The MoCA Test (Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test) is a simple, quick standardized 10-15 minute test to evaluate you for mild, moderate or severe cognitive impairment which are early transition steps to dementia or Alzheimer’s disiease. If you are a patient at Health Associates you can get the test for free in one of two ways.
OPTION 1) Make a 15 minute appointment with me (Kirk Hamilton PA-C). Say its for a free 15 minute MoCA Test and say you are an established patient. The test will be completed, you will get a score and my handout for cognitive decline where you can review risk factors, possible laboratory tests and treatment approaches for various levels of cognitive decline and read about preventive things you can do. At this visit I will only be delivering the test. Any further discussion after the test results are given will necessitate an office visit at our normal office charges. A visit to go over a plan for cognitive decline will take an hour to an hour and a half and usually some in depth laboratory testing will be recommended.
OPTION 2) A 75 min office visit with me which will includes a free MoCA Test and also you will have your medical, dietary and environmental history taken with a focus on revealing risk factors for cognitive decline and setting a plan for further testing, and a lifestyle plan including a diet, exercise, sleep hygiene, stress management and suggestions for positive and purposeful life challenges (NEURO Plan). If extensive testing and a treatment plan is to be initiated there would be a followup visit 3-4 weeks down the line for an hour after testing is complete. Test results usually take 2-4 weeks for all the results to come back. Once you get past the preventive aspect of cognitive care it becomes more time consuming to review your lifestyle plan as well as update and follow treatment plans for specific areas that effect cognitive performance such as vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, special cognitive enhancing nutraceuticals, vascular risk reduction, hormones, detoxification/environment control (mold, heavy metals, food intolerance, gut health) and the possible need for some intravenous therapies.
The cost of the initial 60-75 min visit to an established Health Associate patient is $150. That is our normal cost for a 30 minute Medicare office visit. You are saving about 50% of a normal one hour established patient visit being evaluated this way. The reason I am offering this discounted visit is because it is critical to get people screened for cognitive issues and to act NOW and not later. It is so important in optimizing brain health to get started before serious cognitive decline occurs. If you let the condition slide many times I can find things that are out of balance to correct but the patient now can’t do it themselves and it is left up to their partner or family member and it just doesn’t get done effectively and in a timely manner. The implementation of a comprehensive lifestyle plan can become overwhelming. Take advantage of this opportunity to getting a “jump start” on probably the most important aspect of your health that will increase your likelihood of remaining independent, which is keeping your mind and cognition intact, or improve it. Make an appointment today for Kirk’s 75 minute “Memory Check” visit for $150 by calling 916-489-4400.
If you are not an established patient but interested in the MoCA Test and cognitive assessment I will include the testing in a normal new patient office visit charge and instead of an hour for the initial consult I will spend 90 minutes going over your medical history, administering the MoCA Test to you, and coming up with the start of a plan to deal with problem. The initial office visit would be 90 minutes. Our normal 1 hour new patient charge of $395 for non-medicare age individuals (<65) and $295 for Medicare age individuals (> 64) for the 90 minutes.
Please review my web page on Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention and Reversal and my Handout of Prevention and Reversal of Alzheimer’s disease and Cognitive Decline. Even if you don’t come in for a visit if you did only one thing and purchased “The 30-Day Alzheimer’s Solution” and read and implemented the NEURO Plan reviewed in the first 87 pages. This is the basics of a plan to slow and prevent cognitive decline presented very clearly and succinctly by two Alzheimer’s specialists and neurologists at Loma Linda Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai.
If a patient just call 916-489-4400 and tell them your want:
1) The 15 minute visit with Kirk Hamilton for a FREE MoCA Test and his handout.
OR
2) A 60-75 minute “Memory Check Visit” for $150 if you are a current Health Associates Patient
OR
3) A New Patient “Memory Check” office visit of 90 minutes that will include a Free MoCA Test and extra 30 minutes at our normal new patient office visit cost of $395 (non Medicare) or $295 for those 65 or older.
Be Well,
Kirk Hamilton PA-C
Prescription 2000, Inc.
Health Associates Medical Group
3301 Alta Arden, Suite 3
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 489-4400 (w)
krhammer@surewest.net
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