UnityPoint Clinic | Weight Loss at West Des Moines
6600 Westown Parkway, Suite 220
West Des Moines, IA 50266
p: 515-241-2250
toll free: 877-220-9727
f: 515-241-2265
Referral Information
As the patient's Primary Care Physician, here are some things you can do to help your patient:
- Have documented participation in at least six months of medically-supervised attempts at weight management with documented weights over that time period
- Have a documented BMI ≥ 35 with serious obesity-related co morbidities, or have a documented BMI ≥ 40
- Documented Obesity-related co morbidities include:
- Type II Diabetes Mellitus
- Sleep Apnea
- Pseudotumor cerebri
- Hypertension
- Dyslipidemias
- Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
- Venous stasis disease
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Intertriginous soft tissue infections
- Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Weight-related arthropathies which impair physical activity