Natomas Family Practice

About Natomas Family Practice

What is Natomas Family Practice?

Natomas Family Practice is a family medicine office at 2410 Del Paso Rd., Sacramento, CA 95834. The phone number is 916-928-0856. Its core work is family medicine for the whole household. Its listed services also include pediatric services, senior care, women's health care, healthy physicals, immunizations, weight loss and esthetics. The office is open Monday through Friday, 8AM to 12PM and 1:30PM to 5PM, and closed on weekends.

Five people are listed as prescribers: Dr. Patrick Lau, MD; Dr. Steve Hwang, DO; Julia Kim, PA-C; Sabrina Arsala, PA-C; and Brittany Nielsen, NP.

Weight loss runs under the name Natomas Weight Loss Center. The program includes nutritional counseling, registered dietary advice, supplements and fitness programs. A weight loss doctor builds the plan around nutrition, lifestyle and physical activity. Medication is discussed only with patients who qualify based on body mass index and overall health. The practice does not name the medications it uses. In its own words: "Natomas Family Practice has a weight loss doctor that will work to create a weight loss plan based on your nutrition, lifestyle, and physical activity."

Esthetics, including laser resurfacing, hair removal and non-surgical body contouring, has its own separate website.

What does it cost?

Natomas Family Practice does not publish prices for weight loss, a consultation or a monthly plan. It does not say whether any fee includes medication, whether there is a membership, or how cancellation works. It does not mention HSA use or financing.

The practice does take insurance. It lists most PPO plans, Hills Physicians, Sutter Independent Physicians, Medicare and other insurance. Ask whether your plan covers weight loss visits, and if it does not, what you would pay in cash. Get any cash price in writing before the first visit.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who the weight loss doctor is, since the practice does not name that person. Ask whether that person is one of the five prescribers listed above. Ask who signs any prescription and who follows up on it.

Ask whether medication is part of the plan at all, and if it is, whether it is brand-name or compounded. Ask whether any monthly cost includes the medication. Ask what supplements cost and whether you must buy them through the office.

Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, separately from the program itself. Ask whether any visits are offered by telehealth, since the practice does not say. Ask how cancellation works and whether you sign a contract.

The practice's blog carries one patient story about weight loss. Ask for results across all of its patients rather than judging the program by a single account.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want a family practice for your household and will get written answers to the weight loss questions above before you pay. It is a harder fit if you need a published price or telehealth before you commit, since the practice publishes neither.

Sources: natomasfamilypractice.com, natomasfamilypractice.com/natomas-weight-loss-center, natomasfamilypractice.com/about-us

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Mon - Fri | 8AM to 12PM, 1:30PM to 5PM

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