Christie Care

About Christie Care

What is Christie Care?

Christie Care is a small practice built around one nurse practitioner, Christie Pinolini, ARNP. It has offices in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and Alexandria, Virginia, and it serves Palm City, Okeechobee, West Palm Beach and nearby Florida cities. Its services are telemedicine, addiction medication treatment, weight loss, hormone replacement therapy (TRT) for men and women, Botox, sick visits, dermatology telemedicine and neurofeedback. Neurofeedback is listed as coming soon, and hormone therapy carries the same label even though it appears among the services.

Weight loss is one service among these. It looks for the cause of weight gain before it builds a plan, including hormonal imbalance, thyroid issues, slow metabolism or a medical condition. The plan can include reduced calorie intake, stress management, supplements, exercise and, when the clinic sees the need, metabolic or appetite suppressants. No weight loss medication is named. In its own words: "Christie Pinolini develops personalized weight loss programs for you to stray far from the path of obesity and adopt a healthy body and life."

Telemedicine is offered to people in Florida, and sick visits can be done in the clinic or as a home visit. Google shows the practice with a 5 rating from 95 reviews, in the weight loss service category.

This listing is for its Palm City office at 3545 SW Corporate Pkwy.

What does it cost?

The clinic does not publish prices for weight loss or hormone therapy, and it does not state a consultation fee. The one published price is Botox, listed as low as $12 per unit. It does not say whether insurance is accepted, whether a monthly fee includes medication, or how membership and cancellation work.

What should you ask before you book?

Call 772-238-5800 and ask for the total cost of the first consultation and each follow-up visit, and whether lab work is billed on top. Ask whether a weight loss fee covers the medication, and if a drug is prescribed, whether it is brand-name or compounded. Ask whether insurance is accepted in any form, including HSA use. Ask how cancellation works for a monthly plan and whether any fee is refunded.

Ask who writes the prescriptions, and who sees patients at the Alexandria, Virginia office. The clinic names Florida for telemedicine, so ask whether it is available to people outside Florida. For hormone therapy, ask whether it is taking patients now. The clinic does not state how long it has been open, so ask that too.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want one nurse practitioner for weight loss, sick visits or a Botox appointment, you are paying cash, and you can get the full cost in writing before you commit. It is a weaker fit if you need the medication named and the price fixed before your first visit.

Sources: christiecare.net, christiecare.net/services/weight-loss, christiecare.net/services, christiecare.net/services/telemedicine, christiecare.net/services/sick-visit

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CLINIC HOURS – Mon-Fri : 8AM – 4 PM, Sun: 9AM – 1PM

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