INNOVATIVE PRACTICE FORM

Name: Dr. Michael Rogers

Address: Asheville, NC

Phone #: 704-251-0094

Dr. Rogers is a partner/co-owner of Natures Pharmacy in Asheville, N.C. It is a totally natural pharmacy that does not fill prescriptions. They only sell homeopathic type medications, vitamins, minerals, herbals, etc.

An important service of the pharmacy is the patient consultation. Dr. Rogers will go over the patient's problem and make recommendations about natural products. He will also go over a patient's prescription medication to make sure no drug interactions will take place between the prescription medication and the natural product that he is making a recommendation for.

Dr. Rogers is also involved in giving talks on alternative treatments (with natural products) to other health care practitioners.

Payor(s): The patient pays for the consultations. Dr. Rogers will help them file with their insurance companies if they wish, but he does not bill any third parties himself.

Reimbursement rate: It usually costs about $50/visit. This normally lasts about 1 hour. However, if it lasts only 30 minutes, he will probably only charge about $25.

Is documentation required? No.

Dr. Rogers took a pharmacognosy class in college as an elective. However, most of his training is self-taught. He has also attended C.E. programs to learn more about this area of pharmacy.

Software/Instrumentation Required? No