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    Gregory Milani,MD

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    3.3(4 reviews)
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    Seriously I would not recommend Dr Milani to anyone. He has misdiagosed me twice now, shame on me…read morefor staying with him. You have to beg for him to run bloodtests to see where levels are. I knew something was off when I went to see him, he tried to brush it off as natural aging.. I'm 40! As he was putting in my symptoms on the computer the computer told him to check vitamin levels, he wasn't sure that would be it, but I said to include it. Sure enough I was extremely low in multiple vitamins. Had I not insisted things would have gotten extremely serious. Please do not waste your time or money with Dr Milani. Front Office staff is horrible they didn't take you serious. The nursing staff is fabulous! They only good thing about this office

    This doctor accused me of selling my vicodin on the street when it didn't show up in a urine test…read moreafter researching on the NIH web site, I found several reasonswhy the urine test was not valid fot my circumstances. That's what happens when you get a doctor who is not educated in an area in which he attempts to practice. I've taken vicodin on an as needed basis for advanced osteoarthritis, for eight years. When I moved, I found this guy and I even asked if he would feel comfortable prescribing it. He said sure, and then threw me out of his practice when he could not manage my meds after all. I suspect the real reason is, he started missing appts with me, without giving 24 hours notice. I complained, and the same day, he had someone from his office call and tell me not to come back. Very irresponsible and unprofessional: two characteristics you don't want in a doctor!

    Advanced Physical Medicine Of Yorkville

    Advanced Physical Medicine Of Yorkville

    4.3(12 reviews)
    5.4 mi

    Currently being treated for 2 herniated discs. Dr. Berkey…read moreand his staff are constantly monitoring my progression and the treatment plan so far has reduced my pain substantially. I do not need pain medication to function anymore. Part of my treatment is the DRX 9000 machine and physical therapy. The staff is very knowledgeable and friendly. My experience so far has truly been 5 Stars!

    I understand there are some positive reviews  and, I'm guessing that most people needing basic…read moretreatment would walk in and out feeling that they had a good experience, but after what my wife and I went through, on every level, I would warn those needing quality and professional therapy that they might want to look elsewhere.  If there is insurance coverage or an insurance settlement involved, expect the prices to be tremendously increased from what a cash pay client can expect -It may seem harmless to you, since insurance is paying, but it's that much less settlement you get, that much faster you reach the limit, and that much more you have to pay if insurance won't cover for any reason. If insurance won't pay, our experience was that Advanced Physical Medicine will not suddenly reduce your bill to normal rates. We went there looking for treatment and pain relief following a terrible rear end collision, and instead walked out with an enormously inflated bill of $15,000 - about double the initial quote, plus some additional pain. The $15,000 therapy fell quite short of success as my wife still can't turn her neck past a certain point and she developed a new pain in her chest that she felt may have been related to the adjustments. She brought up the issue of the new pain, but it was swept aside and ignored. She still feels pain in her chest. Dr. Berkey seemed like a really nice guy at first, and he assured us that he understood the limitations of the insurance coverage and would work to keep the cost within those limitations (we have this in writing), but when the treatment was over, the final bill was double the estimated quote intended to stay within the insurance budget. Instead of working to keep the cost within affordability, Dr. Berkey seemed to add very dubious charges at every opportunity. We found that five short  conversations during the scheduled Physical Therapy visit (also billed separately) were charged at $190 each as "Consultations". She did not make an appointment for these billable "consultations" - they were happening without her knowledge. Reusable ice packs placed on our necks were billed at $35 every time.  If you walk in off the street for a massage it would cost you $35, but in our "insured" case, Dr. Berkey ramped it up to $210. Thirty seconds of adjustments at $60 each, aside from which, to this day there are also "Manual Therapy" charges at $60 each that were never explained.  These higher alternate prices were never disclosed to us when we began treatment.   From my experience, the therapy itself seems nothing more than a standard cookie cutter routine with very little effort on their part. You go through simple exercises on your own while they do other things. It was the same for both me and my wife, despite the fact that we had different injuries. I had a very specific area of pain, but nothing targeted was ever done to help it and it did not improve.  They popped our neck and back exactly the same each time, and I have to assume that everyone else gets the same undifferentiated treatment.  Most of the excercises are so basic you can look them up online and do them yourself. We have tried to speak to Dr. Berkey to get an explanation about the enormous bill and were completely stonewalled in ridiculous runarounds of logic. When he eventually began responding to our emails, it was pretty hostile.  When we asked to come in and speak to him, we were told that they had invested enough time in us already. The office does not return our calls, and we were told that requests for records are billed at $25 each. It has become such a lousy situation.  We went to Advanced Physical Medicine looking for treatment and pain relief, but Dr. Berkey sees it as an opportunity for a cash grab. It's just a bad bad experience. So understand that at the very least, Advanced Physical Medicine has two sets of prices and they differ greatly. If you go there, especially in an insurance situation, demand to know exactly how much every single thing costs. From before the second you walk in, do not take any conversations for granted as free, and analyze every single charge. We are currently in the process of filing complaints to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

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