Why Weight Health? Why Now?
Maintaining great body health is a journey, not a destination. This is especially true for weight health. These journeys are extremely personal and complex, and can last a lifetime. There are stigmas to battle, and diverse care needs can be difficult to manage. With 73% of Americans facing weight struggles, it’s clear that traditional weight management methods are not working and a new approach is needed.
Looking at Weight Health Differently
Despite its ubiquitous nature, weight health is rarely treated with a clinical approach. Temporary and fragmented quick fixes, from diet to prescriptions, often fail and add to the complexity, confusion, and cost of treatments. Within a year, 80% of people who lose weight gain it back. This often leads to discouragement and relapse for people working toward better weight health. We believe that people fighting a disease that has reached epidemic status deserve to have easy access to the highest-quality, affordable health and care from expert providers who lead with empathy.
We understand that you can’t separate weight issues from health issues. That’s why we are taking a different approach to supporting our Members with a new Weight Health care experience; an experience grounded in clinical quality and delivered in a whole-person, longitudinal fashion prioritizing personalization and sustainable change to deliver better health and affordability.
The One Place for Weight Health
When we say it’s a different approach, we mean it. This is the first Weight Health Care experience that delivers lifestyle management, pharmaceutical, and surgical benefits in one place to enable individualized care. Supported throughout the whole process, our clients have easy and affordable access to personalized care plans and an integrated team of clinical weight health specialists. Together, we can provide the comprehensive lifestyle management and behavioral coaching support necessary to augment any pharmaceutical treatments (including GLP-1s) or industry-leading surgical care, if needed.
It begins with a simple question: “Why is this important to you?” When Transcarent connects you with our team, we get to work developing a personalized care plan for each client, routing them to the appropriate care journey for their weight health needs, which may include some or all of the specialists.
Transcarent offers on-demand care, teams will guide Members at each step, helping them make the next best decision for their weight, health and care. Like other care experiences at Transcarent, there is never a one-size-fits-all approach. Our Members can be confident that they have a personalized plan with targeted resources to address their unique needs.
High-Quality, Personalized Care is Driving Change
As with any chronic condition, the best outcomes are realized when people are engaged in their care. That’s why Transcarent Weight Health Members have access to provider teams and high-quality specialists, all available via text, video, phone, or in-person.
Based on individual need, and accessed via one easy-to-use platform, Members have access to high-quality board-certified obesity medicine specialists, endocrinologists, registered dietician nutritionists, physical therapists, nurses, behavioral specialists, specialty pharmacists, and bariatric surgeons from Transcarent Surgery Center of Excellence program. Since no two weight health journeys are alike, these providers align on each Member’s personalized care plan. They work together with the shared goal of helping Members achieve a healthy weight while engaging them with the tools they need to maintain that weight and good health for the long-term. This approach has been working, resulting in a 12.2% average weight loss over 7 months and 2.8% average reduction a month.
With the World Obesity Federation’s prediction that more than one billion people will be affected by weight health issues by 2030, it’s time to shift expectations and rethink ingrained approaches to care by helping people create the individualized, healthy, lasting change they need. We can transform the narrative from disease, obesity and siloed sick care to a culture that is supportive of individual weight health needs, reverses long standing stigmas, and gives people what they need on their journey to sustained good health.
Source: https://transcarent.com/blog/a-new-approach-to-weight-health
Could This Be Right for You?
Wondering if bariatric surgery might be a fit? Start simple: take a quick Virtual Bariatric Tool Assessment. It’s private, takes just a couple of minutes, and could be the nudge you need toward hitting your health goals.
While some traditional insurance plans provide bariatric surgery coverage, Lantern (SurgeryPlus), Transcarent, or Carrum Health are an all-inclusive benefit offered by a select group of companies. The companies listed below are only some that offer the Lantern (SurgeryPlus), Transcarent, or Carrum Health benefit to their employees:
- American Airlines
- Delta
- Hyatt
- State Farm
- Home Depot
- Hilton
- AutoZone
- Apple
- Dell
- EZ Corp
- Michaels
- 7 Eleven
- Encompass Health
- Woodforest Bank
- Waste Connections
- Greystar
- Allstate
- McKesson
- DaVita
- Albertsons
- Randall’s
- Plus Many More….
Don’t see your employer listed? Talk with your surgeon or contact Lantern (SurgeryPlus), Transcarent, or Carrum Health to find out if your employer offers the benefit.
Bettering your health may seem like a daunting and expensive task at first but it does not have to be. By using healthcare resources provided by your employer you can expect doctors who care for you and are the most trusted professionals in the industry. If you are looking for surgeons who are passionate about providing quality care for both bariatric surgery in Cedar Park, give us a call at 512-260-3444. As proud surgeons of excellence partnering with Lantern (SurgeryPlus), Transcarent, and Carrum Health, you can gain access to procedures, treatments, and surgeries so you live a healthy and happier life.
If you’re ready to make a lasting change, we’re here to help. Learn more about our personalized weight-loss solutions by visiting bamedicalcenter.com.
B+A Surgeons
1410 Medical Pkwy, Cedar Park, TX 78613
(512)260-3444
