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Internal Medicine/Primary Care for Adults

Membership-based, No Health Insurance Required

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Lori Smith, MD

Owner/Primary Care, Internal Medicine Physician

One Low Monthly Fee, Many Services with Personalized Care

 Preventive Care, Labs, Weight Loss Management
 Same-day or Next-day Appointments
 Virtual and In-Person Appointments

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Grand Opening Promo: 15% Off Membership Fees for the Life of Your Membership - First 100 Patients!
Receive additional 5% discount if paid annually.

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What is the Monthly Membership Plan?

Beacon Internal and Obesity Medicine (BIOMe) is a direct primary care practice that offers you more personalized attention for a low monthly fee that includes many benefits and services for your healthcare needs:


  • Appointments are with the same physician to optimize continuity of care.

  • Early morning, evening, and Saturday appointments are available.

  • Same day or next day appointments are available for established patients.

  • Membership access is available for patients who are uninsured, underinsured (high-deductible plans or high co-insurance plans) and insured.

  • You will have the ability to partner with your personal physician to proactively prevent disease and manage chronic disease.

  • You will spend the time you need with your physician to address your medical concerns.

  • Low Monthly Fee: $125

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What Services Are Included in the Membership?

At BIOMe, you receive personalized care plans tailored to your needs, prioritizing health education and disease prevention:


    Professional Services
  • Physician – annual physicals, illness or injury care, follow-up visits, pre-op visits
  • Dietician – virtual group visits twice per month
  • Licensed Clinical Therapist – virtual group visits twice per month


    • Labs/Diagnostics/Tools/Procedures
  • Preventative screening and routine labs
  • EKG
  • Body Composition Testing (Inbody BWA)
  • Remote Patient monitoring (RPM)
  • Minor Procedures – joint injections, therapeutic injections, pap smears, skin tag removal, skin biopsies, cerumen removal, point of care testing


    • Preventive Services
  • Annual Physicals
  • Group visits
  • Disease-specific meal plans and disease prevention meal plans
  • Health and lifestyle coaching
  • Master classes: 1. Intensive, Medically-supervised Weight Management Program; 2. Self-Care and Transformational Leadership in Diverse Industries


    • Specialty Management Programs
  • Cardiovascular disease risk assessments and or reduction (i.e – heart disease, stroke)
  • Diabetes
  • Hypertension
  • Metabolic Syndrome (elevated weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar)
  • Chronic Kidney Disease (Stages 3, 4)
  • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver/Cirrhosis
  • Lymphedema
  • PCOS
  • Post-partum weight gain
  • Menopause
  • Obesity – Medically supervised weight loss, prescription medications, meal-replacement, lifestyle modification
  • Medically recommended pre-operative weight loss
  • Pre- and Post-bariatric Surgery weight management; Post-bariatric surgery weight regain
  • Medication-Induced weight gain
  • Binge-eating, disordered eating, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder (BIOMe does not manage anorexia or bulimia. Referrals may be coordinated to a comprehensive eating disorder program that specializes in these diseases.)

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Beacon Internal and Obesity Medicine (BIOMe)
245 Le Phillip Ct NE, 2nd Floor
Concord, NC 28025

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