March 1, 2026

Dear Patients of Riverview Psychiatry,

It is with mixed emotions that I am writing to inform you that my outpatient practice will be closing on June 30, 2026.  As many of you know, I have taken the position as Medical Director for Parkridge Valley Child and Adolescent Acute and Residential services.  This, in addition to my work with the Parkridge Valley Residential Campus, is reducing my availability in the office.  I’ve decided it’s best to step away from outpatient practice. 

I will continue to see patients and provide care through June 30, 2026, although with plans for reducing availability over the next 30 days. I encourage you to begin the process of transferring care as soon as possible. 

Your medical care and well-being remain my top priority during this transition. I encourage you to establish care with another provider as soon as possible to ensure continuity of care. If you need assistance locating a new provider, you may contact your insurance company for a list of in-network physicians.  For many of you, your primary care physician may be willing to continue care. Three clinics I recommend highly for psychiatric medication management are:

Scenic City Alliance of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy– https://www.scapsychiatry.com/

River City Counseling– https://rivercitycounseling.net/

Agape Youth Behavioral Health: https://youthbehavior.com/

Your medical records will remain confidential and securely stored. You may request a copy of your records or have them transferred to a new provider by submitting a written authorization form before or after the closing date. Please be patient as we manage the volume of expected request. To request records, please contact us:

Phone: 423-443-2120

Fax: 423-425-9923

Thank you again for allowing me to be part of your healthcare journey. It has truly been an honor to care for you.

With sincere appreciation,

Marie Beasley, DO

Dr. Beasley is not currently accepting new patients.

If you are in need of emergency services, please remember to call 911 or go the nearest emergency room. Parkridge Valley and Erlanger Behavioral Health also provide screening evaluations for admission onsite.

For outpatient psychiatric services, you can contact your insurance for recommendations or we recommend considering: Agape Youth Behavioral Health Services, Scenic City Alliance of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, or River City Counseling.

Stimulant prescriptions will only be given for 3 months at a time. Those taking stimulants must be seen by Dr. Beasley every 3 months to renew prescriptions. At least once yearly, patients must be seen in person.

We are switching phone and messaging services tomorrow 6/21/23. The switch is scheduled to occur between 11a-2p. Messages may not be received in real time during that time period. Once we are up and running on the new platform there may be a lag in communication as we catch up with the new server and work through initial bumps in the road. Thank you for your patience with this process. This new messaging platform should ultimately make communication easier.

Dr. Beasley is open to new patients again. New patients may now schedule online again without a referral. Appointments will be approved by Lauren and Dr. Beasley after review.

Dr. Beasley is trying a new schedule this summer. She will have earlier morning and later evening appointments several times per month for your convenience. You can look for these times to be available when booking in the office and online.

As a reminder, please allow 48 business hours for refills, especially for controlled substances.

Video appointments are still available. However, the patient needs to be within the state of Tennessee during the virtual visit. Regulations require that the patient being seen must be physically within the state that Dr. Beasley is licensed, Tennessee. Please verify before your appointment time if you need a virtual visit. The link for connecting virtually is: https://doxy.me/riverviewpsychiatry

We are transitioning to a different texting/phone service. Please be patient with us while we make this transition.

As always, get outside and move your body!

The practice switched to a new service in January and we’ve been having significant difficulties with it. Our phone line (voicemail and texts) are completely down as of 10a. We are working hard to resolve this and are deeply sorry for any inconveniences over the past few weeks as we did not realize that some text messages and voicemails were not being received.

If you need to reach Dr. Beasley today 2/24/23, please email her at drbeasley@riverviewpsychiatry.com or send a fax to 423-425-9923. Our email and fax systems are separate from the Verizon phone account.

We are working quickly to switch to a different system ASAP.

Dr. Beasley has a new assistant, Lauren. She is assisting with communications, refills, prior authorizations. She is an amazing asset to the practice. Thank you for your patience while we transition her into the system.

RATE INCREASE EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2023

Medication follow-up appointments: $190

Extended 50 minute follow-up appointments: $325

New patient appointments (by referral only): $375

Dr. Beasley is only selectively accepting new patients by referral. Referring professionals can fax a patient summary or send notes to 423-425-9923 for review.

Starting in January 2022, Dr. Beasley’s rate will go up as follows:
$155 medication follow-up
$300 hour long extended consult/psychotherapy
$350 new patient visits

Dr. Beasley is NOT a participating TennCare provider. While she is happy to still see patients who are covered by TennCare and willing to pay out of pocket, TennCare does NOT cover any prescriptions written by out of network providers. This means that if you choose to see Dr. Beasley and have TennCare, any prescriptions written by Dr. Beasley will NOT be covered by TennCare. This is a longstanding issue that she has attempted many times to appeal unsuccessfully.