Allara HealthReviews of allarahealth.com

My experience with Allara was not positive I do not recommend. I was experiencing significant weight gain in short period of time (10% increase body weight in 3 months) first time in my life at current weight and magnitude of weight gain. I got blood tests done, Allara told me everything looked fine and recommended I take fiber pills and vitamin D and come back after 3 months, I canceled membership after this advice. It’s difficult to get an appointment so you usually have to book 3-4 weeks out, while incurring monthly membership fees with limited benefit.

I attended a QA session before signing up. I was told to use the insurance checker to make sure that Allara accepted my insurance. The person doing the QA also tried to hard sell me on the program by offering me a better and better montlhy subscription price if I signed up that day. Unfortunately, their hard sell tactics worked and I signed up. The insurance checker told me that they take my insurance and I was able to make an appointment. Fast forward a month later. I have seen the doctor who was rushed and spent 6 minutes with me (they advertise 30 minute apppointments). Labs were ordered and I had them done. When I go to have my follow up appointment, I'm told that Allara doesn't take my insurance and they want me to then sign up for the monthly cash price. Also, my labs weren't covered because an out of network doctor ordered them. Guess how much I now owe for the lab bill? Close to $3000.00. So, Allara doesn't know what they're doing and I'm now paying for the cost of their incompetence. I honestly don't know what to say. Everytime I've been to a doctor's office before, they are able to tell me if they accept my insurance. I've never had this happen. My advice to anyone thinking of joining Allara, please don't. The doctor spent 6 minutes with me and ordered some basic labs that any doctor could order and it is now costing me $3000.00. Save your money and go to your in-person physician. They will spend more time with you and it won't cost you $3000. Also, for this being a PCOS platform, they know nothing about PCOS. I was told that it's very normal to skip periods and the only time to be concerned is when I go three months without a period. I told the doctor that my periods are about every 90 days and she told me that this is very normal and not to worry unless I want to get pregnant. I also asked her how insulin plays a role in women with PCOS because I've heard a lot about this lately and she told me that it just does and she doesn't know the exact reason why. I got nothing out of my appointment and just left super confused because my in-person OB told me it's bad to not have a period every month because it can cause some sort of cancer. I am only writing this review to tell other women of my experience with Allara so that hopefully it will help those women who are considering joining.

Total Scam Spoke with someone directly who promised me a medical provider that could order labs and prescribe me hormone replacement therapy. Convinced me to sign up with a discount code and everything. As soon as I was registered and paid for three months of service they told me there are no medical providers in my state and I can only see a dietitian - something I have no interest in and makes this monthly fee a total rip off. Allara is a complete scam and I would give them zero stars if I could which is a huge bummer because it sounds like an amazing product!

I really wanted to tackle my root cause symptoms and actually be healthy and not be on life long medication. I explicitly told my doctor my wishes of not being put on medication. My doctors first suggestion was to get back on medication and at that point, I knew I needed to go a different direction with my hormone issues. I was disappointed in the fact that my doctor did not listen to me and what I wanted. I will not be recommending this company.

Please do not use Allara Health. I met only once with a provider for a 15 minute consultation where I was asked very general questions. No medical advise was provided yet as it was just a consultation and was hit with a charge that was over $100.00. For a less than 15 minute consultation this is truly a scam and everything else from there was downhill in the charges and fees they try to get past you.

Last update: It took the CEO of the company to come in and rectify this whole mess. I can say she was empathetic, apologetic, and knew how to communicate effectively but sadly those who work for her lack these basic skills. I was refunded but still would not recommend this platform at all. Their customer service is terrible. It's sad because I feel the CEO means well. ANTOHER UPDATE: I thought they would have the decency to stick by their word after being blasted every which way possible on their fraud but nope, still ghosting and shitty experience. I was going to get a call from a customer experience manager today at a set time and it never came. I will be reporting this company and continuing to fight for my money back. TALK ABOUT FRAUD. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLATFORM AT ALL COSTS!!! UPDATE: IF I COULD GIVE ZERO STARS I WOULD. NOW THEY CHARGED ME WITHOUT MY CONSENT AND ARE GHOSTING ME!!! THIS REPLY ON THIS POST IS FAKE AS HELL!!! DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. Original post: I was hopeful to to get help on issues I have been facing through this platform and yet they falsely advertised. I inputted everything that they asked for and all of my insurance information including photos where they said I was in network with one provider. It took a whole month just to get an appointment (mind you you are paying a monthly fee) and I get an appointment finally and get all these tests done for them to come back around on month 2 to say my insurance is out of network. I would have never signed up if they correctly checked that information to begin with. I wouldn't have even had an appointment if they were honest and just said I was out of network from the beginning. Instead they lied and now expect me to pay more money. This platform is a scam and a lie. I wish I would have done better research and not let my emotions of really wanting help with my issues get in the way.

Go elsewhere if you are looking for someone concerned with your hormones.

Person who I spoke to on the informational call told me I’d receive pages of test results because they test for so many different things that it would go above and beyond what you get at your regular doctor. That was false. Spent $180 (plus multiple copays) for the membership to receive 15 tests. All repeat tests that a basic endocrinologist or your PCP would do - I had more tests done at my pcp and an endocrinologists. There is nothing different about these doctors except that they take your call virtually while getting their steps in - aka they care less. Nutritionist was helpful but only 1 appointment was necessary with her if you know even the slightest bit about nutrition. Definitely not worth the subscription model. UPDATE: They reached out and I explained to the person that I wrote this exact same thing on the post-appointment survey and no one reached out (aka they really dont care and waited until the review was public to try and save face). Also received my bill for my blood work, I am now all in for $477 ($180 for service, $227 for blood work, $35 for initial dr visit copay and $35 for follow up dr visit where she spent the whole time on her treadmill) for 2 months of the service and blood work I could have gotten done at my doctor without paying $227 for). Still would not recommend.