Center for Weight Management

About Center for Weight Management

What is Center for Weight Management?

Center for Weight Management is a weight management practice run by Longstreet Clinic, a multi-specialty medical group affiliated with Northeast Georgia Health System. Its main work is weight loss, both surgical and medical. It has offices in Gainesville, Suwanee and Braselton, and it also offers telehealth appointments across the U.S. The phone number is 770-534-0110. No hours are listed. Google shows the practice at 4.7 from 107 reviews.

The team includes Robert L. Richard M.D., FACS, and Eric J. Velazquez MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS, who are bariatric surgeons. It also includes Sonali Ganguly M.D., an endocrinologist who specializes in obesity medicine, Eileen D. Javellana M.D., and nurse practitioners Oteia Keion Morris FNP-C and Maria Mercedes Hall FNP-C. The clinic does not say which of them prescribes in the medical weight loss program.

Surgical options include gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, duodenal switch and panniculectomy. Non-surgical options include endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty, the Orbera intragastric balloon, a low calorie program and a very low calorie program. The medical weight loss program uses what the clinic calls the New Direction System, with physician-monitored diet plans, and New Direction, which the clinic describes as having helped patients for over 20 years, is part of that approach. Among its injectable medications the clinic names Ozempic, Monjouro, Wegovy and Zepbound. It also runs an Adolescent Weight Loss Program with Northeast Georgia Health System, with a pediatrician, bariatric surgeons, dietitians, a pediatric psychologist and an athletic trainer on the team.

This listing is for its Suwanee office at 1120 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Suite 106.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices. It does not give a consultation fee, and it does not say whether a monthly program fee includes medication. In its own words: "Your insurance may cover some of the cost of your medical weight loss program." It does not name the insurance plans it accepts. It mentions multiple financing options and a Fast Track program, but gives no terms for either. Before you book, ask for the cost of the first visit, the program, any medication and any surgery, along with the cost of lab work and follow-up visits.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which clinician prescribes for the medical weight loss program and who you would see for follow-up. Ask whether the program fee includes medication, and if it does, which one. If the medication is one of the injectables the clinic names, ask whether it is the brand-name product or a compounded version. Ask what lab work and follow-up visits cost and whether they are billed separately.

Ask which insurance plans are accepted and whether your plan covers the medical weight loss program. Ask what the financing options cost in interest and monthly payments, and whether you qualify for Fast Track. Ask how cancellation works and whether a fee applies if you stop partway through. If surgery is on the table, ask for the full surgical cost in writing, with each separate fee listed.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want surgical and medical weight loss under one name, can be seen in Gainesville, Suwanee or Braselton or by telehealth, and are willing to ask for prices and the prescriber's name before you commit. It is a less direct fit if you need a published price list before you call, since none is posted.

Sources: longstreetclinic.com/specialties/center-for-weight-management, longstreetclinic.com/procedures/medical-weight-loss, longstreetclinic.com/medications-and-weight-loss, longstreetclinic.com/accessibleweightloss

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