HomeTown Healthy

About HomeTown Healthy

What is HomeTown Healthy?

HomeTown Healthy is a medical weight loss practice in Cherryville, NC. The office phone is 704.435.1100. No street address is published, so call for directions. Dr. White has been providing primary care in the community and has focused on helping patients with weight loss since 1988. Meggan Harrelson and Lauren Anthony are Obesity Management Certified Nurse Practitioners who work alongside him. Whitney Walls, RN, runs the in-office lab. The clinic names all four as its prescribers. Besides medical weight loss, it lists men's health, cardiovascular health assessments, lab services and health assessments, and its lab page also offers urine drug testing for individuals and employers.

The program starts with an initial evaluation: lab work, a baseline EKG and an extended office visit with a physical exam. Nutrition options include intermittent and alternate day fasting, meal replacement bars and shakes when the patient prefers them, a fasting mimicking program through Prolon, and low-carbohydrate, Mediterranean and ketogenic eating patterns. Activity plans and stress management, including sleep habits, meditation and yoga, round out the approach. The medications named are phentermine, diethylpropion, Qysmia, Contrave, Saxenda, Wegovy and Mounjaro. The clinic also offers B12 and "fat burning" intramuscular injections and uses continuous glucose monitoring in the office. In its own words: "Prescription medications are an option to our medical weight loss plan if we feel these are medically necessary, all while remembering that lifestyle changes are the key component to long term success."

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices. Its lab testing is described as discounted, and the lab page says to call for pricing. The activity page mentions a monthly membership, but no fee is stated. No consultation fee is listed. It does not say whether it accepts insurance, whether medication is included in the plan, or what the medications cost. Prolon products are offered at special pricing that is discussed at a visit. Call 704.435.1100 and get each of these answers before you book.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who writes your prescription and who follows your care, since four clinicians are named. Ask whether the monthly membership covers visits, labs and medication, or whether those are billed separately, and whether the membership is needed to use the workout room. Ask whether the medications are brand-name products or compounded versions. Ask what the initial evaluation, the EKG, follow-up visits and repeat labs cost, and whether labs drawn at a nearby reference lab are billed differently. Ask whether telehealth is available, what the office hours are, and where the office is located. Ask whether it offers hormone therapy, since no hormone therapy is named. Finally, ask how a membership is canceled and whether it has a required term.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you live near Cherryville, want your labs, weight loss plan and any medication handled in one office, and are willing to call for prices before you commit.

Sources: hometown-healthy.com/weight-loss, hometown-healthy.com/weight-loss/medication-therapies, hometown-healthy.com/weight-loss/laboratory-monitoring, hometown-healthy.com/weight-loss/general-approach

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