Personalized, science-based guidance for as little as $1300.00
Start feeling better
Improving your health is one of the best investments of time and energy you can make. As someone (Dr. Ruscio) who suffered from fatigue, brain fog, and depression, I was thrilled to get my life back.
Our team would be honored to help you improve how you are feeling. We promise to get you better as fast as possible without wasting money on bogus lab testing, excessive and unnecessary supplements, and fear and dogma around diet restrictions.
If this resonates, please take the next step toward better health.
Here’s how it works
Each client at the Ruscio Institute is treated as an individual with their own unique health history and symptoms. Working with our practitioners ensures a thorough and strategic approach to healing.
1.Meet With Your Doctor
After submitting your paperwork, you will virtually meet with your doctor to address the details of your symptoms and health history. At this appointment, you will receive your personalized recommendations.
The information provided will help determine the best path towards optimal healing using Dr. Ruscio’s Evidence-Guided Empiricism algorithm. This is a byproduct of over ten years of Dr. Ruscio’s clinical experience and meticulous reviewing of the scientific literature.
At this appointment, expect your doctor to have reviewed your information thoroughly and to have a series of specific questions to help them obtain an even more accurate understanding of your needs. You will also have time to provide additional context or ask questions.
Your doctor will use this information to create a dashboard containing all your relevant data and, more importantly, a roadmap to improve your health as quickly as possible. These recommendations usually include a combination of dietary, lifestyle, and supplement recommendations.
Recommendations will be provided to you in a detailed write-up to ensure everything is clear and you can start your plan immediately.
2.Meet With Your Clinical Nutritionist
Your health coach is here to support you in your journey. During this appointment, get answers to your questions surrounding the recommendations given to you by your doctor.
Get specific guidance on how to make dietary changes work well for you.
Get answers to questions around supplements.
3.Follow Up With Your Doctor
Follow up with your doctor to discuss your progress, ask questions, request changes to your plan, and get any additional information you may need regarding your health plan.
Our promise to you:
As Dr. Ruscio likes to say, “We are a no-nonsense office.” Our aim is results. If we are not getting results, we will modify our approach until we do, so that you can see improvements quickly. We want to save you time and money. Dr. Ruscio and our team take this very seriously.
We understand that alternative and functional healthcare can be expensive, dogmatic, and rely on heavy supplement use. We promise you that we will avoid wasting your time and money. We have diligently studied what works and what does not to create a model of care that is effective and waste-free.
Fee Structure
Meet With Your Doctor
Virtually meet with your doctor to address the details of your symptoms and health history. At this appointment, you will receive your initial recommendations.
Your doctor will use this information to create a dashboard containing all your relevant data and, more importantly, a roadmap to improve your health as quickly as possible. These recommendations usually include a combination of dietary, lifestyle, and supplement recommendations.
Recommendations will be provided to you in a detailed write-up to ensure everything is clear and you can start your plan immediately.
Meet With Your Clinical Nutritionist
Your health coach is here to support you in your journey. During this appointment, get answers to your questions surrounding recommendations given to you by your doctor.
Get specific guidance on how to make dietary changes work well for you.
Get answers to questions around supplements.
Follow Up With Your Doctor
Follow up with your doctor to discuss your progress, ask questions, request changes to your plan, and get any additional information you may need regarding your health plan.
Total Cost: $1300
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you help me?
As you likely already know, digestive health can impact a wide array of systems of the body and resultant symptoms. This is our main area of focus, and because of this, there are many seemingly unrelated symptoms we can usually help improve.
When combining this with the fact that Dr. Ruscio and our research team are constantly reviewing the science and using this to enhance our care model, we feel confident that you are in good hands.
As you start the process, we will progressively be better able to answer this question.
In our observation, one of the reasons individuals don’t obtain the results they seek with other healthcare providers is because the provider doesn’t listen and tends to force the individual into a one-size-fits-all model, rather than conforming and personalizing a care plan to the individual. This personalized care is the essence of Dr. Ruscio’s model, Evidence-Guided Empiricism, and why we can often help when other healthcare providers have not.
How much does it cost to get started?
Follow-Up Visits
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Future Follow-Up Visits with Dr. Ruscio: $449
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Future Follow-Up Visits Dr. Scott: $325
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Future Follow-Up Visits with Dr. Hannah: $325
How long and how much until I see results?
In the best-case scenario, we can improve your health within 1-2 months. In other cases, seeing significant improvements may take us 6-8 months.
Best case cost (not including supplements) = $1300
Longer case cost (not including supplements) = roughly $3250*
*$1300 + 6 follow-ups at $325
Why do clients choose the Ruscio Institute for FH?
Here at the Ruscio Institute for Functional Health, we embrace the progressive mindset of functional and integrative health while remaining conservative in our recommendations so as to provide practical and cost-effective treatment for you. We are continually updating our treatments based on the latest scientific literature and are consistently publishing our own research to improve the field of functional health.
We care deeply about optimizing the time we spend with you, preparing in advance for each visit, synthesizing your health history and clinical information, and formulating an individualized treatment plan that fits your story, signs, and symptoms.
As a team, we bridge the gap between conventional & functional health by providing whole-person medical care, informed by evidence, accessible to anyone that needs it.
How do I contact my provider in between visits?
We pride ourselves on providing straightforward practical recommendations that are easy to follow and execute. In the event that you get stuck or run into trouble, you are welcome to schedule follow-up visits with your provider as often as needed to work through any issues that arise during treatment.
Our office staff is ready to help with any logistical, scheduling or billing questions, and we offer consultations with our Clinical Nutritionist to help you implement treatment recommendations.
Can you be my PCP?
We specialize in Functional Health consultations to clients worldwide via Zoom. As we are unable to establish an in-person provider client relationship, we do not formally diagnose conventional medical conditions or prescribe medications. Because we work with clients across the world, we require that you continue or initiate a formal doctor client relationship with a local physician in conjunction with your relationship with our team.
We focus on identifying and addressing underlying causes of health concerns to help the body get back into a healthy balance. We use our extensive experience in holistic and natural health to help guide you in areas that have been overlooked or misunderstood by other practitioners.
Do you accept insurance?
Unfortunately, insurance companies place countless restrictions on providers which make it difficult to treat you effectively. The Ruscio Institute for Functional Health does not accept any form of medical insurance or Medicare/Medicaid. Even though there are out-of-pocket expenses, our clients find it is well worth it.
How often will I need to be seen?
Healing is not always linear and every clients’ experience is unique. While we do our best to be efficient within each visit, number of appointments may vary.
Our providers usually ask to see a client once every 4-6 weeks while being treated.
Where are you located?
We are exclusively a virtual clinic.
When do I start feeling better?
Healing is not always linear. Each clients’ experience is unique and responds differently to treatment.
Some clients begin to feel better within days to weeks, while for others, it may take months. We do our best to get you feeling better as soon as possible.
How do I access the client portal?
Simply click the “Login” link above. You will need to activate your account before you can access the client portal. Once accepted as a client, you will receive an email with a subject line asking you to join your practitioner on Practice Better.
Are consultations via phone or video?
Consultations are via video. You will receive an email confirmation and reminder email for your visit.
Let’s get you back to your life.
Not convinced?
We offer a free 15 minute Discovery Call to prospective clients to make sure we are the right fit for you.