Convenient Care Walk-In Medical Clinic

About Convenient Care Walk-In Medical Clinic

What is Convenient Care Walk-In Medical Clinic?

Convenient Care Walk-In Medical Clinic is a walk-in and family medicine clinic at 3502 Metro Drive, #200, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the north side of Metro Crossing Shopping Center off Interstate 29, Exit 47. It has served Pottawattamie County since March 2013 and describes itself as a locally owned, private clinic. Walk-ins are taken Monday through Saturday, but no specific opening hours are listed. Its Google listing shows a 3.9 rating from 80 reviews.

The clinic mainly does urgent care and primary care. Its services include minor illnesses and injuries, physicals, sports physicals, DOT physicals, urine drug screens, lab draws and women's health. Medical weight loss with GLP-1 medications is one of those services, and it names tirzepatide and semaglutide. The prescribers listed are Dr. Eyad Kakish, a board-certified family physician, Wyatt Schmidt PA-C, and Allison (Allie) McLendon, APRN, FNP-BC. Hormone therapy appears in the provider bios rather than the services list. Wyatt's bio lists it as a specialty, and Dr. Kakish's bio describes a fellowship program in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. The clinic does not list peptide or longevity medicine services.

In its own words: "Our medical clinic offers GLP-1s for medical weight loss in addition to your Urgent Care needs."

This listing is for its Council Bluffs office at 3502 Metro Dr Ste 200.

What does it cost?

Weight loss medications are priced per month. Semaglutide runs $40 a month at 0.25mg, $100 at 0.5mg, $150 at 1mg and $200 at 2mg. Tirzepatide runs $200 a month at 2.5mg, $300 at 5mg, $400 at 7.5mg and $500 at 10mg. The clinic does not say whether those monthly figures include the medication, follow-up visits or lab work. It does not publish a consultation fee.

Sports physicals are $30 cash pay and are typically not covered by insurance. The clinic accepts most insurance plans and offers cash pay discounts to patients without insurance, but it does not state the discount amount. Its charges are billed as a primary care office, not as urgent care or an emergency room. It accepts cash, checks and major credit cards.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who will write and sign your prescription, and whether it will be Dr. Kakish, Wyatt Schmidt or Allison McLendon. Ask whether the monthly price includes the medication, the visits and the labs, and what each follow-up costs. The medication comes from a pharmacy the FDA designated to produce these drugs, but it is not stated whether the product is brand-name or compounded. Ask which it is.

Ask whether your insurance will cover any part of the weight loss program or only the urgent care visits. Ask how cancellation works, since no cancellation terms are published. If you are considering its virtual visits, ask which states they serve, because the clinic does not say.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you live in or near Council Bluffs and want one clinic that handles walk-in illness, routine physicals and a GLP-1 program. If you need published prices, cancellation terms and a consultation fee before you commit, call first and get those answers in writing. The clinic is not an emergency room, so serious or life-threatening symptoms should go to 911 or the nearest emergency room.

Sources: convenientcaremedical.com, convenientcaremedical.com/about, convenientcaremedical.com/printable-forms/weight-loss, convenientcaremedical.com/meet-our-providers, convenientcaremedical.com/patient-services

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