Getting Started
At t he Nourishing Wellness Medical Centre, our goal is to provide the highest level of  personalized integrative medical care. Participation in your own care is vital to your success. Following these instructions and guidelines will ensure Dr. Peters and his staff are able to provide the best care possible.
GETTING STARTED
Becoming a client at Nourishing Wellness is simple, we can assess a program that will best suit your health needs. For your convenience, you can download many of our forms and policies, listed below.
Prior to your office visit, please dowload and review the policies and complete the forms. Fax or mail them back to the Nourishing Wellness office prior to the day of your appointment. This will enhance the time you have together. It will allow the Nourishing Wellness Team time to help solve your problems more efficiently. A few minutes spent ahead of time will add to the quality of care at the time of our appointment.
- Letter from the Nourishing Wellness Team
- Practice Policies for Patients
- Financial and Cancellation Policy and Driving Directions
- Health and Medical Questionnaire
- 3 Day Diet Record
- Informed Consent Regarding Email Use of Protected Legal Information
- Medical Release Form (PDF)-Authorization to Release Protected Health Information
MEDICAL RECORDS
If this is your first consultation with Dr Peters or his staff, it is imperative to have your medical records on hand prior to your appointment. This will ensure that they can provide you with the best possible comprehensive care. If you have any new tests or consultations with other health care providers after your care has begun, please send those by mail or fax to Dee Dee prior to your next appointment. Please call 310-792-7830 Dee Dee, our office manager, with any questions . She can assist you with the request from your physician to have your records be sent to our office. Medical records can only be released with your authorization. Dee Dee will fax or mail you an "authorization to release protected health information" for you to use with your other healthcare providers.
PHONE CONSULTATIONS
At the time you book your phone consult you will be provided a direct number to call at the time of your appointment. If the line forwards to voice mail, Dr. Peters is likely finishing up with a client. Please leave a message and he will call you right back.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Due to our growing requests for consultations, a 24-hour cancellation policy has been implemented; otherwise you will be charged for the full amount of the consultation. You may cancel by calling the office at (310) 792-7830. If you call after hours, leave a message and your appointment will be cancelled.
CONSULTATION FEES
- Initial 90-minute consultation: $ 250
- 45-Minute Office or Phone Follow up Consultation: $125
- 30- Minute Office or Phone Follow up Consultation $ 75
PAYMENT POLICIES
The consultation and laboratory tests will be charged to your credit card at the time of the appointment with Dr.Peters. If you are seeing Dr. Peters in person you have the option to pay by credit card or check.
INSURANCE INFORMATION
Dr. Peters does accept Medicare but not other insurance plans at this time. However, you can request a bill for services performed that you may submit to your insurance carriers. Many insurance carriers will cover medical services and laboratory tests performed by Dr. Peters. However you are responsible for full payment at the time of services.
COORDINATION WITH PHYSICIANS OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Often Dr. Peters is asked to confer with your primary care physician or specialists you may have seen. He will be happy to send copies of records, tests and treatments plans to your other physicians. By request, he can call your physician, or a three-way conference call can be arranged. His primary concern is to ensure that all your medical care is coordinated and integrated with all your health care providers.
LABORATORY TESTING: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH
Have you ever felt sick enough to be examined by your doctor, have blood tests done, and x-rays taken, only for to have your doctor report back that, "All your tests are normal"? Yet both you and your doctor know you are sick?
Unfortunately this experience is all too common. Most physicians just order the same familiar lab test and x-rays. The usual tests may not look for deep enough for the etiology of your symptoms .
The usual tests do not look for the causes of illness. The test offered through Nourishing Wellness Medical Centre offer detailed lipid analyses, nutritional deficiencies, metabolic imbalances, food allergies and neurotransmitter levels and more.
Dr. Peters uses these cutting edge diagnostic tests to help his patients prevent illness, and discover the cause for many chronic and difficult to treat conditions. Some testing can be done through conventional laboratories, and others only through specialty laboratories.
Dr. Peters will guide you through the best assessment to help you prevent and reverse disease. Some test can be performed at home. Others may require you to go to a local laboratory to draw the blood. In all cases Dr. Peters can order and coordinate all initial and follow up testing.
You will receive copies of all your test results and be guided through their interpretation and implications for treatment through follow up consultations with Dr. Peters
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