Harper Cook Nutrition offers nutrition counseling in these areas:

• Adult & Pediatric
• Weight Loss
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Diabetes
• Sports Performance
• Bariatric Surgery
• Preventative Health and Wellness
• Heart Disease
• High Cholesterol
• High Blood Pressure
• Pre-Diabetes
• Weight Gain
• Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver
• Vegetarian/Vegan Nutrition

You may be wondering how insurance works if you want to see a registered dietitian?

Most health insurance companies cover nutritional counseling, so in most cases, you CAN use your insurance for your nutrition visit.

The Harper Cook Nutrition team is currently participating with Superior Health Plan, BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, United Health Plan, Medicaid and Medicare. Medicaid and Medicare only covers the visit if you have diabetes or renal disease. Medicaid and Medicare do not cover nutritional counseling for pre-diabetes or obesity in an outpatient setting at this time.

Currently, Harper Cook participates with all the major insurance companies. So if you have benefits you can use insurance for your nutrition visit.

However, that does not MEAN all insurances cover nutrition. In the event, your claim is denied for lack of nutrition coverage, our initial visits (60-minutes) are $180.00 and each follow-up visit (30 minutes) is $80.00. Harper Cook accepts cash, check, HSA/FSA cards and all major credit cards.

During your 60 minute initial visit, we discuss all aspects of your lifestyle that contribute to your overall health. This includes your day-day diet, as well as your social and medical history. We often visit your past diet attempts to see what worked and what didn’t. Generally in the first session, we provide a modest amount of education based on your underlying medical condition and/or goals. However, the majority of the session is dedicated to gathering the information we need to fully comprehend your current dietary issues, establish why they exist and how we can effectively work with you to resolve them.

A meal plan is usually provided. However, due to the brevity of this initial encounter we use future sessions to further customize this meal plan around the foods you love and enjoy.

Also during this session, we aim to set short-term and long-term goals based on your personal dietary needs to ensure we have a successful game plan.

Believe it or not, your health insurance will OFTEN cover your nutrition visit (as well as your follow-up visits). 

If your insurance will not cover your nutrition visit or you have a health insurance which we do not participate with – the cost of the initial 60-minute visit is $180.00 and each 30 –minute follow up visit is $80.00.

At the end of our first visit (with your help, of course!), we will determine the projected frequency of your follow-up appointments. Follow-up visits last 30 minutes. Although most people prefer to come every 2 to 3 weeks, we also have patients who come more frequently, as well as others who come every 2 or 3 months. Each person's nutritional situation is SO unique that, without knowing you, it is difficult to determine how many follow-up visits you might need and how often.

During our 30-minute session, we review your progress and address any questions or obstacles you may be struggling with. Here are just a couple of examples (and they really are just a couple!) of what might be covered in a 30-minute follow-up session:

For someone we see for weight loss, we might use the session to learn how to properly read a nutrition label and identify the nutrients that should be included in your diet. We also spend time discussing the impact of protein and fiber, ideas for food substitutions, and/or practical tips for including these nutrients in your diet while still enjoying your meals.

For a patient with high cholesterol, we may spend a session discussing ways to bump up the fiber in your diet. You might leave the session armed with a whole new set of high-fiber meals and snack ideas as well as a handout on the fiber content of various foods.

For someone with diabetes, we might spend a follow-up session discussing how many carbs your most frequent meals have and how to count carbs when eating out. We may discuss blood sugar levels and come up with strategies on how to maintain them stable.
As time goes on, the sessions become more individualized, potentially adding exercise, sleep and stress management goals to the mix. As you imagine, the topics for the follow-up sessions are truly endless.

Insurance often covers these visits and if they don’t we provide a private pay option. An initial self-pay visit (60-minutes) is $180.00 and a self-pay follow up visit (30 minutes) is $80.