Dr. Lauren Williams, MD- Anima Integrative Psychiatry

Our clinic does not provide acute psychiatric services or after hour care. If one feels that they are a danger to themselves or others, please visit your nearest emergency room and/or call 911. If safety is a concern, then you might need inpatient treatment, outpatient hospitalization or a practice that can offer you after hour support.

Patients are able to cancel for any reason 48 hours prior to their appointment. You may leave us a message through the patient portal. Full visit charges will apply for notice given less than 48 hours before the assigned appointment time as we do not double book and hold that time slot exclusively for the patient. If you do know that you are unable to attend your appointment. Please let us know as soon as possible so that others waiting may partake in care.

Our office provides refills and renews prescriptions only during appointments. This practice reduces prescription errors, improves patient safety and encourages appropriate follow-up. Patients will always receive enough medication or refills to last until their next recommended follow-up. Medications must be monitored appropriately. Patients are asked to track their supply, and to ensure they have an appointment scheduled before they run out of medication or run out of existing refills. Please be proactive in your care and track how much medication you have and how many refills remain on the prescription, and ensure you have an appointment to see the doctor before you are out of medication. Prescription refill requests outside a designated treatment plan, if approved by the provider, will elicit a refill request fee. In addition, when prescriptions are requested outside of an appointment, they must be done through the patient portal (hyperlink). We receive many automatic requests for prescription refills from pharmacies that are not accurate. Therefore, to reduce redundancies we consider only requests made through the portal as valid.

Our practice is well-suited for individuals with high deductibles or those utilizing Medical Savings Plans (MSA) or Health Savings Plans (HSA).

No, we are a bespoke psychiatric practice without the large administrative team needed to be able to adequately manage insurance claims. In addition, we do not participate in Medicare or Medicaid. We do this to increase the time we can spend on patient care. We also do this so that our care is less influenced by the insurance company. This also means that YOU are in control of your care– not the insurance company. That being said, we do want to bring patients’ attention to apps like Reimbusify that can make care more affordable. This particular app allows you to easily submit claims for out-of-network health insurance reimbursement . We encourage patients to partake in all mediums that make care more accessible and to check with their insurance up front if this is a concern.