Florida Concierge Medicine & Wellness

About Florida Concierge Medicine & Wellness

What is Florida Concierge Medicine & Wellness?

Florida Concierge Medicine & Wellness is a physician-led primary care practice with two offices, one in Hollywood and one in Fort Lauderdale. Dr. Gerard Acloque Jr., MD, is the physician who prescribes and the founder. He is an internal medicine physician with more than ten years as an attending physician, and he focuses on primary care and prevention through lifestyle medicine. Patients know him as Dr. G.

Primary care is the core of the practice. It offers insurance-based primary care, a direct primary care membership, primary care services, medical weight management, aesthetics, lifestyle medicine coaching, veterans medical services, immigration medical exams (Form I-693) and employer primary care. It does not list hormone therapy or peptide therapy. Sessions can be virtual or in person, and the practice serves patients in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. Its Google listing shows a 4.7 rating from 74 reviews. It is not an emergency service, so call 911 for emergencies.

Medical weight management is one service among these. The practice names GLP-1 or GLP-1/GIP medications as possible prescription options, to be discussed when clinically appropriate and legally available. In its own words: "Options decided after evaluation."

This listing is for its Hollywood office at 5555 Hollywood Blvd #201.

What does it cost?

The membership prices are published. The Essential plan is $100 a month, with labs available à la carte. The $200 plan adds routine labs, drawn in-house every three months or sooner if there is a medical need. Both carry a $100 sign-up fee, capped at $200 per family, and run month to month after a three-month commitment. Discounted family plans are available on request. Membership is not insurance, and the practice does not bill insurance for membership services.

Fee-for-service visits are the other option. It accepts insurance for those visits and names plans including Aetna, Cigna and TRICARE. It does not state a consultation fee. It does not publish a price for medical weight management, and it does not say whether medication is included in any price. Veterans services are direct pay, and you contact the office for current fees.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask whether the monthly fee covers the medication or whether it is billed separately. Ask whether the medication is brand-name or compounded, since the practice names a drug class and not a specific product. Ask what the first evaluation, follow-up visits and lab work cost. Ask whether insurance covers any part of the weight management program, because that is not stated. If you want telehealth, ask which states it covers, since that is not stated either. Ask who evaluates and prescribes, and how often you will be seen after the first visit. Ask how cancellation works once the three-month commitment ends, and what the family plan would cost your household.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want one physician to handle your primary care on an ongoing basis, either as a member or visit by visit, and you want the weight management price and medication cost in writing before you commit. It is worth calling if you are looking for medical weight management, since which option, if any, is decided after evaluation.

Sources: floridaconciergemed.com, floridaconciergemed.com/treatments/weight-management, floridaconciergemed.com/treatments/lifestyle-coaching

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