Because the functional medicine approach works to correct imbalances in the major body systems, the particular condition or symptom you have generally does not matter. So if you do not see your condition or symptom listed below, it does not mean that I do not treat it. Please contact me if you have questions about your particular situation.
What I treat:
Autoimmune/allergies/ immune disorders
Cardiovascular disease
Hormonal imbalances (adrenal, thyroid, male and female hormones)
Diabetes, prediabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Gastrointestinal disorders including SIBO, SIFO
Mental health conditions
Neurologic conditions
Insomnia and sleep disorders
Chronic infections and Mold Illness
Fatigue syndromes
Chronic pain and Fibromyalgia
Skin Conditions
What I don’t do:
I do not provide primary care services. I provide consultative services only. You will need to maintain a regular primary care physician for those services and provide us with your primary physician’s contact information.
I do not prescribe narcotics, benzodiazepine, or other controlled substances to any patient.
I do not take you off medications prescribed by your other doctors. However, often you are able to discontinue or wean off medications as your health improves.
Direct Pay – Cash Only
I am a cash only practitioner, I do not accept insurance of any kind. I do this for the following reasons:
- Insurance plans do not reimburse adequately for the time it takes to properly address complex conditions. With shrinking reimbursements (often to increase insurance company profits), doctors have to see more and more patients for shorter and shorter times. Your doctor will never be able to adequately address your issues in this model.
- Your insurance is your insurance. If you wish to try to obtain reimbursement for services from your insurance, we can provide you a superbill to submit to your insurance company, but this is your responsibility. I provide healthcare. I am not a manager of your insurance benefits.
- Insurance companies do not pay for wellness and prevention. They are disease care companies. They are middlemen who often siphon resources from patients and physicians to line their own pockets and those of their investors.
Next Steps…
We would like this model of healthcare to be available to as many patients as possible. We have therefore created a variety of ways for patients to get started in their health journey.
Complete your Medical Symptom/Toxicity Questionaire (MSQ). Cost: Free
Complete your Functional Medicine Time Line and Matrix. Cost $50
Attend a 2 hour Functional Medicine class to learn the basics of what is needed to correct your health. $250 (your functional medicine timeline and matrix is included for this fee)
Schedule a 60 minute consult with Dr Budde for one on one direction $300 (available to those who attended the 2 hour course, the timeline and matrix will need to be completed if not already done prior to the course)
Schedule a new patient consultation $450 (includes timeline and matrix, 60 minute new patient consult with an action plan provided)
Schedule a comprehensive wellness evaluation $900 (includes timeline and matrix and 2 hour review of a full set of routine and advanced functional medicine labs to uncover any hidden health compromising issues, cost of labs is not included and runs about $1500)
Do It Yourself Functional Medicine. Cost varies. Although we highly encourage you to work with with a qualified and properly trained Functional Medicine provider (especially if your msq score is >50), you may order individual tests through our clinic as needed if you cannot afford to come in for an appt. A brief interpretation will be included with the test from Dr Budde for an added fee. This is to provide education only and is not meant to diagnose or treat any condition. The cost of individual tests varies. We encourage you to complete your Functional Medicine Timeline and Matrix to get a sense for where your primary issues are before ordering tests. We also encourage you to attend the group session to learn the lifestyle basics, as addressing these issues can often resolve symptoms and illness without undergoing expensive testing.