Welcome to Cornerstone Psychiatric Services, Inc.

**Please note**

We currently are not taking any new patients for psychotherapy services as our therapists are at full capacity with current patients. 

We are only accepting new patients for medication management services at this time.

Click the button above if interested in becoming a new patient

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Some insurance carriers are allowing and/or adding Telehealth visits to part of the benefit plan. Please contact your insurance plan directly to find out details of your plan benefit for Telehealth and if any authorization is required.

After the COVID-19 pandemic period, we are approved for telehealth with these plans only:

We continue to evaluate the growing concerns about Coronavirus COVID-19, your health, as well as the health of our providers and staff, is important to us. We are open and currently offering Telehealth video call appointments to all patients Monday through Friday and in-office appointments which vary by day and by provider. We will begin offering in-office appointments starting June 22, 2020 (see details below). 

Starting Monday, June 22, 2020 to January 11, 2023*: We will continue to offer Telehealth video call appointments with your provider (Monday through Friday), as long as your insurance plan is allowing during the national emergency declaration. We will start offering in-office appointments on specific days and varies by provider.  Please review the table below as to the appointment offerings for your provider. Please check this website routinely for updates. Please contact the front office staff to verify your appointment details or to make changes in requesting Telehealth or in-office appointment. 

*If you have Traditional Medicare your telehealth services will be offered until January 11, 2023.This date is subject to change based on National Emergency Declaration order being extended or if CMS modifies telehealth rules post COVID19 PHE. If you have commercial insurance (non-medicare plan), we highly recommnd that you call your insurance plan and verify your insurance coverage is still providering telehealth coverage benefit. 

Post COVID-19 pandemic: Some insurance plans are adding Telehealth visits as part  of the on-going benefit after this pandemic period. As of 10/17/2021 only BlueCross BlueShield of Florida plans only, United Healthcare and Cigna Insurance carriers for non-medicare plans are offering extended Telehealth visits indefinitely until further notice. If you have a BlueCross BlueShield plan out of the state of Florida, you must contact your insurance plan and ask them about telehealth coverage beneffit after the pandemic period. All other insurance plans, it's highly recommended that you contact your insurance carrier and ask them about telehealth visit benefit and if any authorization is required.   This is subject to change at any time. 

(last updated 10/14/2022) 

Nancy Stetter-Coblentz, LCSW: Telehealth or in-office on Thursday and Friday.

Smitha Ajesh, APRN: Telehealth or in-office on Monday through Friday.

With Telehealth virtual care, you will be able to connect to a professional through a live video connection using your smartphone, tablet or pc with camera and microphone. This is available for all patients until further notice.

If you are a new patient for a first visit, please follow these required checklist of items we need BEFORE your first appointment date.   

1. New Patient Registration Form completed and returned to our office, if you have a printed copy of the form. We prefer you complete the Online Version of the New Patient form.
2. Copy of your primary insurance card (front and back); If you have a secondary insurance plan, we will need a front and back copy as well.  These can be uploaded within the Online Version of the New Patient Registration Form or you can upload separately using the Upload Document feature.
3. Copy of your photo id (drivers license or other photo id). This can be uploaded within the Online Version of the New Patient Registration Form or you can upload separately using the Upload Document feature.

For most insurances, telehealth is covered no differently than if you came into the office (in terms of co-pay, coinsurance, deductible, etc.).

*The Telehealth / Virtural care is only temporary during this national health emergency. Some insurance carriers are extending telehealth visits post COVID-19 pandemic. Please check this website for updates on this topic. 

*After your telehealth visit, a member of the front staff will call you to schedule a follow-up appointment that will be back in the office* (*unless we contact you otherwise for another telehealth visit). The front office staff will also collect any copay/coinsurance/deductible amounts over the phone with credit card payments. If you do not hear from the front office staff within 2 hours after your appointment, please contact us at 941-488-8884.

Thank you for being our patient, we look forward to providing you with the highest quality care and treatment during this time of national health emergency.

Disclaimer

The diagnosis and treatment of clinical depression and other psychiatric disorders requires a physician or qualified mental health professional. The information provided through this website is intended for informational purposes only.  None of the information on this website is a substitute for a diagnosis for mental illness by a physician or qualified mental health professional.

The screening test on this website is intended solely for the purposes of identifying the symptoms of depressive disorders, and is not designed to provide a diagnosis.  Additionally, the screening test on this website is not appropriate for, and should not be completed by, persons under age 18. Persons under age 18 with depressive symptoms are advised to talk with their parents or guardians about receiving a clinical evaluation from a physician or qualified mental health professional. 

Cornerstone Psychiatric Services, Inc. has not made any independent investigation of any provider/organization listed and has not verified the credentials of any provider/organization not owned or employed by Cornerstone Psychiatric. Cornerstone Psychiatric Services, Inc. and its staff shall have no liability for claims by, or damages of any kind whatsoever to, a user of this website or any other person for a decision or action taken in reliance on the information contained on this website. Such damages include, without limitation, direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages. 

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