Consultations & Testing
for Accepted Cases

At Natural Wayz LLC, Dr. Astrea focuses on educating you rather than treating you.

 

Teh current medical model is amazing yet reductionistic and disempowering.

 

Dr. Astrea aims to give you choices, sovereignty, and permission to heal yourself.

 

Natural Wayz offer information diverse perspectives, empowering you to make informed choices on your path forward.

 

If you meet the criteria for a qualified case, Dr. Astrea emphasizes that you always have options if her recommendations do not resonate with you.

 

Other treatment options for musculoskeletal, neurologic, or other may include the following:
- Over-the-counter analgesics, which can cause irritation to the stomach, liver, and kidneys, with other side effects.
- Medical care typically involves prescription medications, anti-inflammatory drugs, tranquilizers, and analgesics, which carry risks of various undesirable side effects and potential dependence.
- Hospitalization with medical care poses the risk of exposure to contagious diseases.
- Surgery, when combined with medical care, carries risks of adverse reactions to anesthesia and a longer recovery.

Functional Wellness Initial Consultation

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This is a qulaified service only.

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In order for this consultation to be approved for scheduling, you are required to complete some educational steps, pass a committment questionnaire, completed paperwork, a nutri-genomic test and specific ffunctional lab assessments.

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This consultation will take approximately 1 hour and is offered as a zoom session only. ​ 

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​1 hr Zoom meeting ... $200

Functional Wellness laboratory tests will be ordered and , will include a colorful report based on test findings with nutritoinal recommendations.

 

 

 

 

$300

It is important to understand that according to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, Section 201(g)(1), the term drug is defined as an “article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.”

 

Vitamins, minerals, trace elements, amino acids, herbs, or homeopathic remedies do not fall under this classification but still have foundational roles in health.

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At Natural Wayz, Dr. Astrea provides information about the human body and the use of natural therapies in order to support the biomechanical processes of the human body.

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These products may also be suggested with a specific therapeutic purpose in mind, however, their use is chiefly designed to support aspects of metabolic function.

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Nutritional supplements may be safely recommended for patients using pharmaceutical medications, but some potentially harmful interactions may occur.

 

For this reason, it is important to keep all healthcare providers fully informed about all medications, supplements, herbs, or hormones you may be taking.

 

As you change the health of your cells, your requirement for medications may be impacted and will need managed by their prescriber.

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​Dr. Astrea chooses products only from manufacturers who have gained her confidence through considerable research, past patient results, and self-experiences. Her qaulity criteria are: (1) the quality of science behind the product; (2) the quality of the ingredients themselves in location of source, farming, and harvest; (3) the quality of the manufacturing process; (4) the synergism among product components; (5) and experience and efficacy. 

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While these supplements may come at a higher cost than those found on the shelves of convenience, grocery, or health food stores, the value must also include assurance of their purity, quality, bioavailability (ability to be absorbed and used by the body), and effectiveness. 

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© 2022 The Institute for Functional Medicine   

The health insurance industry merges well with the strength of acute care, trauma, catastrophe, disease management, and symptom control, but it is not as strong for the overall process of wellness practices.

 

Insurance has a hand in managing the bio-medical model of care with diagnoses and treatment codes.

 

However, this system it isn't designed to pay for our toothpaste or organic broccoli, but hopefully we recognize that these things are important to maintain health. 

 

Because all things offered at Natural Wayz aim to prevent disease, promote wellness, are simple, self-empowered investment strategies and they cannot be covered by insurance companies.

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Things to understand about our health insurance product…

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1. An insurance company does not dictate a practitioner’s scope of practice.  Practitioners are regulated in their boundaries of treatments and therapies by state and national governing bodies. 

There is no requirement for practitioners to participate in insurance networks, but if they do, they manage the patient’s case to determine if the patient's condition meets medical necessity guidelines, regardless of the consumer’s benefit package. 

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2. Insurance companies set parameters that do not necessarily tell you what you will require for your individual health journey but may help pay for acute situations and disease management. 

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Medical necessity is NOT the same as clinical necessity. Medical necessity is a definition set for payment criteria per your insurance provider.

 

All services that are clinically appropriate for stabilization, maintenance, and wellness may not be medically necessary according to your insurance product definitions.

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Evaluations, treatments, and consultations that assess balance, aim to promote wellness, and enhance the quality of life are not deemed medically necessary nor reimbursable by your insurance company. This does not mean that they are unwarranted or invalid.

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3. Insurance companies regulate what they will pay for according to the product that you purchased as their consumer.   

Dr. Astrea’s primary licensure is as a chiropractor and under the scope of this license, she can diagnose conditions of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems using the bio-medical model of care. Diagnoses codes can be delivered and then a code for appropriate treatment can be attached.

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Services performed by Dr. Astrea’s that are outside of the bio-medical model, like functional medicine services, cranio sacral therapy, and Kathara Bio-Regensis Healing, may use conventional diagnostic testing, but do not assess for conventional diagnoses nor treat illnesses.

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