Family Counseling with Karine, Inc. is A Marriage and Family Therapy Corporation. This corporation is owned and operated by Karine Echighian, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT83963). This business also performs under the following DBAs: “Counseling with Karine”, “Helping with Heart”, and “Helping with Heart Counseling”.

Here are a few of the important things to know before scheduling a telehealth session.

To participate in telehealth sessions, a patient must be a good fit for remote sessions. For example, patients must be emotionally stable and not require immediate or intensive interventions or be a danger to themselves or others. Individuals must have sufficient experience and access working with technology to be able to engage in video sessions. They must have the privacy and motivation to engage in remote sessions. Each case is unique and must be assessed by both the therapist and the patient.

Therapists are licensed by the state and can only practice with patients located in that state at the time of the session. For this practice, all patients must be physically located in California for every session. At the time of the session, the physical address for each patient must be provided in case of an emergency.

You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health 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 expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services. 

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

You can ask your health care provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a 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.

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.

Whether you are utilizing insurance benefits or paying privately for services, this office is a HIPAA covered entity and in such, it is required to follow specific privacy practices. The attached notice describes how medical information about you may be used to and disclosed and how you can get access to it so please read it carefully.

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