Family Medicine Clinic & Center for Medical Weight Loss

About Family Medicine Clinic & Center for Medical Weight Loss

What is Family Medicine Clinic & Center for Medical Weight Loss?

It is a family medicine clinic and weight loss center at 813 South Amy Lane, Suite 101, in Harker Heights, Texas. Its main practice is family medicine, and it cares for patients of all ages in the Central Texas area, from children to adults. Weight loss is one of twelve listed services, alongside general health, chronic disease management, pre-op physicals and testing, immunizations, STD testing, well women exams, laser treatment, and USCIS immigration physicals.

Dr. Elemuren is the only prescriber named. Dr. Elemuren is a certified civil surgeon designated by USCIS to perform immigration medical exams, and is registered with the Center for Medical Weight Loss (CMWL). No other prescriber credentials are published.

The weight loss program is called Medically Supervised Weight Loss and runs on office visits. Three meal-replacement plans are offered: Quick Start with weekly visits, Modified with biweekly visits, and Ease In with monthly visits and appetite suppressant only. In its own words: "We prescribe FDA approved appetite suppressants and other medications which have been known to cause weight loss." The appetite medication itself is not named. The injections named are Lipo-Stat Plus, methylcobalamin (vitamin B12) and Lipo-Mino. Google shows a 3.8 rating from 20 reviews.

This listing is for its Harker Heights office at 813 S Amy Ln #101.

What does it cost?

The initial office visit is $195.00 and each monthly office visit is $150.00. Both visit fees list prescription appetite management and vitamin injections as included at no charge. Injections are also priced separately: Lipo-Stat Plus $25, methylcobalamin $25, Vitamin Super B Complex $35, Lipo-Mino $40 and Amino Acid Blend $35.

It does not say whether the visit fees include the appetite medication, and it gives no price for that medication or for the meal-replacement plans. Immigration exam fees and vaccinations are not priced either.

It accepts nearly all major insurance plans and lists Medicare, Tricare, Humana, United, Cigna and Aetna, plus self-pay. It also accepts all major credit cards. It does not say whether insurance covers weight loss visits, and it does not publish HSA or financing options, membership terms or cancellation terms.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who signs the appetite medication prescription, and whether that is Dr. Elemuren. Ask whether the $150.00 monthly fee includes the medication and, if not, what the medication costs. Ask whether it is brand-name or compounded. Ask whether the vitamin injections are covered by the visit fee or billed on top, since the price list shows them both ways.

Ask what the $195.00 initial visit covers, and what follow-up visits, lab work and body composition checks cost. Ask whether your insurance covers any weight loss visit, and how a monthly program is cancelled. Ask whether telehealth is offered, since it is not mentioned. Confirm the hours before you drive over, because Friday hours are inconsistent. The main number is 254-699-8521.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want family medicine and a cash-pay weight loss program under one roof, you live or work in Central Texas, and you will get the medication arrangement and the monthly total in writing before your first visit. It is a weaker fit if you need an itemized medication price or a firm answer on insurance coverage before you commit.

Sources: fmchh.com, fmchh.com/our-services, fmchh.com/weight-loss, fmchh.com/insurance

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