I had a very bad experience with this doctor in January of 2022. He was rude and dishonest. I have Medi-Cal, but I didn't realize it covered vision care so I was fully planning to pay out of pocket for this visit. Dr. Smith first made a very inappropriate joke about once being a "bad doctor" and accidentally burning a patient's cornea with alcohol. Then I expressed some concern about glaucoma, since it's on both sides of my family. After looking into my eyes with a bright light (without even dilating them) he told me my nerves looked "interesting" and that he would need to do more tests to know for sure. He asked what insurance I had. When I said Medi-Cal, he was immediately done with me. All he cared about was finding out who had scheduled my appointment, probably so he could yell at them for taking someone with Medi-Cal. Then he left the room and started talking to someone else in the waiting area. I had to chase him down and ask him about the other tests he'd mentioned. "Put her on the list!" he yelled rudely to the receptionist. "We'll call her in a couple months!" I understand why doctors would not want to take Medi-Cal since they don't make as much money per patient. But he could have been upfront with me about this rather than just being rude and lying to me (they never called me in a few months). He could have recommended another doctor who takes Medi-Cal. Also, I saw another doctor later, an ophthalmologist, who said my eyes look fine, no signs of glaucoma. So basically what Dr. Smith did was see dollar signs when I mentioned my concern about glaucoma and told me I needed more tests when I actually did not. You can't even tell much without dilating someone's eyes. When he found out I had Medi-Cal, he knew he wouldn't make lots of money so he no longer cared. I was really scared I had glaucoma after this visit!
Also- I was going to pay in full for the visit, but due to his weirdness and rude behavior, they ended up billing Medi-Cal so they lost money! Hopefully next time they'll be honest with their patients. I would not recommend this doctor to anyone. read more