Frequently Asked Questions

Firelight Psychiatry is an outpatient psychiatric clinic offering services to those physically in the state of Colorado through telemedicine and limited in-office sessions.  

Firelight Psychiatry offers diagnosis, treatment, medication management, and specific targeted counseling services as part of each treatment visit to a limited number of patients.  

Firelight Psychiatry does not provide medical marijuana cards, Opioid Addiction Treatment, stimulant prescriptions to new adult ADHD patients with OUT a neuropsychiatric evaluation by a qualified provider completed and available for review, stand alone therapy services at this time but Firelight Psychiatry does work with many excellent therapist and most times can provide a referral or suggestions for therapy services. 

Firelight Psychiatry offers telemed appointments through Doxy.me.  Sessions begin on Tuesday at 1pm with the last appointment at 630pm, Thursday and Fridays session start at 730am with the last session starting at 330pm.  Office Hours are on Wednesday to answer emails, submit authorizations, peer-peer and case-management meetings and other necessary evil office tasks.  The office is NOT open on any other day.

Firelight Psychiatry provides services primarily via telemedicine with limited in-person sessions offered at the office in Colorado Springs on N. Academy Blvd.

Medicaid (including Colorado Access and Rocky Mountain Health Plans)

CIGNA 

AETNA 

UnitedHealthcare 

Tricare West

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado

Medicare (Including UnitedHealthcare Managed option)

Self-Pay- cash option - $150 Initial Appointment (when available) $100 Follow-Ups

 **Many practices have a much higher initial visit rate- I disagree with this as I want to make treatment affordable and accessible to those that are uninsured.

YES!  

I understand that choosing a psychiatric provider is an important decision and I'm happy to schedule a 15min consultation to meet and see if you think we may be a good fit:)

No, although I try to be responsive to portal messages from current patients I am NOT an emergency services provider, if you are having a mental health emergency please call 911.

No, not without a Neuropsychological Evaluation showing that you have ADHD as a confirmed diagnosis.  If you think you may have ADHD I'm happy to help you distinguish this illness from other mental illness's that present much like ADHD and provide a list of psychologists that provide psychological evaluations.  If you have a confirmed diagnosis from another qualified provider or a neuropsychological evaluation completed I'm happy to provide appropriate treatment for diagnosed ADHD.

Very rarely.  If you are already on a benzodiazepine, expect that we'll be trying to find alternatives as they tend to interfere with memory and cognition.  There is growing evidence showing the relationship between early cognitive decline and long term benzo use.

First - I offer to help my patients in any way I can, including these requests, however I offer these services for current patients ONLY, meaning those that have been under my care for more than 3 months consistently.

• Disability Requests -  I rarely agree with the request for long term disability for my  for patients because if I'm doing my job right you should be able to participate in day to day life and work once we have you on effective and appropriate treatment.  Sometimes a short term leave is necessary while stability is attained and retained but these issues are addressed on a case by case basis.  
• Accommodation requests - If the accommodation you are requesting is reasonable and appropriate then yes, I'm glad to help with these requests.
• ESA letters - In rural areas in the east if a person has depression symptoms due to a circumstance or an imbalance in their brain, the community will get together and give that person a baby calf to care for... that IS the treatment.  I believe that animals enhance our lives in almost every way.  I provide ESA letters according to Colorado law after an interview and evaluation of both you and your prospective emotional support animal.