Services

We offer both in person and telehealth care. Telehealth allows you to conduct your visit with our practitioners from the comfort of your home where most of your “health care” takes place. This is appropriate for most functional medicine care. Dr. Paulson offers in person visits in McCall, ID and Garden City, ID. 

We are preferred providers with Blue Cross of Idaho, Blue Shield plans, Regence, Pacific Source, Select Health, Mountain Health Co-Op, Cigna, and Providence. We are not in network with Regence of Oregon Individual Plans, Medicaid, or Medicare.

Please call your insurance provider to guarantee coverage. Most insurances not listed above are considered out-of-network. Please see below for out of network patient options.

We accept all HSA and FSA cards as a form of payment.

Medicare and Medicaid are not accepted and patients will be considered as Self Pay.

For out-of-network patients, you can pay cash. We offer a generous 30% discount off of our rates typically billed to insurance. Additionally, we can provide you with a detailed bill (Super Bill) for most services that contain ICD-10 diagnostic codes and CPT codes for you to submit to your insurance company for potential reimbursement. We accept all HSA and FSA cards as a form of payment.

Functional Medicine is a holistic and personalized approach to healthcare, which seeks to address the root cause(s) of chronic disease and dysfunction. Treatment may include functional lab testing, stress management techniques, dietary/exercise and lifestyle recommendations, supplements and prescription medications. Conventional Medicine is focused on symptom amelioration with use of pharmaceuticals as the primary intervention.  

This answer depends. Our FNP’s are contracted with insurances as a primary care provider, but you must be accepted into our primary care practice to ensure our clinic structure can meet your health care needs. We do offer annual wellness exams for all ages in our Garden City, ID office. 

Your initial visit will include a comprehensive consultation where we discuss your health history, symptoms, and goals. This visit will also include a diagnostic lab test order to further understand your health needs (We do not order labs in advance of the initial visit). Your practitioner may make nutrition, movement, sleep recommendations on your first visit.  The first visit is about starting the therapeutic relationship and gathering a good history. 

You must be motivated to want change! We understand it is hard and we have a health coach who can help you make those changes. While we try to use food as medicine, most patients will show a need for extra nutrient support from supplements. 

We require all new patients to have a “functional blood draw panel” at Quest Diagnostics or LabCorp. If you have had labs done in the past 6 months and upload those to the portal prior to your appointment, we can use those and avoid repetition.  Our clinic has access to discounted lab pricing and your entire panel can be done for $200-$400. We have found insurance companies deny some of our labs and will pass a charge of $220 for each lab to you. If you opt for insurance billing and labs are denied, that is your choice and not our responsibility.  

Our practice does not have the manpower to deal with re-coding and calling your lab regarding denials. 

We utilize many functional speciality lab tests such as DUTCH hormone, microbiome testing, genetic testing via 3×4 or Nutrition Genome, Genova Diagnostics, Vibrant America to name a few. 

Yes, if needed. Medications are prescribed based on patient history, necessity and as part of a patient-provider agreement. Some medications such as hormones or peptides will require consent forms prior to prescribing.

Prescription medications can be processed through insurance. In some cases, medications will not be covered, and in those cases I offer alternatives. We work closely with several highly accredited compounding pharmacies and their pharmacists. In doing so, we will strive to get you the highest quality medications for the lowest prices.

We have created a SHOP page with links to our online stores here on our website. Dr. Paulson has vetted these products and strives to offer you the highest quality supplements that are not adulterated with or stored in hot warehouses. 

We offer patients a 10% discount by ordering directly from Fullscript. Any other supplements not available via Fullscript will be indicated where to purchase on your visit summary after your appointment.

Your appointment will vary from 30-60 minutes depending on the visit type. This time is reserved for you and provider and staff time is used in preparation for your visit. Please cancel your appointment online or by phone at least 48 hours prior to your appointment if you need to cancel. This will allow time for the slot to be filled by another patient. If you do not notify us at least 48 hours in advance, you will be charged a $100 (follow up appointment) or $200 (new patient appointment) cancellation/no-show fee.

No. State laws require your licensed practitioner to hold a license that the state the patient is in at the time of the visit. Our practitioners hold active licenses in Oregon, Idaho, Arizona and can see patients in those states.