Primary Providers

About Primary Providers

What is Primary Providers?

Primary Providers is a primary care practice in Marlborough, Massachusetts, run by Daniella Lamarre, AGNP-C, an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner. Weight management is one of four services, alongside primary care and preventive wellness visits, same-day sick visits, and menopause and women's health care. Care is offered in English and Haitian Creole.

The weight management service takes a medical approach that looks at overall health, metabolism, medications and lifestyle. Care may include nutrition guidance, activity goals, regular check-ins, and prescription weight-loss medications when appropriate. It does not name the medications it uses.

The practice also lists offices in Southborough, Westborough, Hopkinton and Upton. Its listed hours are 9 AM to 9 PM Monday through Friday, and 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturday and Sunday. The phone number is (508) 276-4617. Google shows a rating of 5 from 7 reviews. In its own words: "I created Primary Providers because I wanted patients in Marlborough, Massachusetts and across the state to experience primary care the way it should be: personal, accessible, and centered around their needs."

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices for any service, weight management included. It does not state a consultation fee, and it does not say whether any price would include medication. It takes insurance from several Massachusetts plans, including BCBS MA, Harvard Pilgrim, Wellsense, Wellpoint, Mass Gen Brigham Health Plan, Cigna, Aetna, MassHealth and Medicare. It does not say whether weight management visits are billed to insurance or paid in cash, or whether it offers a membership or financing. Ask for the cash price of a first visit and of follow-up visits before you book.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who signs any weight-loss prescription. Daniella Lamarre, AGNP-C, is the only prescriber named. Ask which medication would be used, whether it is brand-name or compounded, and whether its cost is part of any fee. Ask what check-ins, lab work and follow-up visits cost, and how often they happen.

Telehealth is offered for many concerns, but no states are named, so ask whether a weight management visit can be done by video and where you would need to be when you do it. Ask whether there is a membership or package, and how to cancel it. The menopause care it lists does not name hormone therapy, so ask directly if that is what you are looking for.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want weight management inside an ongoing primary care relationship, with insurance billing and one clinician also handling conditions such as blood pressure, diabetes or cholesterol. It is less suited to you if you want posted cash prices and named medications before you book.

Sources: myprimaryproviders.com

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