertility acupuncture treatment after the evaluation because everybody has a different health history and reasons not to be able to get pregnant. There is no cookie-cutter treatment that works to get pregnant and be able to keep your pregnancy. For patients who would want me to come in before and after embryo transfer on my “not-in-the-clinical” day, an add-on fee applies.

 


FSA & HSA accepted:

More and more my patients use FSA (flexible spending account) and HSA (health savings account) as their payment methods. It is pre-tax you set up each year with insurance enrollment and good to use for one calendar year. I accept Flex Debit Card. You may contact your human resource department for more details.


Payment Methods:

  • Credit, Debit, FSA, HSA, Apple Pay, or Check are acceptable forms of payment. If a check is returned, a fee of $25.00 – will be applied to your account.
  • For long-distance consultation via phone or ZOOM telehealth video conference, you can pay me online.

Gift Certificates:

Are available at the clinic. A great gift as a birthday present or Christmas present.A great way to get your loved one and other family members to get a taste of the integrative healing method. I can not count how many husbands started coming after giving the certificate only once! If you think he/she has everything, try the acupuncture or functional medicine health consultation gift certificate!


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