Check both provider schedules to find the earliest availability - we’re united in giving you the best possible care.
Welcome to Your Health Journey
with
Root Cause Wellness
A virtual medicine practice where we believe that identifying and addressing the root causes of a disorder, rather than just treating symptoms, is the way to true healing.
Health Optimization Consultation
Includes a comprehensive evaluation of your metabolic health looking deep into factors that may be affecting your health, such as mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, nutritional deficiencies, and environmental toxicities. This health evaluation goes beyond standard checkups to identify underlying issues affecting your energy, weight, mood, and overall health.
Services
Hormone Consultation
Includes medical history review, discussion of your symptoms and health goals, lab testing when applicable, and developement of a personalized treatment plan, which may include bio-identical hormone replacement (BHRT), supplements, and lifestyle recommendations. Appropriate and helpful for both men and women.
Weight Loss Consultation
Includes a discussion of your personal weight loss goals, evaluation of factors that may be affecting your weight and health, and development of a personalized treatment plan which may include GLP-1 medication, supplements, and lifestyle recommendations.
Please note - Men should schedule an appointment with Jenna Darnell. Women may schedule with Heather or Jenna.
Who we are
Root Cause Wellness was established out of a desire to provide healthcare that goes beyond the typical, conventional medical visit and digs deeply into the root causes that are creating disease. Tired of “band-aid” treatments that try to mask symptoms, but don’t really heal the issue, Jenna and Heather wanted the ability to spend more time with patients and to do more comprehensive testing to get to the root of the problems. With over 40 years of combined healthcare experience, Jenna Darnell, C-NP and Heather Witters, CNM both received their graduate degrees from Frontier Nursing University. They are highly educated, trained, and experienced providers who care deeply about helping their patients achieve optimal health. At Root Cause Wellness you will find providers who really listen and who work with you to create integrative treatment plans that help you heal on a cellular level. Because you deserve answers about where your symptoms are coming from, what they are telling you, and what you can do to truly heal so that you feel vital and energetic again.
Heather is a Certified Nurse Midwife, women’s health provider, and herbalist. She provides care for women from menarche through menopause and is passionate about helping women reach their best personal wellness at whatever stage of life they are in. The type of care Heather provides focuses on prevention, lifestyle, and root cause medicine. She will help you dig deep into the cause of your symptoms, through history review and comprehensive lab testing when needed, and will help you truly heal on a deep, cellular level. Some of Heather’s specialties include bio-identical hormone replacement, weight loss and peptides, comprehensive thyroid care, integrative treatment and healing for PCOS, preconception and fertility optimization, gut and metabolic health, and herbal medicine for women.
Jenna Darnell, NP, is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a specialty in holistic healing. She has been in the medical field for 18 years, has worked as a primary care provider for 2 years. She feels that her background in Western medicine created a strong foundation. However, she feels that the Western medicine model has its own set of limitations when it comes to investigating difficult-to-diagnose symptoms and treating chronic disease. She was discouraged by the endless “band-aid” approach and felt a burning desire to change her approach to provide better care for her patients. She believes in taking a root cause approach to illness that looks at identifying the reasons why her patients are feeling the way they are, instead of treating symptoms. Causes such as environmental toxins, adrenal dysfunction, gut dysbiosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, etc.
Check both provider schedules to find the earliest availability - we’re united in giving you the best possible care.
Lab Pricing- Must schedule appointment to order
Epigenetic Hair Scan: $ 240.00
Dutch Complete: $399.00 ( Includes OATS) - urine hormone test
GI-Map: $378.00
OATS: $365.00
GI MAP:
Research overwhelmingly indicates that gut health impacts overall health. The gut microbiome plays a critical role in mediating the effects of diet, digestion, immunity, metabolic function, and more. This GI-MAP (Microbial Assay Plus) test is truly unique in the field – relying exclusively on quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) technology to detect parasites, bacteria, fungi, and more by targeting the specific DNA of the organisms tested.
Epigenetic Hair Scan Analysis:
Epigenetic hair scan analysis provides insights into how your genes have been influenced by environmental, nutritional, and lifestyle factors over time. It can reveal how your body is managing stress, inflammation, detox, and cellular aging. The analysis can detect how epigenetic factors, like chronic stress or environmental toxins, may be disrupting your body’s ability to maintain optimal health. It can also show how your cells have been adapting and whether those adaptations are helping or holding you back. This type of testing can be particularly useful for those who feel stuck in chronic stress, hormone imbalances, cognitive fog, or have a history of environmental exposure
DUTCH Complete:
The DUTCH Complete (Dried Urine Test for Comprehensive Hormones) is an advanced at-home test by Precision Analytical that analyzes sex/adrenal hormones and their metabolites via dried urine. It provides a comprehensive, detailed profile of estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol patterns, and organic acids to evaluate stress, metabolism, and endocrine function.
Cost for Services
Initial Consultation
$190.00
30-45 minute video consultation
(does not include lab costs)
Follow-up Consultation
$145.00
30 minute video consultation
(does not include lab costs)
Weight Loss Follow-up
$50.00
15 minute video consultation
(does not include lab costs)
Please note - men should schedule an appointment with Jenna Darnell. Women may schedule with Jenna or Heather.
FAQs
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We do not submit bills to insurance companies nor do we provide care notes to insurance companies, but we will provide you with a super bill (with insurance codes) that you can submit to your private insurance for possible reimbursement or to have the visit applied to your deductible. There is no guarantee that your insurance will cover the visit, but many do. Please note, we do not participate in Medicare or Medicaid and our services are not reimbursable by these plans.
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Payment for all services is due at time of booking. You can pay for your visit using a credit or debit card, Apple Pay, or your HSA.
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Yes, you can continue to use your private insurance for labs and prescriptions, just as you always have. Not all recommended labs, medications, or supplements will be covered by your insurance. Please note that most functional labs (DUTCH, epigentic hair analysis, etc.) are usually not covered by insurance.
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We work for you, not for insurance companies. By operating as a cash based practice we are able to spend more time with you and we can use shared decision making to choose the best treatment course for your individual needs. None of this is possible in the current healthcare model. By eliminating insurance oversight from the healthcare equation we can provide personalized, appropriate, integrative care that improves health outcomes and in the long run reduces health care costs. We want to help you to get out of the “disease-care” cycle.
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Jenna Darnell is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and provides care for both men and women of all ages. Heather Witters sees only women, as she is a Certified Nurse Midwife who specializes in women’s healthcare only.
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We are currently only seeing patients who live in Idaho or Washington state, but are hoping to expand our service area soon.