The office seems disorganized OR the flat out lie. I'm not sure which…read more
A neighbor recommended Dr. Black--and also recommended I steer clear of the other doc at Couture Vision. (wont go into details as to why, because it would compromise the privacy of my neighbor.)
I called to make an appointment with Dr. Black, which was confirmed. Unfortuantely, two days before my appt., I discovered I had to go out of town on business, and would not be able to make my appt. I called to reschedule with Dr. Black, which they did with no issue.
They proceeded to make another appt. without even telling me they had made one. I get a text the day before the rescheduled appt. (again, which I did not even make!) and I called again to inform them I never made that appointment, and would not be able to make it. I then suggested we schedule for a Saturday, so that there would be no work or other interferences with the appt. time. She happily scheduled me for two weeks out on a Saturday.
Less than FIVE minutes after she scheduled, she called me back and said, "I'm sorry. The other gal who made the appointment wasn't aware that Dr. Black is not longer accepting patients."
IT WAS THE EXACT SAME PERSON WHO HAD SPOKEN TO ME NOT LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AGO...yet she is trying to pretend I spoke with someone else. (I can recognize a voice.)
So...how is it that appointments were made THREE TIMES with Dr. Black (one without my knowledge or permission, mind you), yet the good doc suddenly and mysteriously becomes "unavailable" because he is "not accepting new patients"?
I checked the website. Doc Black IS, in fact, still accepting new patients. No mention on the website that he is not.
I emailed back to inform them that I knew something was fishy here, and that Dr. Black has no mention on his website that he is no longer taking new patients. I waited a week with writing this review to see if his website would be updated. I has not been: He is still taking on new patients.
This place is a "fustercluck." I talked with my neighbor about this, and she said she had referred others to him, and he took them on--at the same time I tried to schedule. However, she *did* acknowledge that the office can be "unprofessional" and "disjointed" at times. She also said she has had some minor issues in the past with the people at the front desk getting insurance information wrong. As she put it, "They're pretty immature and like little high school giggle girls, but the doc is excellent. So, I put up with the immaturity of the rest of the staff."
But she also added she's embarrassed she recommended him, based on how I was treated.