When I first became a patient with Enterprise Optometry several years ago, I loved it. Dr. Gallagher is a kind, intelligent, caring and thoughtful optometrist. He's always been my "go-to" eye doctor, even seeing me in an emergency. That being said, the staff here has progressively gotten worse over the years. I've been a receptionist before, so I understand dealing with patients non-stop, in a busy office before. In no way does this permit you to be extremely rude or downright degrading to your patients; you are essentially the face of the company. This is not okay. About a year ago, I called to schedule an appointment. I was informed that the doctor was very busy, and I would be scheduled three months out. While unusual for this office, I figured it was due to the pandemic and agreed to schedule. Come the day of my appointment, I showed up and was told that my appointment had been rescheduled due to an emergency; the dr had to leave early. Well, thanks for informing me before my appointment time... I ask when I've been rescheduled for, and she tells me she put me in at their soonest appointment... another three months out. Um.. excuse me, what? The date she chose to schedule me for (without discussion) didn't work for me, so I told her I'd call later to find another time slot that worked. Frustrated, I left the office with the intent of never returning. However, last week I received a text saying it was time for my annual appointment and clicked the link to schedule now. Sweet! I could skip the insensitive and rude receptionist and still see my excellent eye doctor, NOT.
I scheduled my appointment for mid-October in a time slot that was convenient for me. It was a piece of cake! There were multiple time slots open for most of the days over the next month. I chose my time and day, entered in my information without any issues, and received my confirmation within moments. Sweet! A few hours later, I received a voicemail from the receptionist telling me that this appointment time did not work with my insurance. It needed to be rescheduled for another time when the doctor has an opening. I called back and questioned why I couldn't be scheduled at this time, seeing as there were multiple openings over the next few weeks when I scheduled online. She became very snappy and told me that I shouldn't have been able to create an appointment online, and people with VSP are supposed to be prompted to call the office to schedule. Well, I put all my info in and nowhere did it prompt me to call the office to schedule, or I would have(but now I see why it would say that). Not only that, your office texted me with the link to schedule online in the first place!! I was then informed that they only had limited availability for my insurance and was booked out and couldn't get me in for (you'll never guess) another three months out! She acted like I was wrong for asking how this is okay; it honestly seems pretty discriminatory if you ask me. There were multiple slots for me to choose from as soon as two weeks out, so why should I have to wait until the end of December? I would've even paid cash to see Dr. Gallagher! I need an eye appointment seeing as it's been almost three years now. I will not be returning to this practice, and I will be taking the necessary steps to ensure this company doesn't get away with treating their patients this way anymore. read more