Su Fairchild, MD
University of Kansas Medical Center
Integrative and Functional Medicine
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Current Status: *Business as Usual*.
Future planned: *Business Meeting* Dec 4 through 6; use Working Vacation response time.
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- "Business as Usual": 30 min to 4 hrs msg response during office hrs (EST); I can run late in the mornings. Evening: msgs may get answered the following day. Wkends/holidays: limited hrs and slower response.
- "Working Vacation": Slower response, shorter hrs, cell signal may be spotty; pls allow 5 to 15 hrs
- "Travel/Flying": Will respond when I can; likely in different time zone; may not have signal; pls allow 6 to 26 hrs.
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Conditions treated include but are not limited to: COVID, Hashimoto's and hypothyroidism, fatigue, anxiety, depression, hypertension, asthma, Parkinson's, MTHFR/COMT/etc, vitamin deficiencies, mold biotoxicity, etc. [Links to select blog articles below]
Will also prescribe low dose naltrexone, cytomel, paxlovid as indicated. Second opinion consults available.
When submitting requests, please include the same details you would tell an in person physician. This may be online, but I still need to justify what I prescribe and know what I am treating, as well as have enough information to manage your dose.
Without this information, I will have to ask more questions, and this can cause a delay in my being able to approve your prescription.
Please turn on notifications for new messages from Push Health; it is best to download the app to your phone.
I usually reply to messages quickly if I am at my computer, but if I am in the middle of office hours, I can be delayed. If you do not have an active request, it is easy for your messages to get lost; if I do not reply within 14 hrs overnight or on weekends, or 5 hrs during office hrs, please message me again.
Many pharmacies will contact me for refills whether or not people actually want them. Therefore I do not accept refill requests from the pharmacy; all my patients must contact me for refills and let me know how they are doing.
I do not provide paper scripts to patients; all prescriptions are sent directly to the pharmacy.
Re-faxing of a prescription due to the pharmacy not receiving it will only be done up to 2 wks from the date of the original prescription; after that it will be considered a new service.
CVS has a higher rate of not getting my fax the first time. If after 1 hr the pharmacy still does not have it, please ask me to re-send the fax, or consider changing the pharmacy.
$64.99 per consultation for single simple issues only. Certain States require phone consultations; these generally happen "on the fly" during standard business hours. Evening consults may not be answered till the following morning.
$75-180 for scheduled appointments or for up to 2 issues, billing is by time and complexity. Complex multiple issues may run $300-500 (patients accepted on a case by case basis); formal appointment will be needed.
Lab ordering fees generally vary from $35 to $65 depending on how many labs are ordered; the fee covers interpretation as well.
Appointments are generally 'on the fly' (just put in your request and message me, and I will call when I can); those needing an exact time and date can be accommodated if absolutely needed although higher tier appointment fees may apply.
Controlled substances (xanax, ambien, adderall, etc) absolutely CANNOT be prescribed. The only medication I can prescribe for ADHD is Strattera or Wellbutrin.
Filling out any insurance form for medication is not part of my service; all other forms and letters (only on a case by case basis) are subject to fees which will be quoted as needed.
I do not do insurance Prior Authorizations myself, but there is an independent 3rd party prior auth specialist who can submit them for my patients:
Third party Prior Auth fees are $35-55 per Auth depending on complexity. They will require you to provide them with the information needed to complete the forms.
Prior Auth fax/phone: 540-242-4480
Prior Auth Email: caroline.perkins@lotushealthva.com
Please note that the success of prior auths is not guaranteed.
Emergency services are not provided; if you have a medical emergency, please go to the nearest Emergency Room or Urgent Care.
I do not accept insurance, and do not provide forms for insurance reimbursement.
My referral code is "sfairchild" or my direct sign in link can be used - https://www.pushhealth.com/practices/1354/new-patients/sfairchild
or
https://bit.ly/4737FEp
Vitamins can be mail ordered if not found locally:
https://us.fullscript.com/welcome/alliance
https://www.thorne.com/u/AIM
Blog articles...
Anxiety and depression:
https://brainmood.blogspot.com/2016/01/epigenetic.html
Reflux:
https://drfairchild.blogspot.com/2012/12/reflux.html
Hypertension:
https://drfairchild.blogspot.com/2013/06/hypertension.html
Hypothyroidism:
https://drfairchild.blogspot.com/2012/12/thyroid-testing-and-treatment.html
B12 deficiency:
https://drfairchild.blogspot.com/2012/12/b12-deficiency.html
COVID:
https://drfairchild.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-covid-19.html
General info about supplements:
https://drfairchild.blogspot.com/2013/05/vitamins-and-supplements.html
eBook...
Surviving Coronavirus:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1012219?ref=sfairchild