I don't write many reviews and when I do, they are positive reviews. I feel negative reviews often reflect the negative personality of the author. Unfortunately, I have to write a negative review of this doctorWith that said, I will only list the facts.
I recently received an eight month contract of employment for a popular cruise line. I had less than a month (26 days, to be exact) to tie up all personal "loose ends", along with taking a physical exam to be cleared for employment by the cruise line. I also put aside a week [Day 19-24] to see family, knowing that I would not see them for eight months. I did not have medical coverage at the time, so I went online to find a doctor. I saw Dr. Hallis' profile listed with 'UCLA' and '20-something years of practice'. I made an appointment for [Day 6] of my "transition period".
Upon arrival at his office, I filled out the necessary paperwork and made a point to inform the clerk that I was there to take a physical exam for employment and that the forms that I provided needed to be submitted by the due date [Day 12]. I also added that I would be paying 'out of pocket' for the day's services. Doctor Hallis entered the room to begin the exam. We discussed what I needed and he confided that he would only execute the exam requirements, in order to save me money. The exam was fast and when finished, he sent me to the radiologist to perform the required chest X-ray. On the way out of the office, I restated the importance of submitting the results of the exam to my future employer and provided the fax number to send the forms.
[Day 12] arrives and I call the management office of the cruise line to see if the the medical exam results/forms had been submitted. They said 'no'. I immediately called the doctors office to inquire about sending my exam results to the management office. Their response was, "we need you to redo your chest X-ray." They couldn't take me that day and the doctor was taking the following day off. I made the next available appointment two days later [Day 14].
I went back to radiology office on [Day 14] to redo the chest X-ray. When it was over I went back to the Doctors office to make sure they would send the results to my management's office. While driving home, the doctor's office called me back to do a THIRD chest X-ray. I turned around and did the X-ray again.
While I was there, I asked ask why the forms had not been submitted. Their answer was, "we're not allowed to fax exam results. We can only give them to you in person." I asked to speak to the doctor but he had already left for the day (1:45 pm). The clerk told me she would have the doctor call me the next day.
[Day 15] I call Dr. Hallis' office to talk about the chest X-ray results. After having called the office twice already, Dr. Hallis calls me before he leave his office for the day. He tells me that the chest X-ray is negative and I am "in good health". Ten seconds after hanging up the phone, Dr. Hallis calls me back. He asks me "How much do I drink (alcohol)?" I tell him how much I drink and he proceeds to tell me, "Maybe I shouldn't drink so much."
[Day 16] I go to Dr. Hallis' office. The clerk there gives the exam results to me and I fax them to the management office. When I called to see if the management office received the forms they said they had, however the urinalysis report was "unacceptable". When I asked why, they said it had insufficient information on it. By the time I called the doctor's office it was too late to get a revised urinalysis report. I told them I would be there first thing monday morning.
After the weekend passed and having changed the flight to see my family a day later, I went back to the doctor's office [Day 18] to get the urinalysis report. When the clerk gave the report to me, I saw that it was the exact same report that I sent three days earlier. I sent the report to the management office explaining that this was the correct report, according to my doctor. They still would not accept the report. [Sidenote: I ended up going to a occupational health center, in the city where my brother lives, to get another urinalysis. Those results and forms were accepted by my current employer.]
Bottom line:
$350 = 5 visits = no exam results = no contract of employment. read more
