Premier Medical

About Premier Medical

What is Premier Medical?

Premier Medical is a primary care practice with clinics in The Villages, Orlando, Davenport, Silver Springs, Riverview and Tampa. Some of its clinics sit inside select Walgreens stores. It is part of NeueHealth. Alongside primary care it runs on-site labs, X-rays, CT scans, an on-site pharmacy, urgent care and walk-in clinics. Google lists it as a medical clinic with a 4.4 rating from 174 reviews. The main phone number is (888) 228-2605.

Its weight loss offering is a Tirzepatide Weight Loss Program, built around one medicine, tirzepatide, given by injection. The program adds nutritional counseling, regular check-ins with medical professionals, exercise guidance and a support community. Visits can be in person or virtual, and same-day care is offered, but the states where virtual visits are available are not named. No physician is named as the prescriber for the program. Endocrinology is on the list of services, but hormone therapy, peptide therapy and longevity medicine are not.

This listing is for its The Villages office at 1580 Santa Barbara Blvd.

What does it cost?

The weight loss program is priced per visit. In its own words: "Complete cost of visit:$400 if you receive a 2.5mg dose, $450 if you receive a 5mg dose." So a visit runs $400 or $450, depending on the dose. It does not say whether the medication is included in that figure, how many visits the program requires, or whether it runs as a monthly membership.

It does not publish a consultation fee. It accepts commercial, Medicare, Medicare Advantage and select Medicaid plans, but it does not say whether the weight loss visit is billed to insurance. The on-site pharmacy offers discounts to patients without insurance, but it does not say whether those discounts apply to tirzepatide.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who writes the prescription and who reviews your progress between visits, since no prescriber is named for the program. Ask whether the $400 or $450 includes the medication, the consultation, follow-up visits and lab work, and what the extras cost if it does not. Ask whether the tirzepatide is the brand-name product or a compounded version, and which pharmacy fills it.

Ask how many visits the program requires and how often, and whether a virtual visit costs the same as an in-person one. Ask which states the virtual visits cover. Ask whether the visit will be billed to your insurance and what you would pay if it is not covered. Ask how to cancel or pause, and whether a fee applies. Ask for clinic hours at the location you would use. The Villages pharmacy lists weekday hours, but no clinic hours are published for the weight loss program.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want weight loss handled inside a general practice with labs, a pharmacy and urgent care under one name, and you are prepared to get the prescriber, the medication terms and the full cost in writing before you pay anything.

Sources: pmacare.com, pmacare.com/weightloss, pmacare.com/services

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