Total Weight Loss

About Total Weight Loss

What is Total Weight Loss Center?

Total Weight Loss Center is a weight loss practice at 2790 Clay Edwards Drive, Suite 600, North Kansas City, MO 64116, on the sixth floor of the Pavilion on the North Kansas City Hospital campus. The phone number is 816-691-5048. Its main work is bariatric surgery, and it also runs a nonsurgical medical weight loss program, which it presents as an alternative to surgery. The NKCH Bariatric Center is now part of it. In its own words: "the same team that has been committed to helping people achieve their weight loss and overall health goals since 2012."

Its listed services are Medical Weight Loss, Revive & Thrive, Medication Management, Diet, Financing and Nutrition Support. Revive & Thrive is the name of the medical program, a two-tier plan covering behavior, exercise, medication and nutrition. It does not name any specific medications.

Breann Kelley, DABOM, MD, is the medical weight loss physician (bariatrician), and she is board-certified in internal medicine. Keenan Berghoff, FACS, MD, is the medical director and a surgeon. Joshua Mourot, FACS, MD, is also a surgeon. Allyssa Plymell, APRN, and Nicholas Rodriguez, APRN, are nurse practitioners. Amelia Harris, PsyD, is the psychologist, and she is not listed as a prescriber. The medical weight loss team also includes registered dietitians and a certified personal trainer.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices for medical weight loss. It also does not say whether medication is part of any price, whether insurance is accepted for this program, or what a consultation costs. Financing is listed as a service, but no terms are given. The free seminars it offers are the first step for people considering surgery, so they are not a price for the medical program.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who signs your prescription, and whether you will see Dr. Kelley at each visit or a nurse practitioner. Ask whether the program fee includes medication, and if it does, whether the drug is brand-name or compounded. Ask what labs, follow-up visits and dietitian or psychologist sessions cost, and whether any of them are billed separately.

Ask whether insurance covers any part of the medical program. The insurance coordinator is described only in the surgical pathway. Ask whether there is a consultation fee, whether any visits can be done by video, and what the office hours are, since none are listed. Ask how billing works and how you cancel before you pay for anything.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want an in-person program on a hospital campus, you are open to a nonsurgical plan led by a physician board-certified in internal medicine, and you are willing to ask for prices before you commit. It is a weaker fit if you need published prices, telehealth or a named list of medications before you call.

Sources: store.totalweightloss.com, store.totalweightloss.com/weight-loss-options, store.totalweightloss.com/weight-loss-options/medical-weight-loss, store.totalweightloss.com/why-choose-us/meet-the-team

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