I have worked in the medical field for many years, and I have NEVER seen such gross incompetence . The office staff is unprepared. It was just a really bad experience.
He made us wait for 45 minutes, he had overbooked his schedule. This isn't a airline....why are you so backed up???
The doctor was distracted and clearly tired. He threw drugs samples at us with no clear clarification, and when we requested more information he stated "Listen I stayed late to see you today".. how are you tell a patient something like that. You staying late is NOT our issue. My SO was in extreme pain and imagining was needed to see what could be done, after playing phone tag for two weeks, the doctor says to my SO "oh you need authorization, you didn't tell us your insurance needed auth", look its important that patients be aware of their insurance plans but as a trained medical professional these kind of things are supposed to be verified in advance.
He wrote scripts for us , when we took it to the pharmacy, they didn't feel comfortable filling even after they spoke with HIM because of his inability to explain exactly why her was prescribing it. We had to go to another pharmacy and they had to call him again to confirm the medication . Meanwhile my loved one is WRITHING in pain.
Needless to say we have stopped seeing this doctor, especially since we placed a request for a call back from the doctor 4 weeks ago...and still nothing...
This doctor I'm sure in his prime , he was fantastic , he has lots of OLD pictures with dignitaries in his office...which doesn't matter to me if you don't treat your regular day to day with respect!!!!
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