Current Policies

As a patient of Dr. Appasani, you will be provided with comprehensive mental healthcare. He uses Osmind as his electronic health platform, which will allow you to not only communicate in-between appointments with your him, but also enable you to keep track of your care, mood, and journal through a beautiful mobile application. Additionally, Osmind will directly submit an itemized SuperBill on your behalf for reimbursement to your insurance company.

INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT
Each patient will receive an individualized treatment program customized for their medical needs and tailored to their recovery process. The duration and frequency of appointments will be dictated by the patient’s symptoms and progress and will be mutually agreed upon by Dr. Appasani and the patient. Following the 90-minute Comprehensive Initial Assessment, follow up appointments for medication management are typically 30-45 minutes in length. To ensure the most efficient and safest course of treatment, the frequency of appointments is adjusted on an individual basis.

MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
Dr. Appasani uses an evidence-based medicine approach for psychiatric medication management. He provides extensive education to the patient regarding their diagnosis, treatment plan and medication regimen. Dr. Appasani’s treatment philosophy involves using the least amount of psychotropic medications necessary for treatment. Before psychotropic medications are initiated, target symptoms, outcomes, medication side effects, risks/benefits and alternatives are discussed at length with each client.

Controlled Substances l At this time controlled substances including benzodiazepines, stimulants, and narcotic medications will not be prescribed to patient’s within Appasani MD PC.

INSURANCE & PAYMENT

Payment: All outpatient visits must be paid in full at the time of visit. If payment is not received, your credit card will be charged at the time of the appointment. Dr. Appasani is not a member of any managed care insurance programs, but a standard one page invoice can be provided for patients to submit to their insurance carriers. Dr. Appasani accepts cash and all major credit cards for all professional services. Payment will is to be completed via the Osmind client portal. Regardless of the patient’s ability to receive insurance reimbursement, full payment for all services is required at the time of each appointment, as outlined above.

I do not accept insurance or work with insurance companies directly, but I can provide an itemized receipt or superbill that may allow you to get some reimbursement from your insurance company if you have out-of-network benefits.

• I work with Osmind as my electronic clinical platform, who will submit your superbill to your insurance company on your behalf.

Appointment times: Appointments will start and end at their scheduled times. In consideration of other patients, sessions cannot be extended for late arrivals.

Cancellation policy: A full session fee will be charged for cancelled or missed appointments unless at least 2 business days of notice has been given. Both telephone and email are acceptable ways to alert Dr. Appasani of a cancellation.

COMMUNICATION

Messaging, phone and e-mail contact: Dr. Appasani will return messages via the Osmind portal within 72 hours. Routine phone calls and e-mails will be returned free of charge. However, if returning messaging via the portal, phone calls, and emails for a particular patient becomes frequent and time-consuming, Dr. Appasani may ask the patient to increase their frequency of appointments in order to address these issues during session times. Time incurred for lengthy phone calls (e.g., longer than 10 minutes) to gather collateral data, update other individuals (such as family members or other care providers) about the patient’s treatment or for other purposes may be billed to the patient at Dr. Appasani’s discretion and charged to the patient’s credit card held on file. In the event of an emergency, please contact 911 immediately and proceed to the nearest hospital emergency room; you may leave a follow up message for Dr. Appasani, but due to the nature of outpatient practice, it may not be possible to respond immediately. Therefore, if a situation requires an immediate response, please call 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room. Please be aware that e-mail is not a confidential means of communication. Clinical information and advice will not be sent by email.