CoreLife Healthcare

CoreLife Healthcare is a medical weight-management practice that treats obesity and weight-related chronic illness as a disease. Its model puts a physician or nurse practitioner, a registered dietitian, an exercise specialist and a licensed mental health professional on one coordinated care plan. Primary care doctors, surgeons and specialists refer patients who want better control of diabetes or prediabetes, or who are preparing for a surgical procedure.

Patients start with a medical evaluation, then receive a customized eating plan, a movement plan aimed at reducing pain and improving daily function, and ongoing behavioral support, all handled on site at each office. The practice has offices in Maryland and North Carolina, and its Maryland office is in Linthicum. It also runs a Medicare GLP-1 Bridge program for eligible patients.