Dr. Baumgartner and his medical assistant, Evelyn are a JOKE! I have Blue Shield PPO insurance and Dr. Baumgartner was assigned to be my PCP over a month ago. When I called to set up an appointment, his very nice receptionist, Desiree told me I needed to stop by and fill out new patient intake forms before I could make an appointment. I filled out the forms over 2 weeks ago and have followed up 2 or 3 times a week to find out my patient status b/c I am starting to run low on meds that I must take daily. Every time I called before today, Desiree told me that the paperwork was sitting on Dr. Baumgartner's desk and to follow up the following week.
I called to follow up today and his rude medical assistant, Evelyn answered the phone and told me that I had to be 'accepted' into the practice, even though Dr. Baumgartner was assigned by my insurance. When I asked for a timeline on when that would be, she wouldn't give me an answer!
I reiterated to her that I am running low on meds that I must take daily and she told me to go to Urgent Care to get them!
When I asked if I could speak to someone else who could help me she told me to go to urgent care again - what a joke!!!
It's obvious this Dr. and his staff don't give a crap about their patients if my paperwork has been sitting on the Dr.'s desk for over 2 weeks and they can't help me get meds that I need to take daily in order to live a normal life.
I called Blue Shield and filed a complaint about this Dr. and his office - they were very concerned after looking at my medical history and will be filing an appeal on my behalf.
I will also be filing a complaint with the state medical board.
BTW, I called Big Bear Urgent Care and they would not be able to prescribe any medications to me b/c a) they don't take my insurance and b) THEY WOULD NEED TO GET AUTHORIZATION FROM MY PCP.
I will be driving down the hill to see my old docs at Loma Linda University from now on.
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