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Toun Sogbein is a women's health nurse practitioner with Visana Health, a women's health practice that works entirely by video out of Minneapolis. She handles menopause and perimenopause along with the gynecological and sexual health problems that often sit alongside them, and she came to this work from public health clinics and a community health degree. First visits run 45 minutes, and patients stay with the same provider and can message the care team through the patient portal between visits. Visana's menopause care follows protocols written by Dr. Barbara Levy, and a patient can go the hormone route or a non-hormonal one after talking it through. Labs and imaging get ordered near home when they are needed, and optional health coaching covers food and exercise for anyone who wants that support. Many patients reach Visana through an employer or health plan, and the site has a start page where you look up yours.
Jennifer Nelson is one of more than twenty primary care providers at Herself Health, a Minnesota group built for women in midlife and later life. She sees patients at the Crystal clinic and gives her focus as women's health and the care of older adults. For women under 65 the practice runs on a paid membership that buys longer visits and support for menopause and perimenopause, including help with hot flashes, sleep and mood. Women on Medicare get the same care without the membership fee. First visits are a full hour, and virtual visits are available for new and returning patients. Nelson chose nursing because of a nurse practitioner she saw when she was young, and her page says she wants patients in a calm setting where they feel seen and free of judgment.
Dr. Bozicevich, who goes by Roxie, is an OB/GYN at Women's Health Consultants, a large gynecology and obstetrics group in the Twin Cities. She has been with the group since 2001 and lists perimenopause and menopause among her clinical interests. The group offers menopause care as part of its preventive care, including hormone therapy, and plans treatment around each woman's symptoms. She also does general gynecology, contraception and obstetrics, so she can be a long-term gynecologist and not only a menopause consult. She says she values long relationships with patients and wants to understand their family, work and worries. Appointments are made by phone, and the group has four clinics around Minneapolis, Richfield and Plymouth.
