Destia Skinner, ND
Cypress Natural Medicine
359 Middlefield Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Website: www.CNMHealth.com
1. What are the primary medical specialties in which you were originally trained (e.g., pediatrics, family medicine)?
Naturopathic Family Practice
2. Approximately how many individuals with autism have you treated, and what is the age range?
3. Do you usually have a waiting list?
Yes
4. On the average, how long do you spend face-to-face with a new patient for an initial consultation?
1 - 1.5 hours
5. After the first consultation, what is the average length of an appointment?
30 - 45 minutes
6. Are your patients advised to use special diets such as GF/CF, SCD, low-oxalate, etc.?
Yes-- many types depending on individual
7. Can you collaborate with other specialists we will be dealing with (e.g., gastroenterologists)?
Yes
8. Are you willing to collaborate on treatment and testing with a child’s pediatrician if he/she is receptive?
Yes
9. Do you or anyone in your office speak languages other than English?
Some Spanish
10. Are you willing to offer phone consultations for distant patients?
Yes
11. Do you provide any form of after-hours support?
Emergency pager for current patients
12. Do you sell proprietary nutritional supplements or have a sales agreement with supplement suppliers? Do you sell supplements at list price or less?
Yes
13. Do you take insurance? If not, do you provide organized, coded insurance forms?
Provide coded forms
14. Do you bill for laboratory tests done by commercial laboratories? How do you break down the fees?
Bill directly to labs --no mark up for labs
15. Is there a reason you might not bill for an office visit?
Sliding scale
Defeat Autism Now! (DAN!) Conferences: Completed Clinician Seminar Spring 2009
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