Jennifer L Gunst, DAOM, L.Ac
Cypress Natural Medicine
359 Middlefield Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Telephone: 650-323-7345
Fax: 650-323--2139
Email: jen@cnmhealth.com
Website: www.cnmhealth.com
Specialties: Chinese Medicine, Bioset, Quantum Bioenergetics
1. What are the primary medical specialties in which you were originally trained (e.g., pediatrics, family medicine)?
General Practice
2. Approximately how many individuals with autism have you treated, and what is the age range?
25; 5 years - 18 years old
3. Do you usually have a waiting list?
No
4. On the average, how long do you spend face-to-face with a new patient for an initial consultation?
60 - 90 minutes
5. After the first consultation, what is the average length of an appointment?
30 - 60 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)?
Yes! Encouraged.
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?
Yes, Spanish
10. Are you willing to offer phone consultations for distant patients?
Yes
11. Do you provide any form of after-hours support?
Email, pager
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 and yes.
13. Do you take insurance? If not, do you provide organized, coded insurance forms?
Provide SuperBills
14. Do you bill for laboratory tests done by commercial laboratories? How do you break down the fees?
Payment to lab directly or tests charged at cost.
15. Is there a reason you might not bill for an office visit?
Charity/ donation of services
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