Covered care
How to find a menopause doctor who takes your insurance
Start with your insurer's own directory, not a search engine: it is the only list that knows your plan. Search for gynecology or women's health, then check the clinician's own site or The Menopause Society's directory for menopause training. If nobody near you fits, a video clinic that bills your plan is the same visit without the drive.
Three lists, in this order
- Your insurer's directory. It is the only list that knows what your plan pays for. Search gynecology, women's health, or menopause, and filter for clinicians taking new patients.
- The Menopause Society's practitioner directory. It lists clinicians who have passed its menopause certification, searchable by location. Cross-check a name you found in your insurer's directory, or start here and then confirm the clinician is in-network.
- A video clinic's published list. Several clinics that treat menopause by video publish the insurers they are in-network with. The list is a starting point; your member line confirms it for your plan.
Four questions for the front desk
- Are you in-network for my plan? Read the plan name from your card; the insurer's brand name is not enough.
- Do you treat perimenopause and menopause, and do you prescribe treatment when it is appropriate? Some practices refer out; better to know before you book.
- Do you offer video visits, and does my plan cover them the same as in person?
- What will this visit cost me with my plan? They can run your eligibility and tell you the copay or what counts toward the deductible.
By video: one rule to know
A clinician has to be licensed in the state you are in during the visit. Video clinics show which states they serve; if yours is not listed, that clinic cannot see you, however good the reviews. Check the state list before anything else.
How to check your plan in five minutes
- Find your plan name. It is on your insurance card, or in the app your insurer gave you.
- Open your insurer's own directory (not a search engine) and search for gynecology, women's health, or menopause. Note whether it lists video visits.
- Call the member line on the back of the card and ask three things: is this clinic in-network for my plan, are video visits covered the same as in-person visits, and what tier is the medicine my clinician may suggest.
- Ask the clinic's front desk to run your eligibility before the visit. They can see your copay and deductible as the insurer will apply them.
- Write the answers on the notes page from the back of our guide, so they are in your hand at the visit.
Walk in with your pattern written down
The right clinician is half of a good visit. The other half is arriving with your pattern written down: what shows up, how often, how much it gets in the way. Three minutes maps it, and the notes page gives you the questions to bring.
Map my pattern in 3 minutesIf you want to talk to someone
The guide ends with the questions to ask. These are places people take them.
- Talk to a menopause specialist, onlineWinona's board-certified doctors treat menopause by video. Treatment ships to you, follow-ups are included, and you pay directly: no insurance needed.See Winona
- Your own clinicianThe notes page from the back of the guide is free: fourteen things to write down before you go.Get the notes page
These are options to discuss with a clinician, not recommendations, and not medical advice. Some of the links above are affiliate links: if you book through one, almanac may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Nothing you answered here is shared with them.
General education, not medical advice. Coverage varies by plan; confirm with your insurer. Nothing here tells you which treatment to choose.