Any adult woman who wants to take control of her own health is a perfect patient to us! Patients vary in complexity and health goals. We help high functioning women who have no medical conditions optimize their physical and emotional health, lose body fat, gain muscle, improve sleep, optimize hormone health and improve physical and cognitive performance. We also treat women with complex autoimmune diseases who are under the care of many medical specialists and looking for a more holistic, whole person approach to her healing. And then we see all the women in between! 

At Inner Garden Health we are all women. We know and understand the challenges faced by today's high functioning women and are here to support you and get you back on track, for years to come. 

Our treatment focuses on lifestyle interventions: nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress reduction and optimization of relationships.  Herbals and nutraceuticals/supplements may be prescribed to help support your body, based on personalized needs. Prescription medication- often in the form of bio-identical hormones- may be prescribed as well. This truly holistic approach incorporates both eastern and western options and is overall directed by the patient’s goals and preferences. Your physician will always ensure safety of treatments and discontinue any recommendations if efficacy is not seen. A trusting relationship between you the patient and your practitioner is paramount and an extremely valuable tool available to promote health and healing. Time is spent cultivating this relationship to build mutual trust and respect.

Our office does not accept any insurance. You may pay by check, credit card, or HSA debit card. Upon request, we can provide you with a copy of the superbill which you can submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement for out-of-network care. The superbill is a detailed medical receipt that contains procedure codes, diagnosis codes, and the fees charged for your office visit. We cannot guarantee what reimbursement, if any, you may receive. We do not submit claims or call insurance companies directly. This is the responsibility of the patient.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to see any patients who have Medicare, even if they do not plan on submitting a superbill. We hope this will change in the near future and deeply appreciate your understanding.  

Unfortunately, when doctors participate with insurance carriers, they enter into a contract that allows the insurance companies to dictate what services will be supplied, limiting the quality of care and time spent with each patient that we believe you deserve. As operational costs to maintain a clinic continue to rise, reimbursement has fallen, forcing most doctors to see more and more patients a day, keeping office visits very brief.  We believe this approach of seeing patients for shortened visit times does not allow us to create the personalized plan of care that is necessary in a functional or integrative approach.

Most laboratory services provided by LabCorp or Quest can be billed directly to your insurance plans unless you don’t have out- of-network coverage. For those who do not have good lab coverage we have partnered with LabCorp and negotiated a lower, fixed lab cost for our routine blood work labs. Most have found that this cost is less than their copay for the same tests.  This gives us the freedom to order a more comprehensive workup without concern for a denial of coverage, as the labs are paid for upfront.

 Most specialty labs are not covered by your insurance plans. Please check with your insurance company regarding deductibles and reimbursement for out-of-network labs. It is not the responsibility of Inner Garden Health Functional Medicine to understand your individual insurance coverage.

NO. As a patient of Inner Garden Health you are required to have a primary care physician. Dr. Katie OBrien offers Functional Medicine consultation only and does not function as your primary care physician nor as an urgent/emergent care physician. You must have a primary care physician for yearly physicals, wellness visits and for after-hours or urgent care purposes. We do not respond to urgent requests of any sort, including messages or phone calls. You must have a primary care doctor for this purpose.