Amanda Christian, LPC, CCTP – Licensed Professional CounseLor

Treatment Specialties & Modalities

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  • Trauma / PTSD
  • Depression / Anxiety / Mood Disorders
  • Addiction / Substance Use Disorders
  • Stress Management / Self-Care Plans
  • Conflict Resolution / Relational Stress
  • Immigration Evaluations
  • Clinical Supervision (OK LPC)
  • Clinical Hypnotherapy
  • Rapid Resolution Therapy
  • Brainspotting
  • EMDR

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Services, Rates & Insurance

  • Individual Counseling: $150.00 per session
  • Couples Counseling: $150.00 per session
  • Open Path Psychotherapy Collective Clients: $60.00 per session
  • Oklahoma Board Approved LPC Supervision: $60.00 per week (this also covers 1.5 hours of weekly supervision with me in person)
  • Immigration Evaluations: $900.00 (Asylum, Extreme Hardship Petition Waiver, VAWA, U Visa). Completed within 4 weeks of scheduling.
    • Fee covers two clinical interviews that last 1-1.5 hours each in person or via video office, administering of mental health screenings, comprehensive psychosocial evaluation, consultations with your attorney, and the time it takes to compile mental health evaluation- Payment plans are available. Some cases may be completed for a reduced fee based on financial need.
      • Expedited Immigration Evaluations: $1500.00 Same as above except it is completed within 2 weeks of scheduling.

I am licensed to practice in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Florida. My license in Florida is for providing telehealth as an out-of-state practitioner. You can find more information about Florida’s telehealth guidelines here: Telehealth (flhealthsource.gov)

I am an “in network” provider for the following insurance companies: Health Choice, United Healthcare/Optum, and Cigna.

If you have a different insurance and would like to see a behavioral health provider in your network, I can provide you with a list of referrals upon request.  

GOOD FAITH ESTIMATE

Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act, health care providers and health care facilities are required to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a Federal health care program, or not seeking to file a claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing of their ability, upon request or at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” of expected charges.

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost.

Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.

  • You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.

  • Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service.

  • If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.

  • Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate. For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises

YOUR RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS AGAINST SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLS

(OMB Control Number: 0938-1401)

When you get emergency care or get treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you are protected from surprise billing or balance billing.

What is “balance billing” (sometimes called “surprise billing”)?

When you see a doctor or other health care provider, you may owe certain out-of-pocket costs, such as a copayment, coinsurance, and/or a deductible. You may have other costs or have to pay the entire bill if you see a provider or visit a health care facility that isn’t in your health plan’s network.

“Out-of-network” describes providers and facilities that haven’t signed a contract with your health plan. Out-of-network providers may be permitted to bill you for the difference between what your plan agreed to pay and the full amount charged for a service. This is called “balance billing.” This amount is likely more than in-network costs for the same service and might not count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit.

“Surprise billing” is an unexpected balance bill. This can happen when you can’t control who is involved in your care – like when you have an emergency or when you schedule a visit at an in-network facility but are unexpectedly treated by an out-of-network provider.

You are protected from balance billing for:

Emergency services

If you have an emergency medical condition and get emergency services from an out-of-network provider or facility, the most the provider or facility may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount (such as copayments and coinsurance). You can’t be balance billed for these emergency services. This includes services you may get after you’re in stable condition, unless you give written consent and give up your protections not to be balanced billed for these post-stabilization services.

Certain services at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center

When you get services from an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, certain providers there may be out-of-network. In these cases, the most those providers may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount. This applies to emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist, or intensivist services. These providers can’t balance bill you and may not ask you to give up your protections not to be balance billed.

If you get other services at these in-network facilities, out-of-network providers can’t balance  bill you unless you give written consent and give up your protections.

You’re never required to give up your protection from balance billing. You also aren’t required to get care out-of-network. You can choose a provider or facility in your plan’s network.

When balance billing isn’t allowed, you also have the following                  protections:

  • You are only responsible for paying your share of the cost (like the copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles that you would pay if the provider or facility was in-network). Your health plan will pay out-of-network providers and facilities
  • Your health plan generally must: Cover emergency services without requiring you to get approval for services in advance (prior authorization); Cover emergency services by out-of-network; Base what you owe the provider or facility (cost-sharing) on what it would pay an in-network provider or facility and show that amount in your explanation of benefits; Count any amount you pay for emergency services or out-of-network services toward your deductible and out-of-pocket

If you believe you’ve been wrongly billed, you may contact: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). If you choose to use the dispute resolution process, you must start the dispute process within 120 calendar days (about 4 months) of the date on the original bill. To learn more and get a form to start the process, go to www.cms.gov/nosurprises or call HHS at (800) 368-1019.

Visit https://www.cms.gov/files/document/model-disclosure-notice-patient-protections-against-surprise-billing-providers-facilities-health.pdf for more information about your rights under Federal law.