Made appointment with Houston Methodist Medical Group-Pearland with new health care coverage for the start of the year 2023 and with new Primary Care Provider Dr Deepam S. Varughese (Joseph), MD at the Pearland clinic. Had scheduled appointment several months before so could get in right away when January 2023 came, as suggested by new health insurance. Received a phone call ONE DAY prior to the scheduled appointment from the Pearland clinic in January, that Dr. Varughese did NOT accept my health care plan! Had made the appointment in January as need my prescriptions refilled and to establish new care.
In addition, received that day a note in MyChart application from Dr Varughese informing me that she would not EVER prescribe any pain medications, no matter what the issue is. I informed this clinic would call my health insurance plan to inform of these issues. The Methodist Pearland clinic disenrolled me from MyChart immediately even though I had filled out most of the preliminary information needed for a first visit such as medications prescribed, allergies, immunization history, etc. I have never been to this clinic prior to this experience. I then enrolled with the Pearland clinic with another doctor that did take my health insurance plan (as the Pearland clinic is so close to where I live). But the earliest I could get in was now in May, 2023. i needed my prescriptions refilled & waiting until May is too long so I requested they call me with a first cancellation to get in sooner. They assured me they would put me on the "urgent" list. I called my health plan and requested assistance with getting in for care. They set me up with a temporary Primary Care Provider in Clear Lake which is pretty far away from where I live, so I could get refills. Later, that evening I tried to sign in to the MyChart app to confirm my new appointment and again I was disenrolled! I found out that without my requesting to do so, The Pearland Methodist group cancelled my May appointment!! When the appointment was made for the Clear Lake doctor, I had made it clear that I would go once to get my medications refilled and then transfer to the clinic closest to where I live. The Pearland Methodist group had now cancelled two appointments with two different doctors & disenrolled me twice from MyChart, even though I have an appointment in 2 days to see a Methodist Group doctor in Clear Lake. All of this within the first NINE DAYS SINCE JANUARY BEGAN! read more