The discovery call is a 15-minute complimentary virtual visit to learn more about the services and programs. We will discuss the frequency of visits, pricing, expectations, and any general questions you may have. This is not a visit during which medical decisions or recommendations will be discussed, and a doctor-patient relationship is not established. Before scheduling a discovery call, it is best to review the FAQs on the home page.

The Shoemaker Protocol® is a step-by-step approach to evaluating and treating multisymptom, multisystem biotoxin illness (such as from exposure to a water-damaged building, chronic Lyme disease, and other biotoxins.  It remains the only treatment protocol in which each step is supported by evidence-based, peer-reviewed research. Evaluation for Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (CIRS) may include a symptom assessment, a Visual Contrast Sensitivity (VCS) test, bloodwork, home/workplace testing, NeuroQuant MRI analysis, and genomic testing (GENIE). Evaluation and treatment with the Shoemaker Protocol may be a treatment course applied to initial consultation and subsequent visits. Learn more about CIRS by visiting the blog and the Biotoxin illness subheading.

The initial consultation is a comprehensive telehealth visit. We discuss your life history, evaluate your primary health concerns, determine appropriate laboratory tests, review your previous lab results, and discuss treatment options. Your first visit will take 60 minutes. The cost of the initial consultation is $450. After your consultation, you will receive a detailed email summary with your "homework." 

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If you would like a family member to listen in during your visit, they may join the virtual appointment.

All subsequent telehealth visits are booked in 30—or 60-minute increments based on need. At all follow-up visits, new labs are reviewed, supplements are recommended and adjusted as needed, detailed lifestyle recommendations are made, and further recommendations are personalized to your unique case. Subsequent visits typically occur every 1, 3, 6, or 12-months. Subsequent visits are billed at $450/hour or $225/half-hour. 

At your initial visit, laboratory testing will be discussed and ordered as appropriate to your care plan. Testing may include:

• Blood draws at a traditional laboratory

• Mobile phlebotomy services (a phlebotomist comes to your home; a separate fee applies)

• Hospital phlebotomy services

• At-home collection kits (finger-prick dried blood spot, urine, saliva, nasal, stool, or breath testing)

Additional testing may be recommended later as treatment progresses, or may be requested by you.

Labs drawn and processed through conventional laboratories (e.g., Quest) may be covered by your insurance plan, depending on your benefits.

Functional medicine specialty laboratories are generally not covered by insurance, and patients should expect to pay out of pocket. However, patients with Medicare may have limited coverage for certain functional medicine laboratory tests, depending on the specific test and Medicare processing guidelines.

Nutritional supplements help to speed up the healing process and support your body systems while you make lifestyle changes to improve your health. All recommended supplements are through FullScript, which provides access to high-quality, 3rd-party tested supplements, meaning you get what you pay for and nothing else. 

Review of laboratory tests completed within the past 2 years is included as part of your initial consultation. If your first visit involves an extensive volume of laboratory data, additional record review time may be required. In this case, an additional fee will be applied and prorated based on Dr. Daecher’s hourly rate.

Please provide laboratory results as PDF files. Uploading these documents to your patient portal prior to your appointment is necessary to ensure that your consultation time is used effectively.

Review of older or extensive medical records beyond laboratory data is also subject to a prorated hourly fee, based on the time required to review and summarize the information. Electronic records in PDF format are strongly preferred for efficiency and clarity.

High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters capture 99.97% of particles as small as 0.3 microns. AirOasis® iAdaptAir purifiers have been tested to reduce particles down to 0.05 microns, which is significantly smaller than standard HEPA capacity. For this reason, they are commonly recommended by Shoemaker-trained physicians as a preferred air filtration option.

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