Integrative Wellness Medicine

About Integrative Wellness Medicine

What is Integrative Wellness Medicine?

Integrative Wellness Medicine is a functional medicine practice with offices in Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Kodak, Farragut and Morristown, Tennessee. Its website also uses the names DMS Wellness Medicine and DMS Integrative Wellness Medicine, so you may see any of those in search results. The phone number is (865) 455-9985. It has one Google review, rated 5, and is listed there as a holistic medicine practitioner.

The practice offers two services: intravenous vitamin treatments and bioidentical hormone therapy, which it calls BHRT. The IV treatments are given in its offices and may combine magnesium, calcium, glutathione, B vitamins and vitamin C. Hormone therapy starts with a consultation and lab testing that uses saliva, urine and blood samples, then continues with a customized regimen you follow at home. In its own words: "Your treatment is personalized: compounded to your unique physiology and needs."

Deborah Sellers-Mooney, FNP-BC, is the nurse practitioner on staff. She has been a nurse for nearly 34 years, the last 7 as an NP in functional medicine and addiction recovery. Tracie Barnes, CCMA, is a certified medical assistant. Alli Dew, BS, BSN, RN, is a registered nurse. The practice does not say who signs a hormone prescription.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices. It does not say whether its fees include medication, and it does not say whether it accepts insurance. It does offer a free 15-minute clinician consult before you commit.

The first appointment is about an hour of clinician time. It covers your medical history, a personal health interview, a physical exam, blood work and additional testing as needed. It does not say whether lab testing is included. Once a plan is set, patients are typically seen quarterly. Regular IV clients visit monthly. After hormone therapy starts, telephone consultations or check-ins are available. It does not say whether any of these cost extra, and it does not say how cancellation works.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who signs the hormone prescription. Sellers-Mooney is the nurse practitioner named on staff, but the practice does not say who writes that prescription, so get the answer in writing.

Ask whether the fee includes the hormone medication, and whether that medication is compounded, since the practice describes its treatment that way. The practice does not name specific medications, so ask which ones would be used.

Ask whether lab testing is billed on top of the one-hour first visit, and what each quarterly follow-up and each round of labs costs. Ask whether telephone check-ins cost extra, and whether IV infusions are billed per visit or as an arrangement.

Ask whether insurance is accepted, and which office your visits would be at, since no address is published for the Morristown office. Finally, ask how to cancel and whether there is a membership term or minimum commitment.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want a free consult before any charge, you are willing to get prices, medication names and the prescriber's name in writing before you agree to testing or monthly visits, and you want IV vitamins and hormone therapy under one functional medicine practice.

Sources: dmswellnessrx.com, dmswellnessrx.com/bioidentical-hormone-therapy, dmswellnessrx.com/staff

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