Letter to Patients
Who has my medical records now that Salveo Weight Management has closed?
Salveo Weight Management has closed.
As of August 31, 2025, this practice is no longer providing patient care. Your medical records have been transferred to Morgan Records Management, the records custodian appointed by the practice. You can request copies of your records at any time.
A message from Salveo Weight Management
To our valued patients of Salveo,
It is with a very heavy heart that effective August 22, 2025, I am closing my Obesity Medicine practice due to financial
and health insurance issues.
In recent months, multiple changes to the accessibility and coverage of anti-obesity
medicines has drastically increased our administrative workload and patient access to our services. Appeals, prior
authorizations and communications are not covered by insurance reimbursements. Several insurance companies are
requiring patients to be seen by their chosen providers rather than giving their patients the option to see Salveo. CVS
Caremark has stopped covering Zepbound with no clear direction if appeals will be accepted. Express Scripts has
required patients to enroll in home-based weight monitoring and remote health coaching sometimes at odds with our
medical expertise. Benecard denies medications when normal BMI is achieved, against our advice. Many insurances are
using higher BMIs to approve medications, against the FDA and Obesity Medicine guidelines. Many plans have stopped
covering previously approved medications effectively preventing ongoing treatment.
As a result, it is financially and medically impossible to continue in private Obesity Medicine practice.
It been an honor and privilege to have been your health care provider, some of you for many years. I am
grateful for the opportunity to have served your medical needs.
I thank you for the opportunity of
working with you, and wish you the best of health, happiness, and success in your life ventures.
Sincerely,
Suzanne F. Mackey, MD, FACOG, Diplomat American Board of Obesity Medicine