Frequently Asked Questions

 

Clinical Care

  • Yes!

    A core principle of my practice is financial accessibility. To that end, I am in network with several major commercial health insurance plans.

    At the time of writing, I am able to accept:

    • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Indiana

    • Quest Behavioral Health

    • Aetna

    • Carelon Behavioral Health

    • Cigna

    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

    I am currently in the process of credentialing with the following:

    • Oscar (Optum)

    • United Healthcare (Optum)

    • Oxford (Optum)

    • Ambetter Indiana

    I intend to continue expanding to make my services accessible to all. I also intend to establish contracts with Medicare, Medicaid, and HIP. All of these contracts take time to establish, so please be patient. I also offer a limited amount of pro bono services.

  • Most commonly, people come to me for help with insomnia. However, as an expert in behavioral sleep medicine, I can assess and treat most sleep disorders. See this page for more information. If you need services beyond what I can provide, I will help you connect with the appropriate resources.

  • First, I work with each patient to create an individualized formulation. This is just a fancy term for “what’s going wrong and why?” Then, we create a personalized treatment plan that is tailored to that formulation. This means that each step we take is based on an understanding of your unique situation. This also means that we don’t waste time with generic advice that you’ve probably already heard and that isn’t relevant to you. As we move through treatment, we continue to update and revise the formulation and treatment plan as needed.

  • I can provide treatment for most mood and anxiety disorders. Many people experience both sleep problems and mood/anxiety disorders, so I am pleased to be able to treat a wide variety of problems that my patients experience.

  • No.


    Most of my patients are more interested in getting off of sleep medications or prefer not to start sleep medications in the first place. Whether you are taking sleep medications or not, I will help you improve your sleep in the manner you see fit. I can make recommendations and coordinate with your primary care provider or other physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant involved in your care if it seems like changes in your current medication regime would be helpful.

  • The length of treatment varies by the disorder being treated. The most common problem I treat, chronic insomnia disorder, typically requires three to eight follow-up sessions after the initial evaluation. Sessions are scheduled weekly or biweekly.

 

Clinical Consultation

  • Yes, I offer both individual and group consultation for clinicians who are developing their skills in behavioral sleep medicine or require consultation to be eligible for the DBSM exam via the alternate track,

  • Yes, I offer one-time consultation for clinicians who are feeling stuck with a particular case or require help formulating a complex case. Or I’m happy to use consultation time to answer general questions you have about sleep and behavioral sleep medicine.

  • I will send you an electronic invoice with a variety of payment options.

  • Fill out the consultation request form on the consultation page and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

 

Corporate Consultation

  • I offer tailored recommendations based on my clinical experience and knowledge of research in the field of behavioral sleep medicine. This can include screening, assessment, progress tracking, clinical decision making, and tailoring interventions to specific populations and interventionists.

  • I will send you an electronic invoice with a variety of payment options.

  • Fill out the consultation request form on the consultation page and I will get back to you as soon as I can.