Doctor-guided GLP⁠-⁠1 care for Florida

Yes. You complete a short medical intake online, and a doctor licensed in Florida personally reviews it — Florida's weight-loss prescribing rule calls for an initial evaluation including a physical and complete history before prescribing, and Florida's telehealth law drops the physical examination only when a telehealth evaluation is enough to diagnose and treat you, so your doctor may message you with questions or ask you to book a video visit. If treatment is appropriate for you, your prescription is filled by a licensed US pharmacy and shipped overnight to your door anywhere in Florida. You may not need to visit a clinic in person.

Semaglutide injections start at $135/month and tirzepatide at $169/month. The price includes the medication itself, your doctor visits, ongoing medical supervision, and overnight refrigerated shipping. There is no membership fee, and the intake and your doctor's first review or visit are free: you pay nothing until you choose to start medication.

Not at this time. For compounded medicine we charge one all-in monthly price with the medication, doctor visits, and shipping included, so there is no prior authorization. Brand-name care is $28/month for the doctor, and you buy the medicine from the maker's pharmacy. HSA and FSA cards are accepted at checkout, and we provide itemized receipts and a Letter of Medical Necessity on request.

Compounded semaglutide (the active ingredient in Wegovy and Ozempic) and compounded tirzepatide (the active ingredient in Zepbound and Mounjaro), each as a weekly injection. Tirzepatide and semaglutide injections may contain nothing added or a B vitamin. Your doctor recommends the medication, form, and dose that fit your health history and goals.

James Simmons, MD, our medical director, is licensed in Florida and board-certified in emergency medicine (ABEM). He personally reviews your intake, meets with you over video when either of you wants a visit, and supervises your treatment over time.

All of Florida. Care starts online and medication ships overnight statewide, so care is the same whether you're in Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, or a town without a weight-management clinic nearby.

Not through Gentle Health. We do not bill Medicare, Florida Medicaid or private insurance, and everyone pays the prices shown on this page. To pursue coverage instead you would need a provider who accepts your plan and prescribes a medication it covers — the FDA-approved brands, not a compounded preparation. Where each programme stands:

1. Florida Medicaid: Not covered for weight loss. The statewide Preferred Drug List has no weight-loss drug class at all; coverage exists only for type-2-diabetes indications, behind prior authorization.
2. Medicare: Coverage may still be possible through the federal GLP-1 Bridge: a $50 copay for Wegovy, Zepbound or Foundayo through December 31, 2027, for Part D enrollees with a BMI of 35 or more, or lower with specific heart, stroke, artery, blood-pressure, kidney or prediabetes conditions. Type 2 diabetes, moderate-to-severe sleep apnea and MASH are covered through regular Part D instead.

A permit specific to that activity. Under § 465.0158, a nonresident pharmacy registered in Florida under § 465.0156, or an outsourcing facility, must hold a Florida nonresident sterile compounding permit before it may ship, mail, deliver or dispense a compounded sterile product into the state — and that permit is publicly verifiable.