This review is for the Spring Hill North (Brooksville) location.
I wish I could rate this place with a negative number of stars. My first contact with them was to schedule an exam, xrays, & cleanings for my husband and I. On the morning of the appointment, they called and cancelled. (Mind you, I had already taken the morning off from work.) Okay, stuff happens.
For the next first appointment, we arrived early as we were instructed to do because we were new patients. We waited 45 minutes (well past our appointment time). I will admit that the dentist was very nice for the 3 minutes that I actually spent with him. When I got into the chair, I was informed that they do not do cleanings on the first visit. I was very disappointed as we had discussed this when making the first appointment because getting time off work every couple of weeks for dental work is not easy for me. They basically had a "too bad" attitude and told me that I shouldn't have been told that they would perform the cleanings by the receptionist. Okay, fine, just a misunderstanding.
Next they advise that I have a deep cleaning and even with my dental insurance, it will be almost $400. (200 for each of 2 more visits) and that I will need to do this 3x a year instead of twice a year because my gums are so bad. I have never had a dentist tell me that. I'm a little weary about it but I agreed and met my husband out front to schedule our next appointments.
He was also advised that he needs the deep cleaning, 2 fillings, and 3 crowns...totaling almost $2K with my insurance. I asked them if his BCBS-Florida Blue Medicare Advantage would cover some of that and she said "We don't bill secondary insurance for you". Gee thanks!
We made appointments to return in a couple of weeks to get started. The day after our visit, I call his BCBS and they advised me that they would have paid the $28 my husband was charged for his exam and xrays at 100% if they were billed as primary. DON'T YOU THINK SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT???
So, now the week before our appointments, they call to see if we can come in that day because they have had some cancellations. I explain that I can't get time off work that quickly. I told her to bill my husbands BCBS from now on as primary and she said she would "try". I also told her that I thought it over and decided against the deep cleaning. She put me on hold to check (the one with the really deep voice) and came back to the phone and said that the doctor said I had to have it done because I had an infection in my gums??? No one told me that when I was there AND I sure wasn't sent home with any prescription antibiotics. She also said if I didn't do the deep cleanings, they couldn't keep seeing me as their patient. OK!
So the next day, I get another call to see if we can come in because they have openings. I explained again that I can't change dates off at work like that. This woman explained that she would write that in my file. 3rd day in a row I get a call from them to see if I can change.....NOW I'm starting to really get upset and tell her the same thing I have now said for 3 days in a row. (Mind you these calls are during the day and my employer frowns on too many personal calls.) I am unable to switch days because of my job and she pauses for a bit and says, "well we have a problem...your hygienist is now only part-time and we HAVE to reschedule you anyway.
NOW, I'M DONE. I TELL HER AS MUCH. I ask how to get my records and she tells me I will have to sign a release form. She took my fax # and said she would fax them to me. She never did. I called to find out why I hadn't received the fax and the lady that answered said there wasn't any notes in my file about any of this....ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? She also tells me that I can't do it by fax, but I can go onto their website for instructions about how to get my records.
**The phone calls to reschedule were Monday 4/5/21, Tuesday 4/6/21, & Wed 4/7/21. Our appointments were scheduled for 4/13/2021. Then Saturday 4/10/21 I get a text about confirming my husband's appointment. I decline it. Then Monday 4/12/21 I get an email to confirm and then a phone call to confirm. I tell the lady that I wouldn't let them do an exam on a teddy bear!
Guess what?? They texted Tuesday 4/13/2021 in the AM to confirm his afternoon appointment --- THAT THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESCHEDULE?????
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