Patient Information
What to Expect Before, During, and After Your Initial Appointment
Before your Initial Appointment
We want to help streamline your first appointment so that you don’t have to spend time filling out patient forms at our office. To accomplish this, we have made all required new patient forms available to complete upon your registration with our practice & patient portal. The forms are also available online for you to print and complete before your first appointment.
- Please complete your patient portal registration within 24 hours or send these completed forms to our office when scheduling your first appointment.
- You may email the completed forms to the appropriate office before your appointment using the following email addresses:
Arlington office: Arlington@DrWeightControl.com
Waco office: Waco@DrWeightControl.com
Please review the new patient no show policy and fees before your appointment and call one of our offices if you have any questions. Remember that a $50 deposit is due before your appointment can be scheduled.
Your initial visit to one of our Physician’s Weight Control and Wellness Center offices is important, as we will discuss your medical history and lifestyle to develop a customized plan for weight loss. If you have children, we ask that you arrange child care during your appointment to keep the focus on you and your weight loss goals.
On the Day of your Initial Appointment
Please bring your driver’s license or another form of picture identification to your first appointment for our records.
Bring payment (debit, credit, money order, or cash) for the new patient fee, due on the day of visit.
When you visit our office for the first time, you can expect the following:
- Basic tests to create your unique wellness profile
- Blood Testing – we will perform a complete blood panel to provide an overview of your body’s unique chemistry. This series of blood tests will check your glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, thyroid levels, and other levels. We will go over your results on your second visit.
- Electrocardiogram (EKG) – we will administer an EKG to measure your heart’s health. These results will also be discussed during your visit.
- If these tests show any results that are dangerously out of range, we will let you know before your next scheduled visit.
- Plan of treatment
- Our doctor will recommend a plan of treatment to begin prior to your next scheduled appointment. This play may include any or all of the following:
- Supplements
- Lipotropic vitamin B injections (optional)
- Exercise programs
- Meal plans
- Appetite suppressants or other medications (when appropriate)
- Our doctor will recommend a plan of treatment to begin prior to your next scheduled appointment. This play may include any or all of the following:
What to Expect Before, During, and After Your Initial Appointment
Before your Initial Appointment
We want to help streamline your first appointment so that you don’t have to spend time filling out patient forms at our office. To accomplish this, we have made all required new patient forms available to complete upon your registration with our practice & patient portal. The forms are also available online for you to print and complete before your first appointment.
- Please complete your patient portal registration within 24 hours or send these completed forms to our office when scheduling your first appointment.
- You may email the completed forms to the appropriate office before your appointment using the following email addresses:
Arlington office: Arlington@DrWeightControl.com
Waco office: Waco@DrWeightControl.com
Please review the new patient no show policy and fees before your appointment and call one of our offices if you have any questions. Remember that a $50 deposit is due before your appointment can be scheduled.
Your initial visit to one of our Physician’s Weight Control and Wellness Center offices is important, as we will discuss your medical history and lifestyle to develop a customized plan for weight loss. If you have children, we ask that you arrange child care during your appointment to keep the focus on you and your weight loss goals.
On the Day of your Initial Appointment
Please bring your driver’s license or another form of picture identification to your first appointment for our records.
Bring payment (debit, credit, money order, or cash) for the new patient fee, due on the day of visit.
When you visit our office for the first time, you can expect the following:
- Basic tests to create your unique wellness profile
- Blood Testing – we will perform a complete blood panel to provide an overview of your body’s unique chemistry. This series of blood tests will check your glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, thyroid levels, and other levels. We will go over your results on your second visit.
- Electrocardiogram (EKG) – we will administer an EKG to measure your heart’s health. These results will also be discussed during your visit.
- If these tests show any results that are dangerously out of range, we will let you know before your next scheduled visit.
- Plan of treatment
- Our doctor will recommend a plan of treatment to begin prior to your next scheduled appointment. This play may include any or all of the following:
- Supplements
- Lipotropic vitamin B injections (optional)
- Exercise programs
- Meal plans
- Appetite suppressants or other medications (when appropriate)
- Our doctor will recommend a plan of treatment to begin prior to your next scheduled appointment. This play may include any or all of the following:
Patient Appointment Fees
Below are the new and established patient appointment fees and what they cover across our various office locations.
New Patients
The new patient fee for your first appointment includes an appointment scheduling deposit (see our new patient no-show policies below for more information) and is the same for all offices:
All offices: $295
This fee covers the cost of the consultation with the doctor, blood testing, EKG, and any additional elements of the doctor’s prescribed treatment plan that are administered during that visit.
Established Patients
The established patient fee for follow-up appointments does not include a deposit and varies by office:
Arlington office: $120
Waco office: $120
This established patient fee covers the cost of the consultation with the doctor and any additional elements of the treatment plan (including lipotropic Vitamin B injections) administered during that visit.
Lipotropic Vitamin B Injections (if prescribed weekly injections in treatment plan)
All offices: $30 per injection visit (3 for $50 with Flex membership)
For patients prescribed weekly lipotropic vitamin B injections at our office, there is a standalone fee for each injection visit. You do not need a scheduled appointment with a provider to receive the injection, so you will not need to pay an established patient appointment fee for this visit.
No-Show Policies
We greatly value our patient’s time and effort toward their weight loss journey, particularly in making time for their appointments at our offices. To ensure that our offices can maximize flexibility and availability in our scheduling, we are instituting a set of “no-show policies” for new and established patients. These policies allow our offices to run efficiently, maximize our physician’s time spent with individual patients, and, most importantly, accommodate our patients’ needs.
Please note that we cannot schedule, reschedule, or cancel appointments through this website or email. You must call our office to schedule, reschedule, or cancel an appointment.
New Patients
Our no-show policy for new patients includes a $50 non-refundable deposit due when you schedule your initial appointment. When you attend your first appointment, we will apply that $50 deposit to the new patient fee ($295). This will make the total due at the time of your appointment $245.
If you need to reschedule your initial appointment, you must do so at least two business days (Monday-Thursday) before the date of your appointment. If you fail to reschedule or will be more than 15 minutes late for your appointment without informing our office, you will forfeit the $50 deposit.
We will accept the $50 deposit via:
- Cash,
- Money order (we must receive the money order before we can schedule your appointment),
- Debit card, or
- Credit card (Mastercard, Visa, Discover, or American Express)
We must receive this deposit before we can schedule your appointment. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept payment via check.
Established Patients
Our no-show policy for established patients does not include a deposit. However, if you miss your appointment, are more than 15 minutes late, or fail to reschedule at least 24 hours before the time of your appointment, you will be charged a $25 no-show fee. This fee is due at the time of your next appointment.
If you have two consecutive missed appointments, we cannot reschedule your next visit until we receive the $50 in no-show fees for the two missed appointments.