Common Questions:
Payment in full is due at time of services with consideration for special circumstances. Cash, checks made out to LifeTree Services, debit/credit/HSA/FSA cards, as well as Apple pay and Google pay are all accepted. *Note virtual visits are paid with online options only.
In-Home sessions available Northern and Central New Jersey. Common town locations: Basking Ridge, Berkeley Heights, Chatham, Clark, Cranford, Florham Park, Livingston, Madison, Maplewood, Millburn, Morristown, New Providence, Scotch Plains, Short Hills, South Orange, Springfield, Summit, Union, Warren, Westfield
Travel to South Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania is available upon request for special circumstances. If you live outside this normal service area please feel free to contact LifeTree Lactation to connect you with a trusted provider in your area.
*Virtual Consults available in all locations.
When possible disposables are used and discarded of after each client. Multi-use equipment is sanitized in accordance to OSHA requirements for equipment and surfaces that may have come in contact with body fluids or other potentially infectious material. EPA approved chemical sanitizers are used, then items are again cleaned to remove the sanitizing agent.
Yes! LifeTree Services is a registered Limited Liability Company (LLC) and has a Federal Employee Identification Number (EIN).
Nikole Keller of LifeTree Lactation is an out of network provider. A superbill can be provided for insurance reimbursement upon request.
Insurance companies are required to cover lactation consultations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). A “gap exception” can help facilitate your full reimbursement when going to an out-of-network provider. Plans that do not have in-network providers available to you must cover out-of-network providers as though they were in-network. While insurance companies are required to provide lactation services under the ACA, many attempt to create roadblocks to doing so. Being educated and informed will help you advocate for coverage.
This is the NJ State legislation in regards to insurance coverage for lactation related supports. The statute not only includes what is required to be covered, it also includes what is not required in order to receive that coverage: 2021 NJ Revised Statute 17
This is a wonderful resource that explains your legal rights for breastfeeding support coverage : National Women’s Law Center Tool Kit
To check benefits the most common procedure codes used for services are 99401, 99402, 99403, and S9443 with the diagnosis code Z39.1. If requested, my NPI number is 1912405622
