Personalized, Compassionate, Functional Medicine For the Horse Lover!
Welcome
Every day we at BWC For Horse Lovers have one goal in mind – to help horse people (and anyone else who would like Cate to work with them) be as healthy in mind, body, and spirit as possible, so that they can enjoy their horses longer and more fully. This page is for you!
Our Basic Premise: All horses need healthy, happy people to help them have the best lives possible. And, all horse people love to feel well all the time, but especially when they are with their horses. That is what we are all about!
BWC For Horse Lovers is all about helping you feel your best whether you are with your horses or doing anything else you are passionate about.
1. Join Up Discovery Phone Call
In the world of horses, this is the moment when the horse decides the human is safe to be with and the horse accepts the human’s leadership and wants to partner with the human. Here at BWC For Horse Lovers, Join Up is the time when you have a free Discovery Phone Call with Cate Cummings APRN, FNP, IFMCP, ReCODE 2.0 Certified Practitioner..
- This is a free consultation!
- 15-30 minute phone visit
- You can explain your health concerns to Cate
- Cate listens and tells you whether she can help you.
- If you both agree that working together is right, then you can move on to Ground Work and the Warm Up Visit!
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2. Ground Work in Preparation for the Warm Up Foundational Virtual Visit
Your ground work includes the tasks that you will need to complete in order to receive the most value from your Warm Up Foundational Virtual Visit. Just as we horse people often do some Ground Work as a way to assess our communication and understanding of the horse before riding, likewise in our practice we request that you do a few important things before we can begin to work together in earnest prior to your Warm Up Foundational Virtual Visit:
1. You first need to register as a New Patient on the Patient Portal of our EMR.
2. You will then need to fill out the New Patient Intake Forms which you will find on the Patient Portal of our EMR.
3. You will need to complete the appropriate baseline lab tests.
Once these three Ground Work steps have been completed you may schedule your Warm Up Foundational Virtual Visit!
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3. Warm Up Foundational Virtual Visit
This is your first in-depth virtual visit with Cate Cummings APRN, FNP, IFMCP, ReCODE 2.0 CP, ABHRT
- 90 minute in-depth telemedicine visit with Cate
- Review your current health concerns and health history
- Review your New Patient Intake Forms information
- Review your baseline laboratory results
- Cate will create a personalized, step-wise functional medicine Action Plan for you.
- Invite you to our Ride On Membership for your continuing health success!
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4. Ride On Membership in BWC For Horse Lovers
Just as when working with a horse, once you and the horse have joined up, done some groundwork, and warmed up, it is very nice to then feel fully prepared to ride on to whatever adventure you have planned. In very much the same way, in BWC For Horse Lovers, once you have completed the Warm Up Foundational Virtual Visit, you most likely will be eligible to accept our invitation to join the Membership of our practice. This is what Ride On is all about!
Membership Packages:
1. Walk to Trot Membership:
This membership is for people who desire and need to get to the bottom of their health issues by doing additional laboratory testing. The laboratory testing that I recommend for most everyone who is beginning in my practice includes 1 or more of the following tests:
Realtime Lab Urine Mycotoxin testing
IntellxxDNA Genomics testing
IGenex vector borne disease testing
GI MAP stool testing/Doctors Data Lab stool testing
Kennedy Krieger/Body Bio Red Blood Cell Fatty Acid Profile
Cell Science Systems Cellular Nutritional Assay
For people with complex chronic illness, it is very likely that they will require several of the above tests, or even other additional test to get to the bottom of their health challenge.
I extend to the patient any provider discounts that I have for any of the above tests, (or any other test that the patient needs), to make these test as affordable as possible.
For every test that we do, we then have a telemedicine visit(s) to review the results and make an Action Plan to help correct positive findings, and to support the body.
Some of the test will require more than 1 telemedicine one-hour visit to review the results because of the extensive amount of information that is derived from the test.
That is why Cate offers this membership package. It can take several visits to review the data from these very important laboratory tests. By paying upfront and in-full for packages of 5 or 10 telemedicine visits, she is able to provide a discount on the cost of the telemedicine visits.
A 5 telemedicine visit package would normally cost $1250.00, but with a 10% discount the cost is $1125.00.
A 10 telemedicine visit package would normally cost $2500.00, but with a 15% discount the cost is $2125.00.
The cost of each laboratory test that we do, is in addition to the cost for the telemedicine visits.
2. Canter Membership
This membership is predominantly focused on the optimization of an adult person's bioidentical hormones. There may also be the need to do other laboratory tests as described above in the Walk to Trot Membership based upon the patient's history and health status. But, if we are just focusing on bioidentical hormone optimization, the initial hormone labs are done before the Warm Up Visit, then the hormones are prescribed for a certain time period by Cate after the Warm Up Visit, and the follow-up hormone recheck labs are done on a particular schedule that is tailored to the person's response to the prescribed bioidentical hormones. In general, there would be follow-up visits at 5 weeks x 2-4 visits, and then the time between the visits would lengthen, until we are meeting just every 3 months.
Cate offers this membership package to help the patient save money on telemedicine visit fees.
By paying upfront and in-full for packages of 5 or 10 telemedicine visits, she is able to provide a discount on the cost of the telemedicine visits.
A 5 telemedicine visit package would normally cost $1250.00, but with a 10% discount the cost is $1125.00
A 10 telemedicine visit package would normally cost $2500.00, but with a 10% discount the cost is $2125.00.
The cost of each laboratory test that we do, is in addition to the cost for the telemedicine visits. The cost of bioidentical hormone prescriptions is paid directly to the compounding pharmacy,
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Walk to Trot Membership
This 12-month membership is our most intensive membership option and is for the person who would like to start improving their health from the ground up. Typically they have one or more conditions which necessitate further lab testing and follow-up visits with Cate to review the lab results as well as they need help with changing their diet, improving their lifestyle, and want to have good support from Cate to accomplish their health goals. To help them be successful this membership includes:
- 2 virtual visits per month for the first 4 months (each one hour long).
- 1 virtual visit per month for the remaining 8 months (each one hour long).
- Communication through the secure portal of Cate's EMR system in between visits so that they can have their questions answered in between visits.
The needs of the patient will dictate how many visits are best, but this is a general plan of action. This is a total of 12-hour long virtual visits with Cate which would normally cost $3000.00. By joining the Walk to Trot Membership, there is a 20% discount, so that the membership price becomes $2400.00, providing a significant savings of $600.00.
All lab testing and supplements are additional costs, but Cate extends all of her provider discounts on lab tests to her patients, and she also gives a 25% discount on supplements purchased through her provider account at Fullscript.
After the year-long membership, Cate and the patient will decide what membership is appropriate at that time.
Canter Membership
This 12-month membership package is designed to help people who are needing help with one main health concern, but they have most of their lifestyle habits in good shape.
This package includes:
2 virtual visits the first month (each one hour long).
1 virtual visit per month for the next 3 months (each one hour long).
1 virtul visit every other month for the next 8 months for a total of 4 additonal virtual visits (each one hour long).
Total visits: 9 per year.
The needs of the patient will dictate how many visits are best, but this is a general plan of action. This is a total of 9-hour long virtual visits with Cate which would normally cost $2,250.00. By joining the Walk to Trot Membership, there is a 15% discount, so that the membership price becomes $1912.50, a significant savings of $337.50.
All lab testing and supplements are additional costs, but Cate extends all of her provider discounts on lab tests to her patients, and she also gives a 25% discount on supplements purchased through her provider account at Fullscript.
After the year-long membership, Cate and the patient will decide what membership is appropriate at that time.
Foal Jump Membership
This 12-month long membership package is for the person who is doing fantastic overall, but who wants to do routine functional medicine check-ups through the year.
This package includes:
- 4 hour-long visits over a 12-month period to have Cate to address whatever concerns they may be having. They can be scheduled as Cate and the patient decides is best for the individual. This is for the person who has most of their health goals realized, but is wanting to touch base once a quarter, for example.
Total visits: 4 per year.
The needs of the patient will dictate how many visits are best, but this is a general plan of action. This is a total of 4-hour long virtual visits with Cate which would normally cost $1,000.00. By joining the Jump Membership, there is a 15% discount, so that the membership price becomes $850.00, a significant savings of $150.00.
All lab testing and supplements are additional costs, but Cate extends all of her provider discounts on lab tests to her patients, and she also gives a 25% discount on supplements purchased through her provider account at Fullscript.
After the year-long membership, Cate and the patient will decide what membership is appropriate at that time.
Ride On Maintenance Membership After the First Year
After completing the first year of Membership in BWC For Horse Lovers, you are very welcome to continue on your journey with us through our Ride On Maintenance Membership Package so that you can keep your health success going forward and hopefully even improve your health further. The Maintenance Plan also runs for 12 months at a time. The monthly membership fees are specific to each package option, but perhaps you will graduate from the Walk-to-Trot Membership Package to the Canter Membership Package, or even the Jump Membership Package! The Membership Package includes:
- 5 hour long visits with Cate.
- Members Only educational classes when they become available!
- 10% off the Membership price when paid in full.
All laboratory work and supplementation costs are in addition to the cost of your Maintenance Membership in BWC For Horse Lovers.
Cate wishes you the very best on your health journey! She is here to help you and she wants you to succeed!
Your success is Cate's goal. She wants you to be super healthy and happy with your horses!
MAKE YOUR HORSE PROUD by being well in every way, every day! :)
May the Horse Be With You Always!
Cate
Pricing for BWC For Horse Lovers
1. Join Up Discovery Phone Call - no charge
2. Ground Work Baseline Lab Tests - in general, between $300.00-$400.00
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3. Warm Up Foundational Virtual Visit: $375.00
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4. Price per virtual visit with Cate for those who choose not to join the Ride-On Membership:
- 30-minutes: $125.00
- 60-minutes $250.00
- 90 minutes: $375.00
Educational Classes and Courses for Ride On Members (when they become available!). Cate has not been able to make these yet as she is busy helping her patients along with a big move from Texas to Idaho in 2022. Hopefully, they will become available in 2023. Thank you for your patience.
As a service to our Members, BWC For Horse Lovers will be offering some very important educational opportunities so that you can gain a deeper understanding of why your treatment plan is designed the way it is. Classes are taught by Cate and include:
- Why You Gut Health is So Important to Your Overall Health
- Understanding How To Live Strong and Well in Our Toxin-Challenged World
- Your Non-Stop Helper, Your Immune System
- How Hormones Impact Our Health
- Why Knowing Your Functional Genomics Helps Personalize Your Health Program Even More!
These classes are designed to educate you on the fundamentals of what you need to know so that you can make informed decisions about your health care choices. These are available on a members only basis on our website.
All of these classes are free to the members of BWC For Horse Lovers and they can be watched over and over again. You will want to access this Members Only section of the website throughout the year to check for new classes and courses as they become available.
Costs That Are Not Included in the Above Fees
Laboratory Tests
The cost of any laboratory test (either in preparation of your Warm -Up Foundational Virtual Visit, or after you are working with Cate) is a separate fee. Cate will give you detailed instructions as to how and where to get your laboratory testing done to ensure that you have the best lab testing experience for the lowest possible cost!
Products For You and Your Horse
On the BWC For Horse Lovers website we have recommendations for products that help keep our lives as safe and healthy as possible. Cate is an affiliate for some of the products she recommends, but not for all of them. So, if you purchase products from this website, Cate may receive a small commission. Even in this case, the price for the product is not any higher than it would be if you bought it elsewhere. Cate’s goal here is to help you find super healthy products for your lifestyle which should aid your health promotion in one convenient place, here on the website for BWC For Horse Lovers.
Prescription Medications
In order to become a Ride On Member of BWC For Horse Lovers, you must already have established a relationship with a Primary Care Provider. Our goal at BWC For Horse Lovers is to help you become as healthy as possible which, when accomplished, may decrease or negate your need for prescription medications, but this would only be done in consultation with your Primary Care Provider. Collaboration is key!
Since Cate works in the realm of functional medicine and not primary care medicine, she is not going to be able to prescribe or refill your regular medications. You must consult with whichever doctor prescribed your regular medications, such as your Primary Care Provider, for refills of those prescriptions.
However, Cate does prescribe bioidentical hormones to her adult patients as needed. She has become certified in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) through The Academy for Preventive and Innovative Medicine.
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