Location, Hours, Fees & Insurance

Location

Pathways Acupuncture
Jennifer Payne, Dipl Ac, MAcOM, CMT
866 Webster St.
Traverse City, MI 49686
231-360-3718

www.PathwaysTC.com
pathwaystc@charter.net
 

Using secure online booking from Appointment-Plus Please - I ask that you make your appointments online, if at all possible, using a secure and confidential appointment setting service. This allows me to reduce my overhead so I can pass on the savings to you in the form of lower treatment fees. If you cannot make your appointment online, please make an appointment by phone, by calling: (231) 360-3718

Directions:

Pathways Acupuncture is located in a residential neighborhood at 866 Webster Street, which is around the corner from Glen’s grocery store on 8th Street. At the stop light at 8th and Rose Street, go north on Rose Street (towards West Bay). Turn left onto the next street which is Webster (past the alley). My office is in the second house on the left, on the south side of the street. It is in unit #866 of a duplex. PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB UNIT 868. Off-street parking spots are available for Pathways Acupuncture patients directly behind the duplex. Please pull around to the alley (between 8th and Webster) and park in one of the spots designated as “Pathways Acupuncture Parking”. If all spots are full, please park on the street in front of 866 Webster. Once parked, follow the signs directing you to the office entrance. Welcome!

Hours

Normal Business Hours:	Monday	9:55 am – 1 pm, 1:55 – 4:30 pm, 5:25 – 8 pm
	Wednesday	9:55 am – 1 pm, 1:55 – 4:30 pm, 5:25 – 8 pm
	Friday	9:55 am – 1 pm, 1:55 – 4:30 pm, 5:25 – 8 pm
PTSD Clinic	Log onto our online scheduling site for available days & appointments
Substance Abuse Clinics	Schedule to be announced - Begins October 2010

Fees

Low-Cost Community Acupuncture Clinic Fees
Pathways Community Acupuncture Clinic provides high quality acupuncture treatment at affordable rates in a supportive community setting. We practice a form of acupuncture that uses mostly distal points in the hands, feet and head to treat problems anywhere in the body – meaning we may treat pain in your back by placing tiny needles in your hands. Research in the United States (as well as thousands of years of tradition in Asia) has shown that acupuncture is most effective when it is done frequently and regularly – once a week is usually the minimum required to make progress on any hind of health problem. The purpose of our sliding scale is to separate the issues of money and treatment; we want you to come in often enough to really get better and stay better!

The table below contains suggested guidelines for what you might pay depending on your income; HOWEVER, we understand that everyone’s situation is different, and our primary goal is to make acupuncture available to you as often as you need it. No questions asked!

Our Low-Cost Clinic Sliding Scale

Income	First appointment fee	Follow-Up Acupuncture treatments	Additional Treatments within the same Mon – Fri week
Under $20,000	$25	$20	+ $15 each
$20,000 - $25,000	$30	$20	+ $15 each
$25,000 - $30,000	$35	$25	+ $20 each
$30,000 - $35,000	$40	$30	+ $20 each
$35,000 - $50,000	$45	$35	+ $25 each

 

Specialty Clinic Fees – Our PTSD and Substance Abuse Specialty Clinics are conducted in the same setting and manner as our Low-Cost Clinic except that we treat four people per hour. Fees are $15 per treatment.

Private Individual Session Fees – These sessions are for people who need or want more one-on-one attention. Treatments are conducted in a private room and more discussion about treatment and dietary issues is possible along with Chinese Herbal medicine consultation, if needed, or deep tissue massage for musculoskeletal issues. These sessions cost $65.00 per hour treatment. Please call us at 231-360- 3718 or email us at pathwaystc@charter.net to schedule these types of sessions.

How To Pay For Your Acupuncture Treatment – Please have payment ready before your acupuncture session begins and hand it to the acupuncturist at the start of your session when she arrives to insert the needles. We provide payment envelopes in a basket in our entry room, which you may use if you like. We accept cash or check. We do not accept credit card payments. We allow for one missed appointment free of charge. After that, you will be charged a missed appointment fee of $15.00 for each missed appointment, which must be paid at the time of your next appointment.

Insurance

Because of the difficulties involved, I do not accept health insurance plans. I will, however, however, give you a receipt and a form with the appropriate codes that you can submit to your insurance company for your reimbursement. Medicaid and Medicare plans do not cover acupuncture treatments. Acupuncture qualifies as a Health Savings Account expense.