Tele-health, HIPAA protected, insurance and private pay services.

 “Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease”  -  Hippocrates

Questions we recommend you ask your insurance provider to confirm coverage and billing details. Does your coverage include: 

• Telehealth coverage, outpatient medical nutrition therapy (MNT), diabetes self-management, and/or preventative care nutrition counseling ?

• If yes, what codes are covered by your plan? RDs use a preventative code and at times they use diagnostic codes.

• If no, are there any out-of-network benefits?

• Is there any billing or coverage information you or your provider should know.

• Do you require a referral from your physician to receive nutrition counseling ? Many plans do not.

• How many sessions are covered per year, and what month does your policy renew?

• Do you have a deductible for nutrition counseling services? 

• If yes, how much is the deductible, and how much of it has been met? 

• Are there any other limitations to your coverage we should know about?

Please maintain these records, provide this information to us and follow the service coverage along with us. 

Patients covered through Berry Street.

Please follow link below.

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• Emblem Health - NY ☆

• Highmark /Blue Cross Blue Shield of Northeastern NY

• Medicare

• UHC - The Empire Plan

• UHC - Extended plans NY, NJ ☆

• Insurance Patients :

If your insurance is listed above, please call your plan to ask if you are directly covered with Mary Beth McCue, or if you are covered to see her through Berry Street. If you are directly covered with MaryBeth, please take 10 minutes to verify by pre-certifying.  If you are covered to see Mary Beth through Berry Street, please follow Berry Street onboarding tab below. 

      Patients plans directly covered with Mary Beth.  Pre-Certify with your insurance-

It’s always best to pre-certify healthcare services with your insurance company before scheduling a consultation. This information changes often and many private practice providers do not have staff to work with insurers. Please call your members benefits department of your insurance provider using phone number on the back of your insurance card . Please document the name of the representative you speak with and request a call reference number.  This information will help should there be any future disputes about coverage.

• Private Pay Patients

Open below for private pay services. Click the “ ＋ ”.

✬ Important Considerations when seeking Functional Nutrition Services

Ensure you are working with a qualified credentialed professional. They should ☆ be a credentialed health care provider (RD, CDN) who follows a code of ethics, and who has a ☆ national &/or ☆state nutritionist licensure/certification; ☆ If they specialize is an area of nutrition practice, look for the completion of a professionally accredited training which includes testing-out to acquire a credential in Integrative and Functional Nutrition (IFNCP), and has a ☆ Nutrition Degree(s). They should have experience in clinical settings where application, learning and practice occur. Credentialed healthcare providers are required to remain current in practice by completing professional “Continual Education Units” and training throughout their practicing career.

☆ New York State is one of four states that does not regulate dietitian or nutritionist licensure. A NY State certification for dietitians/nutritionists allows for those certified, AND those that are not certified, to offer nutrition advice, make clinical recommendations and charge for such services. Dietitians can additionally apply for insurance credentialing which, if approved, allows them to offer insurance covered services.