The ONLY reason they have a 3 star rating from me is because the doctors are fantastic. The front desk staff leaves aLOT to be desired. They can be rather rude on the phone, and they never really seem to know what's going on.
I had an eye exam in January 2014 for glasses only. At the beginning of the month, I decided to also get fitted for contact lenses. I went in for my appointment, and they were trying to tell me I couldn't get the eye exam under my insurance because I had one in January - I had to explain to them for the third time that my insurance changed and I was able to have the additional exam. My lenses are specialty, they always have been (yay, horrible vision.) I was told I would receive a call when they came in. I realized a day after (my appointment was on a Saturday) that I needed to update my phone number with them. I called them that Monday morning and let them know I needed to update my number so I could be called when my lenses came in. The woman said okay, put me on hold for five minutes, and came back to tell me they weren't in yet and would take about a week. I explained AGAIN that all I needed to do was update my phone number. "Oh." She took the number and said it was updated.
I called a week later after no phone call and was told they were in, but I would need to come in for the doctor to look at them in my eyes. I made the appointment and went in on that day. This one girl (the one who was supposed to update my number, and then originally told me my lenses weren't in when I arrived for my appointment to have them actually checked by the doctor) apparently finds my name impossible. She always mispronounces it and misspells it despite me spelling it for her multiple times in a conversation. It took her almost 15 minutes to track down my lenses because me spelling my name (which really isn't crazy) 4 times wasn't enough.
The doctor wasn't happy with the fit of the right eye, so he told me a new one would be ordered and I would be called when it came in.
It's been a week, and again with no phone call. So I called to check the status of it. The woman who answered told me the doctor never said he was going to order a new one. When I corrected her, she said she would talk to the doctor and call me back. She recited the phone number to call me on - They STILL had my old number in the system. I corrected it with them AGAIN. Needless to say, I just got a call a few minutes ago that a new lens HAD been ordered, and should be in today.
All of this for a pair of contact lenses. I don't fault the doctors at all. They're great. But they really need to get smarter front office staff. read more