Balance Primary Care

About Balance Primary Care

What is Balance Primary Care?

Balance Primary Care is a direct primary care practice at 9998 Ford Avenue, Suite 4 and 5, in Richmond Hill, GA 31324. Patients pay a monthly or annual membership fee and do not bill insurance for it. Its prescribers are Kendra Seagraves, APRN, FNP-C, MSN and Codi Jones, ANP-BC, APRN, MSN, both nurse practitioners. Kendra has nearly two decades of experience in the medical field.

The practice mainly does primary care. Its services are clinical visits, lab tests, consultative services, telemedicine, care management and a medical weight loss program. The weight loss program starts with a one-on-one consultation and a customized plan that could include nutrition guidance, exercise recommendations and, if needed, medication management, with regular follow-ups after. It does not name a weight loss medication. In its own words: "Patients have unlimited access to in-office visits for acute and chronic medical conditions." It has a Google rating of 5 from 55 reviews.

What does it cost?

The membership is $125 per month per person, or $1,380 a year, which comes to $115 a month when paid in advance. The fee covers clinical visits, routine lab tests, consultative services, telemedicine and care management.

A consultation is free, and you book it by calling 912-445-1231.

It does not take insurance for the membership, though insurance can still pay for imaging, outside labs, specialists and prescriptions. It suggests pairing the membership with a high-deductible health plan and a health savings account.

It does not publish a separate price for its weight loss program. It does not say whether medication is included in any price.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask whether the $125 membership includes any weight loss medication, and what a prescribed medication would cost on top of it. Ask whether any medication would be brand-name or compounded.

Ask which lab work falls outside the routine tests and what it costs. Ask which states its telemedicine visits cover, since it does not name them.

Ask how the membership is cancelled and whether it has a notice period, because it does not publish cancellation terms. Ask about office hours too, since it does not list them. For urgent needs, it directs patients to phone calls or its patient portal.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want an ongoing primary care relationship with a nurse practitioner, you can pay a monthly membership out of pocket, and you are 16 or older. Weight loss is worth a call if it is one part of that care, and if you get the medication costs in writing before you book. It does not see DOT physicals, flight physicals or workers' compensation injuries, so those need a different provider.

Sources: balanceprimary.com, balanceprimary.com/medical-weight-loss, balanceprimary.com/services, balanceprimary.com/staff, balanceprimary.com/faq

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