How does Dr. Swinton track my progress?

Each session you and any other participants in counseling (in the case of family or couples counseling) will be asked to complete four brief evaluations that track mental health symptoms, stress levels, and overall outcome progress. It is best practice to track indicators of progress. As a result, insurance companies will reimburse Dr. Swinton for the administration, scoring, recording, and tracking of the results of these evaluations. Hence, if you have insurance pay for counseling, we will submit claims for these evaluations. The reimbursement rates are small and typically don’t add much in terms of cost to patients. If you are self-pay the evaluations will still need to be completed, but there is no additional cost for the administration, scoring, recording, and tracking because we don’t have to take the time to bill the insurance company.