Kaiser Permanente Medical Weight Management Program
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What is Kaiser Permanente Medical Weight Management Program?
Kaiser Permanente Medical Weight Management Program is a medically supervised weight loss program that runs under the Kaiser Permanente name. Its San Francisco office sits within a group of offices in Daly City/South San Francisco, Fresno/Clovis, Martinez, Oakland, Pleasanton, Redwood City, Roseville, Sacramento, San Jose, San Rafael, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, South Sacramento/Elk Grove, Union City and Vacaville. Clinical care is delivered by providers or contractors of The Permanente Medical Group. Michelle Tinitigan, MD, is listed as the medical director and as the prescriber for the program.
The program offers two services. The meal replacement program is built around low-calorie meal replacements, with periodic checkups, lab tests and weekly online group sessions. The medication program pairs brand-name GLP-1 medication with weekly live virtual coaching. The medication program is fully virtual and available regardless of location. The program does not say whether the medication is offered at the San Francisco office specifically.
This listing is for its Vacaville office at 1 Quality Dr.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices. The program points people to a complimentary online orientation to learn about pricing and how to get started.
Everything is fee-for-service and is not covered by health plan benefits, so you pay for it yourself. Medications are filled through outside pharmacies and paid for directly by participants. The program does not say whether any program fee includes them. The medication program runs six months, with optional three-month extensions. The meal program runs 30 weeks, followed by 52 weeks of continued group support. No consultation fee or cancellation terms are given.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask what the San Francisco office charges, and whether that figure includes the medication or whether you buy the medication separately each month. Ask who writes your prescription and who handles your follow-up. Ask whether the medication program is offered to you at the San Francisco office or only in its virtual format.
The program says that "only brand-name pharmaceutical drugs are used to support weight loss," and names tirzepatide as a preferred option. Ask which medicine you would be prescribed and confirm that it is brand-name. Ask what the periodic checkups and lab tests cost, and whether they are billed on top of the program fee. Ask what happens at the end of six months, what an extension costs, and how you cancel. Ask for the office hours, since none are listed.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you have no insurance coverage for weight loss medication, you are 18 to 75 with a BMI of 30 to 39 or 27 to 29 with qualifying weight-related health conditions, and you can pay for the program yourself. The meal program is for people with at least 40 pounds to lose. If your health plan covers weight loss medication, the medication program is not open to you.
Sources: kphealthyweight.com/our-locations/san-francisco, kphealthyweight.com/our-program/medications-glp-1
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What we confirmed
Read off Kaiser Permanente Medical Weight Management Program’s own website on 2026-10-17. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “Kaiser Permanente Medical Weight Management Program” source
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