Doctor-guided GLP⁠-⁠1 care for Kansas

Yes. You complete a short medical intake online, and a doctor licensed in Kansas personally reviews it — Kansas counts store-and-forward review within telemedicine and holds it to the same standards of practice as in-person care, 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 Kansas. You may not need to visit a clinic in person.

Our semaglutide program starts at $112/month (once-daily oral drops) or $135/month (weekly injections). Tirzepatide starts 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. We charge one all-in monthly price with the medication, doctor visits, and shipping included, so there is no prior authorization. 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), available as once-daily oral drops or a weekly injection, and compounded tirzepatide (the active ingredient in Zepbound and Mounjaro) as a weekly injection. Tirzepatide injections may contain nothing added or a B vitamin; semaglutide injections contain 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 Kansas 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 Kansas. Care starts online and medication ships overnight statewide, so care is the same whether you're in Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Olathe, or a town without a weight-management clinic nearby.

Not through Gentle Health. We do not bill Medicare, Kansas 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. Kansas Medicaid: Covered, and if you qualify there is no copay: Kansas removed copayments for fee-for-service members, and KanCare managed-care members are exempt from them. Qualifying is its own process: a BMI of 30, or 27 with a weight-related condition, prior authorization, a first approval of 28 weeks, and documented weight loss (5% at 12 weeks or 10% at 28 weeks) to renew for 6 months and then 12 months at a time.
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.

No. K.S.A. 40-2,212(b) states affirmatively that telemedicine may be used to establish the physician-patient relationship. Kansas also adds a reporting duty: under 40-2,212(d)(2)(A), when you consent and have a primary care or other treating physician, your telemedicine provider must send that physician a report of the treatment within three business days.

Only with a Kansas nonresident registration. Shipping without one is a felony under K.S.A. 65-1657, and even advertising into Kansas while unregistered is separately unlawful. Kansas also applies its sterile-compounding rules extraterritorially, to preparations shipped or delivered into the state.