Cher Boomhower, ND
Body Balance Centre for Integrative Medicine
206-1811 Victoria St.
Prince George, BC V2L 2L6
Canada
Telephone: 250-649-0886
Fax: 250-649-0866
Email: BodyBalanceClinic@telus.net
Website: www.BodyBalanceClinic.com
1. What are the primary medical specialties in which you were originally trained (e.g., pediatrics, family medicine)?
Family Medicine
2. Approximately how many individuals with autism have you treated, and what is the age range?
Just ADHD etc so far.
3. Do you usually have a waiting list?
No, maybe a day or two.
4. On the average, how long do you spend face-to-face with a new patient for an initial consultation?
Generally an hour
5. After the first consultation, what is the average length of an appointment?
About 30 minutes
6. Are your patients advised to use special diets such as GF/CF, SCD, low-oxalate, etc.?
Yes
7. Can you collaborate with other specialists we will be dealing with (e.g., gastroenterologists)?
Most of the time, but I may need to do it through their GP.
8. Are you willing to collaborate on treatment and testing with a child’s pediatrician if he/she is receptive?
Yes, of course
9. Do you or anyone in your office speak languages other than English?
Yes, some French
10. Are you willing to offer phone consultations for distant patients?
Yes, we already do.
11. Do you provide any form of after-hours support?
Yes, cell phone numbers etc when necessary.
12. Do you sell proprietary nutritional supplements or have a sales agreement with supplement suppliers? Do you sell supplements at list price or less?
We sell regular lines of professional supplements. We mostly do suggested mark-up but for the really expensive stuff we mark it up less.
13. Do you take insurance? If not, do you provide organized, coded insurance forms?
We are covered by some extended health plans but not covered by regular BC Medical
14. Do you bill for laboratory tests done by commercial laboratories? How do you break down the fees?
We bill for labs and charge their suggested retail unless it`s very expensive. Sometimes we don`t mark them up at all if they`re very high priced.
15. Is there a reason you might not bill for an office visit?
For extreme financial hardship.
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