Optum manages behavioral health benefits for many employer plans, including most UnitedHealthcare plans. If your insurance card mentions Optum for mental health services, you're covered in-network with me. My office bills Optum directly. You pay your standard copay and nothing else.

A little about how I work

Most of the people I work with are not in crisis. They're a lot more ordinary than that. They're carrying work stress that's leaked into everything else. They're drinking a little more than they used to. They're arguing about the same thing with their spouse for the third year running. They're not sleeping well. They've got a kid they don't know how to help.

I've spent years in mental health settings ranging from outpatient private practice to adolescent residential treatment. I know what real distress looks like. I also know what "life is grinding me down and I don't know why" looks like. Both are worth taking seriously. More about me →

Common Questions

Questions about Optum and therapy

Yes. I'm directly in-network with Optum for behavioral health in Utah. Sessions are billed at your standard copay, typically $5 to $50.

Look on the back of your insurance card for a separate mental health or behavioral health phone number. If it says Optum, Optum Behavioral Health, or Optum Live and Work Well, your behavioral health benefits are managed by Optum. Many UnitedHealthcare plans use Optum for behavioral health.

Copays vary by plan. Most Optum-managed plans set behavioral health copays between $5 and $50. Call the Optum number on your card to confirm your specific copay before booking.

For standard outpatient therapy sessions, no. Optum does not require pre-authorization for outpatient behavioral health under most plans.

Yes. Optum covers telehealth behavioral health at parity with in-person sessions.

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No referral needed. No waitlist. First session typically within a week.

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Other Utah insurance plans I take directly

SelectHealth · PEHP · Regence BCBS · UnitedHealthcare · Optum · UMR · GEHA · U of U Health Plans