Jefferson Comprehensive Weight Management - Navy Yard

About Jefferson Comprehensive Weight Management - Navy Yard

What is Jefferson's Navy Yard weight management location?

This is the Navy Yard location of Jefferson Health's weight management program, run by Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. It is at 3 Crescent Drive, Floor 4, Philadelphia, PA 19112, and the phone number is 215-503-8300. It has a Google rating of 4.7 from 57 reviews and is listed as a medical clinic.

It offers medical weight management plans, bariatric surgery, and ongoing education and support. In its own words: "offering personalized care plans, nutrition counseling, exercise guidance, and ongoing support with lifetime follow-up."

It does not name a prescriber or a medication for weight loss. Bariatric surgery is part of the program, so this is not only a medication clinic. Know which path you are asking about before you call.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices for its plans or visits, and it does not say whether a consultation fee applies. It does not say whether it accepts insurance, and it does not say whether a plan's fee includes any medication. Ask whether it bills insurance and what the first visit costs before you book.

Ask what a plan costs, over what period, and what it includes. Ask whether medication or lab work is billed separately. If you are considering bariatric surgery, ask what the surgical evaluation and the procedure cost, and what your insurance would cover.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who prescribes, and whether that physician sees you at this location. Ask which medications the program uses, and whether they are brand-name or compounded. Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, and whether online visits are offered, since the page does not say. It also does not list office hours, so ask those too.

Ask how a plan ends and whether you can cancel it, and whether there is a fee for doing so. If you are weighing surgery against a non-surgical plan, ask the staff to walk you through both options and what each one involves.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want a hospital-based weight management program at the Navy Yard and you are open to bariatric surgery as well as non-surgical plans. If you are looking for a medication program with a named prescriber and published prices, call first and work through the questions above before you commit.

Sources: jeffersonhealth.org/locations/bariatric-and-metabolic-surgery-navy-yard

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