Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
Therapy Fee Schedule
Individual therapy session 50 minutes: $120 per session.
Individual Intake session 90 minutes: $175 per session.
EMDR 90 minute sessions: $175 per session.
EMDR 3-hour intensive during regular business hours - $400
I do not accept insurance and am not considered an "in-network provider."
I am happy to provide you with the necessary paperwork at the end of each month to submit the claim on your own for potential reimbursement, which will require an official mental health diagnosis. However, each insurance plan is different, and I cannot guarantee any reimbursement.
*I do not currently accept Medicaid clients. Per Colorado regulations, all Medicaid and Medicaid Exchange plan participants must use a Medicaid-approved or exchange-approved provider.
Voucher/Scholarship programs accepted:
1. The Grief Center of Southwest Colorado. Low-cost and No-cost scholarships for grief therapy are available for individuals and groups. Contact Judy Austin at 970-764-7142.
*If you would like to work with me through the Grief Center, please call me first at 970-880-4676 to determine availability.
2. Second Wind Fund (youth struggling with thoughts of suicide): 12 free sessions available. https://forms.zohopublic.com/secondwindfund/form/ClientDetails/formperma/Z0_WfyqGuAo-RaKArz5kkf03nENuC6ghMCpd5zMj5pY
3. CB State of Mind. (Crested Butte residents) Mental health vouchers for up to 10 sessions. https://cbstateofmind.org/learn-more/therapy-scholarships/
4. IKON PASS scholarships through Alterra. Available to ski patrollers, bike patrollers, and heli guides in any Ikon Pass community for up to $1,000 per individual to seek evidence-based trauma treatment. Applicants can work with their own provider or seek guidance through AMCCF to find a provider. You can apply at https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/patroller_heli and request to use me, Julie Hutson, LPC, as your provider.
*Fee discounts are available for veterans and their families, police personnel, and emergency responders.
No Surprises Act
Your Rights and Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills
What is “balance billing” (sometimes called “surprise billing”)?
When you see a doctor or other health care provider, you may owe certain out-of-pocket costs, such as a copayment, coinsurance, and/or a deductible. You may have other costs or have to pay the entire bill if you see a provider or visit a health care facility that isn’t in your health plan’s network.
“Out-of-network” describes providers and facilities that haven’t signed a contract with your health plan. Out-of-network providers may be permitted to bill you for the difference between what your plan agreed to pay and the full amount charged for a service. This is called “balance billing.” This amount is likely more than in-network costs for the same service and might not count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit.
“Surprise billing” is an unexpected balance bill. This can happen when you can’t control who is involved in your care—like when you have an emergency or when you schedule a visit at an in-network facility but are unexpectedly treated by an out-of-network provider.
You are protected from balance billing for:
Emergency services
If you have an emergency medical condition and get emergency services from an out-of-network provider or facility, the most the provider or facility may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-
sharing amount (such as copayments and coinsurance). You can’t be balance billed for these emergency services. This includes services you may get after you’re in stable condition unless you give written consent and give up your protections not to be balanced billed for this post-stabilization services.
Certain services at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center
When you get services from an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, certain providers there may be out-of-network. In these cases, the most those providers may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount. This applies to emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist, or intensivist services. These providers can’t balance bill you and may not ask you to give up your protections not to be balance billed.
If you get other services at these in-network facilities, out-of-network providers can’t balance bill you, unless you give written consent and give up your protections. You’re never required to give up your protections from balance billing. You also aren’t required to get care out-of-network. You can choose a provider or facility in your plan’s network.
When balance billing isn’t allowed, you also have the following protections:
• You are only responsible for paying your share of the cost (like the copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles that you would pay if the provider or facility was in-network). Your health plan will pay out-of-network providers and facilities directly.
• Your health plan generally must:
o Cover emergency services without requiring you to get approval for services in advance (prior authorization).
o Cover emergency services by out-of-network providers.
o Base what you owe the provider or facility (cost-sharing) on what it would pay an in-network provider or facility and show that amount in your explanation of benefits.
o Count any amount you pay for emergency services or out-of-network services toward your deductible and out-of-pocket limit.
If you believe you’ve been wrongly billed, please contact your insurance company at the number on
your ID card, or the Division of Insurance at 303-894-7490, 1-800-930-3745, or
Visit the CMS No Surprises Act website for more information about your rights under federal law.
Visit DOI Out-of-Network website for more information about your rights under Colorado state law.
Ambulance Information: Balance billing claims related to services provided by air ambulances are
governed by federal law. Services provided by ground ambulances are regulated by Colorado state law
and do not allow private companies to balance bill. However, you may be balance billed for emergency
services you receive if the ambulance service provider is a publicly funded fire agency or if the ambulance services are for a non-emergency, such as ambulance transport between hospitals, that is not a post-stabilization service.
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