Giving the benefit of the doubt, I waited a long as I could delaying this review, but cannot any longer. I relocated here to Arizona from out-of-state and needing a urologist, did my research, settling on a good MD with Arizona Urology Specialists. I've been satisfied with that MD and, as you know, it is very difficult to keep changing once you do all the research, transfer your medical records and ramp your new MD up on your issues, personality, etc. It is just so difficult, inconvenient and unproductive to keep "shopping" around by trying different MDs as you also keep transferring and trying to ensure your records are maintained accurately.
So here I am, satisfied with the MD I've selected at Arizona Urology Specialists.
But, that satisfaction not just starts, but it ends there. Arizona Urology Specialist outside of the MD, has horrible, unmonitored and non-existent quality assurance / control when it comes to the clinical (non-MD), staff, front office (call center) and back office (billing, administration, etc.).
As Arizona Urology Specialists employee Stephanie just advised me, Arizona Urology Specialists 'has a big problem with turnover, so the people you get like Essence Hollins (medical assistant . . . whatever that is)' who actually involuntarily terminates calls in mid conversation (hangs up in your ear) after saying, "It don't work like that here and I don't have to talk to you . . . click" is why you (the Arizona Urology Specialists' customer) get treated so disrespectfully".
In the Essence Hollins (medical assistant . . . whatever that is) example, she botched up the instructions given to her by the MD to relay to me (the Arizona Urology Specialists customer) for my medication and when I discovered the mistake, she actually said to me, "Okay just forget I called you". Yep! That is what Essence Hollings (medical assistant . . . whatever that is) actually said, "Okay, let's just forget I called you".
I tried. I really did. I responded to Essence Hollins (medical assistant . . . whatever that is), "No, no, no . . ." I've been invoiced a very large sum of money for the procedure I just completed, so if you (Arizona Urology Specialists) want me to remit payment, then I really must get the correct prescription medication instructions from the MD communicated to me. But instead of helping me, she said, "I'm not calling to collect money from you", "you're not listening to me", "just forget I called you". I, again, asked, "No, no, no, I definitely want to pay Arizona Urology Specialists the money I owe; I am just leveraging what I owe to get the proper medical care from Arizona Urology Specialists, not the erroneous medical care (prescription medication instructions) from a MA (whatever that is). But, this is when she said, "You are not listening to me, you keep interrupting me, you keep talking over me (Essence Hollins) wanting money from you . . .". I then requested I to speak to her supervisor. Instead, she said, "No, that's not how it's done here and I don't have to talk to you", click . . . this is where Arizona Urology Specialists employee Essence Hollins (medical assistant . . . whatever that is) involuntarily terminated her telephone call she made to me (hung up on me).
I "redialed" the number she called me from on caller ID, speaking with an agent who tried to help. He read to me what Essence Hollins (medical assistant . . . whatever that is) typed into the Arizona Urology Specialists CRM system. Essence Hollins (medical assistant . . . whatever that is) typed in the Arizona Urology Specialists CRM system the customer (me) interrupts her and that is why she refuses to speak to me. This is also when I was informed by Stephanie of the current state of poor quality Arizona Urology Specialists employees due to the massive turnover of quality employees turning over in their jobs at Arizona Urology Specialists.
The same thing occurs when you question an invoice (coding used, billed amount, etc.). Billing managers will tell you, "That's not how it works here, I don't have to talk to you" click (involuntarily hanging up on you).
Also, if you ever use their portal or ever are told by those who work in the Arizona Urology Specialists call center you will get a "call back" from a particular department, person, etc., you will never, never, never, never, ever get a call. NEVER . . . ever. Never. Guess what? After days, weeks, months go by and you consistently call back to say no one ever called back, they say, "Let me take a message and someone will call you back". Ha, ha, ha, ha. Yep, you just get left to navigate in a circular Arizona Urology Specialists black holes.
I've been committed to by employees who answer the phone at 623.582.6420:
* Jennifer Vizcarra
* Walter Panate
* Alfonso Urbina
. . . will call you back. Bwah, ha, ha, ha, ha. Those employees will NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, ever, ever, ever call you back EVER. And when I say "never", I mean "NEVER".
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