This is a racket. A patient referred by his primary-care physician for medical marijuana to relieve…read morechronic pain due to botched knee replacements is charged $367.50 for a brief consultation, then referred for an MRI and some kind of spinal test (both of which are unnecessary, unwanted, and expensive). You'd have to go back to review the unnecessary tests, of course, and that would probably cost another $367.50--and I'd wager there'd be no prescription then, either. Clearly, this guy is just trying to maximize his profit, not treat patients. Stay away!
When I called later to get a copy of his office notes to take to a reputable provider recommended by my primary-care physician, I was told I had to pay to copy 38 pages. It simply is not credible that he has 38 pages of notes for a 10-minute visit. This guy is milking his patients for all the money he can get, not providing care. Sigh.
Once again, he refers to medical records, which he did not request in advance nor offer to review. All he did was order unnecessary and expensive tests and ask me to come back, and pay another outrageous fee.
1. Dr. Johar appears to have no actual presence in New Jersey, so the whole premise is a sham. (The NJ listing shows a fictive address that I could walk to, but he does not practice there.)
2. The "physician's notes" I requested consisted of copies of three pages of a form I'd filled out and which he initialed. His only effort to record our visit was this form, alas.
3. The records came with a form (never before given me) that insists there must be two visits (and, thus, two fees), but it also says he takes most insurance. Mine is quite common, but he does not accept it.
4. The two scrips he gave me (I'll post pictures if I can) are both from New York--and invalid in New Jersey. Again, from the get-go, I indicated that I lived in--and required help in--NJ. They are also completely illegible.
