Venice Beach HRT

About Venice Beach HRT

What is Venice Beach HRT?

Venice Beach HRT is an integrative and functional medicine practice in Des Moines. In its own words: "Venice Beach is a physician-led integrative and functional medicine practice." Its main focus is hormone therapy, with weight management, pellet therapy and lab testing also offered. It does not publish a street address, so ask for the office location and hours before you plan a visit. Its Google rating is 5 from 22 reviews.

Dr. Susan Latcham is the one prescriber named. She opened Venice Beach HRT in 2023. The practice describes her as having a doctorate from Creighton University, over 10 years of experience in emergency medicine, family practice and urgent care, and a fellowship in Anti-Aging, Metabolic Medicine (FAAM) that she is currently completing.

Hormone therapy has two tracks. For women, the practice offers individually compounded creams, gels or troches for estradiol, progesterone, testosterone and DHEA levels. For men, it offers testosterone replacement by injection, cream, gel or sublingual troche. Pellet therapy places bioidentical hormone pellets under the skin. Weight management combines lab data, body composition analysis and a personalized plan. The practice does not name a weight-loss medication or a peptide program.

What does it cost?

Venice Beach HRT does not publish prices for any service, so there is no monthly fee or program price to compare yet. The first step is a free 15-minute consultation with Dr. Latcham. Labs can be done at your first visit if you fast for 12 hours beforehand, and results are typically available in 3 to 4 days.

Some services and treatments may be partly or fully covered by insurance, and the practice asks patients to contact the office to review coverage. It does not say which insurers it accepts. It also does not say whether medication is included in any fee, so treat that as an open question. The phone number is 515-884-7849.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who signs your prescription and which license Dr. Latcham holds to prescribe, since the practice describes her training as a doctorate and as nursing degrees. Ask whether any monthly or program fee includes medication. Ask whether the hormones are compounded or brand-name. The women's products are described as individually compounded, but the practice does not say what men receive.

Ask what follow-up visits and repeat labs cost, and whether any of them are covered. Ask which insurers the office accepts and how the coverage review works. If pellet therapy interests you, ask what placement costs and what it includes. Ask whether any visits can be done by telehealth, since the practice does not say. Ask for the office address and hours, and ask how cancellation works before you pay anything.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want hormone therapy, pellet therapy or weight management in Des Moines and are comfortable starting with labs and a free 15-minute call before any price is in writing. It is less suited to you if you need prices, insurance details or medication costs before you book, or if you are looking for a peptide program or a named weight-loss medication.

Sources: venicebeachhrt.com, venicebeachhrt.com/services, venicebeachhrt.com/about-dr-latcham

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