Effective 1/1/2022, a new federal law called the “No Surprises Act” was enacted. This law requires us to provide you with a “good faith estimate” of the total cost of your treatment. Estimating the total cost of psychiatric and psychotherapy treatment is very difficult because the course of treatment varies for everyone. The law requires us to make this estimate prior to completing an assessment which further complicates things. In psychiatry and psychotherapy, there are only a handful of CPT codes (billing codes) that can be used and the prices for those codes do not vary.

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical care will cost. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the bill for medical items and services.

• You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.

• Make sure your health care provider gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing at least 1 business day before your medical service or item. You can also ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service.

• If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill.

• Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.

I wish to honor and acknowledge that the land on which Edmond stands has long served as a place of gathering, hunting, and healing by many Indigenous nations, including the Osage, Caddo, Wichita, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, as well as others who were later forcibly relocated here—among them the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole.

 I express gratitude for their enduring presence, resilience, and stewardship of this land. I recognize that sovereignty was never ceded, and I commit to listening, learning, and supporting Indigenous communities in their ongoing efforts toward justice, cultural preservation, and self-determination.

• American Counseling Association (ACA)

• International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP)

• Oklahoma Eating Disorder Assocation (OEDA)

• Oklahoma Counseling Association

• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

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