Immediate Care

About Immediate Care

What is Immediate Care?

Immediate Care is a walk-in urgent care practice with offices in Mobile and Foley, Alabama. Urgent care is its main work, with primary care, occupational health and workers' compensation services alongside it. Weight loss is one of its services, offered at the Mobile location. Its services also include screening and testing, rapid COVID-19 testing, IV fluid therapy, X-ray and ECG, and prescriptions.

Its providers include Dr Marty McDonald, listed as CEO and owner, along with Dr Sean O'Mara, Dr Ben McDonald, Dr Thomasina Sharpe and Melissa Goldman, CRNP. The weight loss injection is a compound form of semaglutide, commonly recognized under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, and it is enhanced with vitamin B12. Oral options are Phentermine and Didrex. In its own words: "No appointment is required."

This listing is for its Mobile office at 4270 Cottage Hill Rd.

What does it cost?

It does not publish a weight loss price. The weight loss fee covers a consultation with a physician and the injectable medication, but no figure is given. It does not give a separate consultation fee, and it does not say whether the oral medications are covered or whether weight loss visits are billed to insurance.

Without insurance, the fee to be evaluated is $150, due upfront at the visit and non-refundable. Any extra testing or treatment fees are discussed with you before tests are performed. It accepts insurance and notes that portions of deductibles may be collected based on your policy. Its Foley primary care policies also charge a $50 fee for a missed appointment without 24 hours' notice.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which prescriber will handle your injections. It does not say which of the named providers prescribes weight loss medication. Ask whether you will receive the brand-name drug or the compound, since the injections are a compound. Ask whether the fee is charged per visit or per month, and whether it covers the medication each time. Ask how follow-up visits and lab work are charged, and whether the oral medications are included.

Ask whether follow-up can be done by telehealth, since it does not say. Ask whether your insurance will be billed for weight loss visits. Ask how to cancel and whether cancelling carries a fee, since neither is given.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want walk-in care for illness or injury alongside a weight loss option in Mobile, and you are willing to confirm the prescriber, the fee and the follow-up costs before you book. It makes less sense if you need a published weight loss price before you call, since none is given.

Sources: medcare-al.com, medcare-al.com/services/weight-loss-clinic, medcare-al.com/services, medcare-al.com/about, medcare-al.com/faq, medcare-al.com/services/workers-comp

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