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FAQ

General information about Hunter-Hopkins Center.

Can I record my visit?

You are welcome to record your visit to this office. Usually a CD recorder is available or you may bring your own.


What is tilt table testing?

Most patients will undergo tilt table testing to determine whether a condition called orthostatic intolerance is present. This is a simple test that requires no drugs or infusions to perform.


Do you accept my insurance?

Your insurance coverage is a matter between you and your insurer. Please bring your insurance card with you to each office visit to help us in preparing your claim for you to file. At the time of service, or very shortly thereafter, we will provide you with a statement of services performed, as well as a standard insurance claim form (HCFA 1500). It is your responsibility to see that the claim is properly forwarded to your insurance carrier.

We do not participate in insurance or accept assignment of insurance benefits. At this time, we are not able to accept Medicare, Medicaid, or Workman’s Compensation.

If your insurer questions your claim we will assist in your response. It is our experience that approximately one-third of insurers pay most or all of our claim, one-third pay a portion of our claim, and one-third pay nothing at all.


How will you work with my primary care physician?

Every patient must have a primary care physician. We are a consulting practice and are not set up to handle emergencies. For this reason we require that all of our patients have a primary care physician whom they can call in an emergency and to take care of any long distance primary care needs. Please bring the name and address of your primary care doctor. We will send a report to your doctor to better coordinate your care.

The Story of Hunter-Hopkins

The Hunter-Hopkins name derives from two individuals who were memorialized because of the invaluable lessons they taught to Dr. Lapp.

Linda Hopkins

Linda Hopkins presented to the emergency room complaining that she could not breath when she nodded off to sleep. As a result she had not slept in weeks. Other physicians had discounted her story as impossible, but Linda and her mother convinced Dr. Lapp to look into it further. Linda was hospitalized and monitored overnight. Sure enough, as soon as she nodded off, Linda went into respiratory arrest – a very severe form of sleep apnea now known as “Ondine’s Curse.” Once the problem was identified, Linda was fitted with a respirator to be used while sleeping. Lesson learned: listen to the patient.

Allison Hunter

Allison Hunter was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but lived in Australia, where the providers of socialized medicine ‘did not believe’ in the diagnosis. As a result she was misnamed a malingerer, hysterical, or Munchhausen – a term reserved for individuals who purposely pretend to be sick. When Alli developed convulsions they were attributed to this ‘phantom illness’ and went untreated. As a result, she died during a grand mal seizure. Lessons learned: (1) diligently look into all complaints and don’t discount them, and (2) don’t trust socialized medicine.

Allison’s parents went on to found the Allison Hunter Memorial Foundation, which has promoted CFS throughout the Pacific Basin and provides superb seminars for practitioners to learn more about CFS and FM.

So we have admired and memorialized these two young women who taught us much about the importance of diligence and listening to the patient.

Our Mission

We are dedicated to exceeding our patients’ expectations by providing individualized, compassionate, empathetic, and timely care. Our goal is to improve the quality of our patients’ lives by providing the highest quality of advanced evidence-based diagnosis and treatment available.

The patient is our first priority; conquering CFS/ME/FM is our ultimate goal.

The Banyan Tree

We chose the banyan tree to represent our practice because the resilient and long lived banyan offers its shade as a safe and sheltered place for weary travelers and the banyan’s distinctive habit of sprouting new supportive roots from its branches reminds our clients to find and accept support for themselves.

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