AVOID AT ALL COST - NOT WORTH YOUR TIME, DIGNITY, OR THE ABUSE FROM CVS PERSONNEL
Monday, September 23, 2024 - Interaction with Pharmacy Manager & Pharmacist: "Jenna"
Call #1:
I called into the pharmacy at 9:20AM, 20-minutes AFTER opening that morning. The phone system had not been turned on - I received an automated message stating the pharmacy was still closed, despite the hours of operations on a weekday being 9AM to 8PM. The message instructed patients to call back later, then abruptly ending the call.
Call #2:
I called in a 2nd time at 09:22AM, but instead of leaving a voicemail that will never be checked or returned, as a patient I selected buttons to confirm I was a 'provider' calling in a prescription to the Pharmacist... and imagine that, the call was magically answered. the call was answered by the pharmacist.
Pharmacist: Jenna advised me to call back in, leave a voicemail, and they would return the call within 30-60 minutes. When I mentioned the rolled phone service and not even being able to leave a message - she promised me calls were returned, and they were too busy to help me over the phone at that time.
As a previous patient / customer of CVS Pharmacy I have left messages in the past on the CVS Pharmacy voicemail, requested call backs, and not once has a pharmacy representative ever returned my call of message. Despite being talked over - I asked if Jenna could answer one question briefly before ending the call.
I / the PT asked for the assistance regarding if a certain medication was in stock - due to shortages, decrease in production, a generic just being approved, locating the medication in stock was extremely difficult.
Pharmacist Jenna became hostile, upset at the caller, claiming the call was wasting her time, in no situation would the caller be informed if the medication was in stock, whether the pharmacy could fill the RX, or the reasoning behind the updated policies regarding their ability to confirm or deny if a medication could be filled in a timely manner by the drug store.
Pharmacist Jenna then informed the patient, they are now requiring DOCTOR's to call in and verify prescription inventory for patients, if they want to confirm the medication is available and can be filled by this pharmacy. If not, the doctor can continue to call pharmacy after pharmacy until the medication can be located, confirmed, and held for the patient while the prescription could be written, dispensed, then processed to be filled by the pharmacy.
As a patient who has utilized CVS pharmacies for decades, I tried to explain to the Pharmacist she could pull up the RX history attached to my patient profile, confirming the prescribed medication for years - and I was simply trying to fill the script without having to have it called in to multiple locations due to low stock.
As if the prior authorization process wasn't hard enough... now pharmacies want our providers to call around and verify the ability for pharmacies to fill medication. As if the monthly or every other month doctor's visit isn't taking up enough time... they need to call around checking inventory for their patients. WHAT???
AT this point, the call 'accidentally ended'.
Call #3: at 10:29AM after the call was disconnected from Pharmacist Jenna, the pharmacy picked up and immediately hung up the call with the caller to avoid any further conversation around the request.
The attached phone record shows the call times in reference (except the calls were made on Central Standard Time - one hour ahead of Mountain Standard Time.
IF you are looking for a health care company with employees who actually care about the health, wellbeing, or needs of the patients they service RUN from the CVS Pharmacy located at 5071 Kipling St, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 - especially if CVS Pharmacy Manager & Pharmacist Jenna is the staff member assigned to assist in your medical encounter. Seriously, RUN. read more