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[quote=Anonymous]You need to be working with a neurologist and a psychiatrist.  Both are M.D. doctors and can consider brain-based or other physical causes of your DDs recet decline.  There are many possibilities.  An infectious disease specialist or rheumatologist only see their narrow scope of expertise.  They are good for ruling out particular issues, but this approach is like going to a hand doctor - good if you know the problem is in the hand, but something can be missed if the problem is in the brain or spine but the symptoms you see are in the hand.

Also, while a therapist can be cery helpful for a person coping with illness, while they might recognize some symptoms and make suggestions, they are not qualified to diagnose.

The good news is a neurologist and a paychiatrist should be covered in rhe same way as any other doctor on your health insurance.

If the neuropsych is being recommended to identify decline in cognitive skills to help identify illness, then it may indeed be reimbursable, because it is medically necessary.  
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