Menopause Specialists Who Accept Insurance in Iowa
52 practitioners have an office in Iowa, and 58 more can see patients here by telehealth. 79 of them are certified by the Menopause Society, and the most are in Iowa City, Des Moines and West Des Moines.
Gretchen Dutcher sees patients through Midi Health, a national virtual menopause clinic that works by video only. She became a nurse practitioner in 2021 but has worked in women's health since 2014, in gynecology, urology and postpartum care. She says education is what she enjoys most about menopause care, and she wants women to understand what is happening in their bodies and to feel less stigma about midlife changes. She describes her approach as a partnership and says she meets each patient where she is. New patients can book with her by name through her own Midi page. Midi does not do in-person exams, so anything needing a physical exam or imaging is referred out.
Dr. Bartlett Hackenmiller is a gynecologist who trained in integrative medicine under Andrew Weil and now sees menopause, menstrual, fertility and pelvic floor concerns. She works through MercyOne OB-Gyn in Waterloo and HonorHealth Integrative Medicine in Scottsdale, and she sees many patients by video. She prescribes bioidentical hormones and uses transdermal estrogen rather than pills. She also leans on herbs, diet and mind-body work, and she has written about helping women who can't take hormones. She is a clinical herbalist and a certified forest therapy guide, and her own life, including raising a son with autism and losing her first husband to cancer, shapes how she practices.
The Group has been practicing in the Quad Cities since 1978 and is an obstetrics and gynecology practice, with its main office in Davenport and a second in Clinton open on Wednesdays. Eight physicians work alongside midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and Barclay joined in 2006. On the gynecology side the practice handles perimenopause and menopausal symptoms, and also bleeding after menopause and urinary incontinence. Bone density screening and pelvic floor therapy are done in the office, so a woman worried about her bones or her bladder can be seen in one place. Care is in person only, and a new patient either calls or sends the appointment request form, after which the office rings back to confirm details before anything is booked. The site never names a hormone treatment, so what she prescribes for menopause is not published.
Amy Bingaman is a gynecologist who sees patients at a clinic in West Des Moines and at women's health clinics inside five small Iowa hospitals. She provides full spectrum gynecologic care and lists perimenopause and menopausal care among her main professional interests, along with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She spent 8.5 years in the Navy, where she did her OB/GYN internship and residency, then returned to Iowa about 15 years ago. A large part of her public profile is speaking work, including a menopause talk called Hot Flashes and Hot Takes. New patients can book an OB/GYN visit online for the West Des Moines clinic, and the hospital clinics take appointments by phone, with one stating that no referral is needed. Her own website is built around the speaking side of her work, so it says nothing about what a visit costs or how care is run.
Terrilee Jackel founded this small Ankeny practice, which combines primary care with hormone therapy for women and men, and she can also be your regular primary care provider. New patients start with a discovery visit, a group appointment where the team takes your history and draws labs, followed by an optional talk about women's health and hormones. A longer one-on-one visit follows to go over your results and leave with a treatment plan and prescriptions. Insurance covers basic visits, but hormone therapy requires the practice's paid membership. She has prescribed hormone therapy since 2017 and uses plant-derived bioidentical hormones. Follow-ups can be done by video for patients in Iowa.
Samantha Cunningham runs a solo practice that goes by My Elevated Wellness and also trades as Menopause Omaha. She treats women through perimenopause and menopause, and the only appointment she publishes is a fifty minute initial consultation for midlife care, booked as an office visit. She also sees patients by video in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. A first visit goes through symptom history, menstrual cycle, diet and exercise before any hormone plan is settled. For hormones she names local treatment such as vaginal estrogen alongside systemic treatment such as patches, testosterone and oral progesterone. She writes that her own passage through menopause shaped how she listens to patients, and she publishes a steady run of her own clinical articles on subjects like primary ovarian insufficiency and genitourinary syndrome of menopause.
A small family practice in north Ames seeing patients from newborns through midlife, with stated expertise in women's health and pediatrics, run by a physician assistant who is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner. Care is given in the office and by video, with scheduling and messaging through a patient portal. Perimenopause, menopause, well woman exams and contraception are listed among its services, though the site describes no hormone treatment in detail.
Beyer is a Midi clinical leader and sits on the company advisory board, and she still sees patients by video. She trained in obstetrics and gynaecology, then dropped obstetrics to work on gynaecology and hormonal health only. Weight is her second focus and she holds a diplomate from the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She talks openly about gaining weight before her 50th birthday and losing 35 pounds over five months, and she uses that with patients who are struggling. Care runs through Midi only, so visits are by video and anything needing an exam or imaging goes to an outside clinician. Her page has no booking link of her own, so the Midi sign-up does not let a new patient choose her by name.
Siouxland Women's Health Care is a six provider obstetrics and gynecology practice in Sioux City. Dr. Avery grew up in Sioux City, earned her osteopathic medicine degree at Des Moines University and completed her obstetrics and gynecology residency at Creighton University. The practice names her as the only Menopause Society Certified Practitioner in Sioux City and the surrounding area. Its menopause care covers hormone replacement therapy, treatment for postmenopausal bleeding, evaluation and treatment of urinary incontinence, osteoporosis treatment with Prolia injections, and treatment for painful sex and vaginal dryness. The practice also offers MonaLisa Touch, an in office vaginal laser for dryness and painful intercourse that its board certified obstetrician gynecologists perform. She sees patients at the Jackson Street office and holds a clinic at Pender Community Hospital in Nebraska on the second Wednesday of each month.
