Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to some of the more common questions
What is a neuropsychological evaluation?
A neuropsychologist administers and interprets standardized measures to understand the relationship between the brain and behavior. The evaluation assesses an individual’s cognitive, academic, behavioral, and social-emotional functioning.
While the measures administered vary based upon the reason for the referral and are individually selected for each patient, the areas assessed typically include intellectual functioning, fine motor, attention, language abilities, visual spatial skills, memory and learning, and executive functioning. Dr. Stocker often includes personality testing and various self-report or parent-report measures.
Dr. Stocker approaches assessment from a strength based and patient-centered lens. Her goal is to help the patient, family, caregivers, or treatment team understand the patient’s unique strengths and vulnerabilities and to assist with effective treatment planning. Dr. Stocker is trauma-informed and neurodiversity affirming.
What is the process of a neuropsychological evaluation?
The assessment process is generally conducted across three scheduled appointments.
- Clinical Interview: The evaluation process starts with a clinical interview where Dr. Stocker gathers information about the patient’s past and current functioning. This information is obtained from the patient, parents, or collateral sources as appropriate. She will also review any important records.
- In-person Testing: This appointment ranges from 4-7 hours of standardized test administration and is individualized based on the referral questions. Once the evaluation is complete, Dr. Stocker will score the measures and write a report discussing the findings, diagnostic impressions, and individualized treatment recommendations.
- Feedback: After the report is complete, Dr. Stocker will meet with the patient to discuss the findings, including diagnostic impressions, strengths and vulnerabilities, and personalized recommendations. This appointment usually occurs 2-3 weeks after the evaluation. The final report will then be shared with the referral source and the patient, unless otherwise discussed at the onset of services.
Insurance
At this time, Dr. Stocker is an in-network provider with Priority Health. It is anticipated that she will be an in-network with BCBS soon.
If Dr. Stocker is not in-network with your insurance, she will provide patients with a detailed “superbill” to submit to their insurance carrier for reimbursement if requested. It is important to know that reimbursement for testing is dependent on your insurance plan, and we provide no guarantee that they will reimburse services. If a patient is seeking insurance reimbursement, they are responsible for completing any paperwork required by their insurance company.
Insurance does not cover the assessment for learning disorders or academic accommodation, forensic, court-ordered, fitness for duty, or FAA evaluations.
Fee for the evaluation
If Dr. Stocker is not in-network with your insurance, or if insurance does not cover the type of evaluation reqeuested, then a Good Faith Estimate will be provided prior to the start of the service.
The fees associated with forensic or court-ordered, fitness-for-duty, and FAA evaluations are case specific and not covered by insurance.
For any questions related to cost, please schedule a free 15-minute consultation with Dr. Stocker.
Payment Details: We require every patient to have a credit card on file at the time of scheduling. For clinical evaluations, the services will be billed in two intervals. There is a $500 deposit fee that is paid at the time of scheduling that is applied to the final bill. The remaining fee for the evaluation will be charged the day of the evaluation.
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