​Insurance Benefit Verification

Since payment for services is ultimately your responsibility, we recommend calling the number on the back of your insurance card and asking them the questions below. You may optionally copy/paste the questions with your answers into the form below to send it to us.

If you just want us to screen for any known issues with your plan, feel free to upload the card images below and we'll let you know our experience to date with the plan.

• Does my plan cover nutrition counseling, procedure codes 97802 and 97803?
  
  
• Is nutrition counseling covered as a preventive benefit? 
  If so, are there certain criteria that must be met to qualify (e.g. "obesity" or cardiovascular risk factors)? 
  Are preventive services covered in full/ 100% by insurance?
  
  
• Is nutrition counseling covered as a medical benefit?
  If so, are there any excluded diagnoses?
  Do I have a deductible to meet before insurance will pay?
  Will I have a copay/ coinsurance?
  
  
• Do I need a referral or prior-authorization? ​
  Note that regardless of what a rep tells you, we require a referral for all Aetna, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage plans. Pre-authorization is required for Kaiser HMO.
  
  
• Is nutrition counseling covered when provided via telehealth?
  
  
• How many visits are allowed?
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• Is the provider I'm seeing at Dandelion Nutrition in-network? Our NPI numbers are listed below if they ask.
  Marlene Hillyer 1336442334,  Emily Izer 1306425194, Erica Harsch 1639685936, Geanna Revell 1447809199, Hannah Robinson 1598228363, Jamie Clayton 1265921548, Morgan McDonnell 1407444342, Raven Bonnar-Pizzorno 1861648420, Stephanie Voytek 1194341339
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• Write down the date and reference number for your call.
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