I really really loved Comprehensive before I gave birth! The office is beautiful and clean! The doctors are all very competent as well as the front desk staff. I always thought the women explaining the insurance were very thorough and kind. I liked it so much that I referred 3 people to the office, two of which stayed and had their babies delivered there. The other one left because of long wait times and other billing issues. One of the patients that I referred also had a 2 hour wait on her first visit and had her two kids with her, but still decided to stay and is glad she did, bc she loves her doctor. I won't use specific names of doctors to be respectful and as professional as possible. I wouldn't say everything is horrible at this practice, i just had a string of bad events happen to me.
Why i wouldn't recommend the practice now: My doctor was unable to make my birth, which is totally fine. I loved the doctor who delivered my baby. Since she couldn't make my birth, I was hoping to see her at my 6 week visit, but she had to attend a birth, so i didn't see my provider until my 6 month visit. I waited an hour with my baby before i saw my doctor. Luckily i didn't have my toddler with me. When my dr came in she literally spent less than 5 minutes with me- never asking how my birth went. I wish she would have showed a little more interest in me and in my baby since I spent 10 months with her preparing to have a baby and then not seeing her for 6 months. As a mom, I feel like my babies are my most prized possessions and I didn't get the vibe that my birth or baby mattered. It was frustrating. I also felt very very guilt tripped for not getting a flu shot. I told her I have gotten them in past years and they didn't work. She replied by telling me to "lube up my whole body with hand sanitizer." There was also a high school student shadowing her and I wasn't asked if it was okay for her to be in the room PRIOR to her coming in. It wasn't a big deal, but I felt slightly uncomfortable because we were talking about personal matters such as my birth control.
They also switched over to a new system so everything seemed very unorganized unlike before. I had called their billing department and left a message before i went into the office because i wanted to pay my remaining balance. They never returned my call. So, when i went into the office for my appointment, they asked if i could pay my remaining balance. I told them yes, but that i had tried calling the billing office to see if i could settle for a 20% discount (for those who don't know, 20% is the standard discount received when you pay the remainder of a medical bill). I have paid MANY medical bills before, since this is not my first child. However, the front office lady said "that's considered insurance fraud if we don't collect what we bill". WHAT!? Out of the many many bills I've paid that has NEVER been the case. Every single bill I've ever paid has been negotiated down for at least a 20% discount. I feel deceived, but i paid my remaining bill anyway. One other small thing to note- my friend wanted to switch doctors after her 2 hour wait, but was told it's a conflict of interest to switch doctors. I feel like that is very odd that the office would rather lose a patient than just let them switch? Maybe that policy has changed, but this was in the summer of 2018.
If you would have asked me 6 months ago if i recommend Comprehensive I would have said hands down YES! Now i am not so sure. read more