Welcome! I’m happy you’ve found HART and are checking us out. Mental health care is a personal journey and one that takes strength to start. In my years of working in health care, I have heard many times that patients feel like they are rushed and don’t get a chance to explain what is going on with them. Sometimes patient’s feel like their provider doesn’t look at the “whole picture” and only sees them as a set of symptoms—which makes for a mediocre experience, at best. At HART, we want to offer more. A more individualized, authentic, and holistic experience.
I have always had a passion for psych and feel that mental health is finally coming to the forefront in our culture, but it still has a long way to go. While I know that it is sometimes hard to admit you may need to talk to someone, it’s a valuable first step in advocating for yourself. I’ve noticed that many times we (myself included) put other people’s needs before ours and then wonder why we feel burned out or overwhelmed. Sometimes having a chronic health condition that weighs heavily on your day-to-day existence can make even the simplest things feel like too much and causes you to feel unable to complete even a mundane task.
Guess what?
You are not alone.
Feelings of overwhelm are actually common, especially in our culture of FOMO, social media, and instant access. Plus, we all experienced a collective trauma (aka the COVID-19 pandemic) and have emerged changed, be it in our personal values, or the losses we suffered (personal, family, financially, security). Our collective human experience has shifted and grown rapidly just in the past 10-20 years with being more connected through technology, having access to more information than ever before, and having to learn to manage our time when we are being pulled in multiple directions.
I mention this not to minimize your feelings or experience, rather let you know that you are not alone. There is hope and when you find a mental health provider you trust, you’d be surprised how much your outlook can change.
While working in primary care, I recognized the need for mental health services in our area. I also noticed that many patients felt like there weren’t options that met their particular needs. I’ve worked in various settings (hospital, primary care, hospice, community/public health, women’s health) throughout my career, and have created HART to give patients an option to experience mental health care differently, authentically. At HART, you are not a number, a set of symptoms, or a diagnosis.
Thank you for learning more about what services we offer and taking time to see what we are about.
Education:
- Master of Science in Nursing, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), East Tennessee State University (ETSU), 2020
- Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Vanderbilt University, 2012
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, East Tennessee State University (ETSU)
- Master's degree in English, University of Texas of the Permian Basin
- Bachelor's degrees in Psychology and English, University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Committees and Professional Involvement:
- Vice President, Northeast Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Association (NETNPA)
- President, Northeast Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Association (NETNPA) (Previous role)
- Treasurer, Northeast Tennessee Nurse Practitioner Association (NETNPA) (Previous role)
- Member of American Nurses Association (ANA)
- Member of Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA)
- Board of Trust member with the Tennessee Nurses Foundation (TNF)
- Member of American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Board Certifications:
- Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, PMHNP-BC through ANCC
- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) through ANCC
Commonly Asked Questions
HART offers both in-office and telehealth appointments.
Please be sure to indicate the type of modality you want to use when scheduling your appointment.
Certain services may require periodic in-office visits to meet individual State requirements.
Our physical office is located at 604 N. Roan Street, Suite 101, Johnson City, TN. We are located next to Jeffery’s salon. Parking for our office is behind the building.
The easiest way to reach our parking lot is to follow directions to Dr. Daniel Schumaier Audiologist’s office and to stay to the right and go straight to the back of his building where you should see Jefferey’s and HART’s sign on the back of the building behind and to the right of the Audiologist’s office.
Any parking spot behind the building is open to our clients.
Rebecca Barger and Alicia Frasure are both licensed in Tennessee and Virginia.
Therapy Visits:
Your first therapy appointment is generally an initial evaluation, which lasts approximately 50 minutes. This will allow enough time to gather information about why you are seeking assistance at this time, as well as assure that you have ample time to ask questions. You may be asked to arrive early in order to fill out initial session paperwork or this paperwork can be completed online. Follow up sessions for therapy will last 50 minutes and are generally each week at the same time to provide consistency. You may be asked to practice something during the week in order to continue the work done in session. This is optional and is available if you feel it would enhance your experience.
Nurse Practitioner Visits:
Your first Nurse Practitioner visit is a 60 minute visit to review your medical history, medications, and concerns. From there, you and your Nurse Practitioner will develop a plan of care to determine your treatment goals and needs. Follow up appointments may be for 20 minutes or 50 minutes depending on what you and the Nurse Practitioner decide is best to meet your treatment goals. You will be sent pre-appointment paperwork that should be filled out before your appointment. Having your paperwork completed prior to visit will allow you to maximize your scheduled visit time with the Nurse Practitioner.
Cancellations and Missed Appointments:
We ask that you notify us at least 24 hours in advance if you are unable to attend your scheduled appointment. In the event of a late cancellation, there is a charge of $75. In the event of a missed appointment, you are responsible for the full session fee due to the space being reserved specifically for you and made unavailable to others.
All no-show fees and late cancellation fees will be charged to the card on file.
Visits start at scheduled time; if you are late to the appointment, you will still be subject to fees associated with the scheduled visit time.
Payment is required at the time of services rendered.
Currently session fees for self pay patients are as follows:
Rebecca Barger, LCSW
Therapy Services
- $200 – first/initial visit, new patients
- $175 – 50-60 min session, established patients
- $145 – 45 min session, established patients
Alicia Frasure, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC
Medication Management and Therapy Services
- $355 – New patient intake, initial/first visit, 60 mins
- $260 – follow up visit, 50 mins, established patients
- $180 – follow up visit, 20 mins, established patients
- $75 for additional 15 minutes over scheduled visit time
- $5 per minute over appt time
If your Provider does not accept your insurance plan, you will be responsible for the self pay price at time of service.
We accept check, VISA, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover as forms of payment. A $25 service fee will be charged in the event of a returned check.
Our Providers are in-network for some insurers, please verify with your individual insurance if your provider is in-network prior to service/visit.
Some providers are in-network with:
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Magellan
- Optum
- United Healthcare
Unfortunately, we do not accept TennCare, Medicaid, or Medicare insurance plans, even if the insurance policies are through Aetna, Cigna, Optum, United Healthcare, Magellan, or BCBS.
Please verify coverage with your insurance prior to appointment.
You will receive an email and/or text from Tebra (HART’s Electronic Health Record Platform) with informed consent and new patient paperwork. Please fill this information out prior to your appointment so that we can use our appointment time to discover how our Provider’s can best help you. Paperwork can be sent to your email or via text message (or both).
All interactions with our providers, including scheduling of appointments, your records, content of your sessions, and progress in counseling, are kept confidential within our office.
On occasion, we may consult with another professional in order to provide you with the best service possible. If we do so, such consulting clinicians will be bound by the same confidentiality agreement and will not be provided with any identifying information.
Under certain circumstances, we may be required to share confidential information under legal mandate.
These circumstances are outlined below:
- Imminent risk of harm: When there is reason to believe that a client may be at imminent risk of harming him/herself/herself, others, and/or property, we have the legal and ethical option to warn appropriate authorities.
- Cases of abuse and neglect: When there is reason to believe that a minor, or elderly person, or a person with a disability is in danger of being, or has been physically, emotionally, or sexually abused or neglected, I am obliged by law to report the information to the appropriate authorities.
- Orders from Courts of Law & Criminal Proceedings: When a court of law orders a therapist to release information, the therapist must comply with such an order.
Additionally, clients can give written consent for HART to provide information to others (e.g. psychiatrists, doctors, case workers, etc.) in an effort to coordinate treatment.
Private Health Information may be used and disclosed in the following circumstances:
- When required for public health issues such as workman’s compensation.
- Information that is necessary in order to file insurance claims and successfully complete all billing and collection procedures.
- When required by any state or federal law, including abuse and neglect.
- When required for any specialized government or military functions including active personnel, reservist, veterans, and discharged members of the military service. Also, for any person confined to a correctional institution or under any law enforcement supervision.
- When used for any clerical purposes and necessary chart audits.
You as the client have rights to your private Health Information, including:
- The right to review your records or receive a copy of your records at any time by signing a written release. However, under certain rare circumstances your request can be denied. If needed, interpretation of the records will be provided. Requests for records will be honored within 30-60 days.
- The right to request information of any party that has requested information pertaining to your private health information.
- The right to receive confidential information regarding your private health information.
- The right to revoke this consent in writing, however, this will not affect any information already disclosed.