Payment is due at the time of service, at the conclusion of each session.  The fee for a 50 minute session is $125.00.  

 

• Cash and personal checks are preferred method of payment, though payment using credit cards may be accepted.
• Upon request, invoices for the cost of treatment will be provided, for submission to an insurance company for reimbursement.  Invoices will be either hand-delivered at a subsequent session or sent via password-protected email, so long as an email address if indicated on the Provider-Patient Contact Consent Form and authorized by signature.

• It is the client’s responsibility to know and understand his or her insurance policy and benefits and to determine if the insurance company will offer reimbursements for treatment received from Andrew Aaron, LICSW.  Click here to view five questions (in green) that may be helpful to ask your health insurance company to determine if you are eligible for reimbursement.
• The cost of missed appointments or short-notice cancellation of appointments will be automatically billed to your previously-provided credit card at the above-mentioned rate.
• Sending a bill for services is not part of the regular procedure and will occur only under unusual circumstances.

 

Andrew Aaron, LICSW is a provider for only one health insurance company, Health Plans, a minor subsidiary of Harvard Pilgrim.  

 

• For clients who are members of Health Plans, co-pays will be paid directly to Andrew Aaron at the end of each session.  Andrew Aaron, LICSW will be responsible for submitting claims to the insurance company and for collecting payment for treatment from them, at the rate that Health Plans and Andrew Aaron, LICSW have negotiated.
• Clients are responsible for knowing the extent and limitations of their health insurance benefits.  Clients are also responsible for tracking their therapy visits.  Clients will be responsible for the cost of therapy sessions for which Health Plans denies payment.