WoodStream Wellness

About WoodStream Wellness

What is WoodStream Wellness?

WoodStream Wellness LLC is a mental health practice with several offices, and medical weight loss is one of its services. Most of its work is outpatient mental health care: psychotherapy, medication management, psychological assessment and evaluation, and pediatric services for children starting at age 5. It also offers pharmacogenomic testing, a saliva test that looks at how a person may respond to a specific medication. The practice opened in the summer of 2021.

The Medical Weight Loss Program includes consultation with individualized treatment plans covering behavior, medical management, diet and exercise. It also includes an evaluation of underlying metabolic influences that may contribute to weight loss struggles, and management of peri and postmenopausal weight gain. It uses FDA approved and off-label medications, chosen for each person. Susan Houck and Jamie McGuire are the two prescribers listed for the program, and virtual appointments are available. In its own words: "Frequency of visits will be determined pending each patient’s needs and medication follow up requirements."

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices, a consultation fee or a monthly rate for the weight loss program. It does not say whether medication is included in any fee. It does accept insurance, including Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana, Medicare, Medicaid (most HMO plans), Tricare and UnitedHealthcare, among others. Ask whether your plan covers the medical weight loss program and its visits, and what you would pay if it does not.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which office you would visit and what its hours are, since hours are set by each office. No medication is named, so ask which one would be used for you, whether it is FDA approved or off-label, and whether it is brand-name or compounded. Ask whether the monthly fee, if there is one, includes the medication. Ask who would sign your prescription and how often you would be seen, then what follow-up visits and lab work cost. It does not say which states its virtual visits cover, so ask whether one is available where you live. Finally, ask how to cancel or stop the program and whether that carries a fee.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want medical weight loss care from a practice that also handles mental health care, and your insurance may cover the visits. It is worth calling if you want a written price before you book, since none is published.

Sources: woodstreamwellness.com, woodstreamwellness.com/weight-loss, woodstreamwellness.com/services, woodstreamwellness.com/team

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