Almost 5 years ago, Suzanne Keyes & her husband Mike built Keyes’ Compounding in Elk City, Oklahoma. Suzanne has expanded her practice to include a more holistic approach to wellness.
Suzanne offers a wide variety of more advanced, specialized testing including: neurotransmitter testing, hormone testing, IgG food sensitivity testing, micronutrient deficiency testing, micro-biome and GI profile testing, SIBO/parasitology testing, etc.
She is currently involved in becoming a Fellow with the American College of Apothecaries and is currently enrolled in the multi-year certification program through the Institute for Functional Medicine.
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Key Takeaways:
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Moving from informal, free counseling sessions to paying, appointment-based consultations
- Adding services to encompass a full-service consulting panel including advanced testing services
- How to partner with lab companies to offer advanced testing services
- Billable lab tests and educating yourself on pertinent labs
- The progression from moving from chief complaint to treating the entire patient and ALL SYSTEMS
- Giving patients hope where they had previously had no answers
- CLIA-waived vs. collaborative practice agreements for advanced testing kits
- Contracting with an independent lab company for cash-paying patients that saves money and improves access through online portals
- The programs Suzanne recommends for pharmacists who want to train in functional medicine
- The best piece of advice she can give to pharmacists who want to do health and wellness consulting
- Importance of getting your pharmacy staff to “buy in” to your idea
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