MVMG cost me $2000! Made an appointment for the next morning, nurse diagnosed me over the phone and commanded me to go to the ER immediately, ER DRs laughed and said with my symptoms, she should've known better. ER nurse said MVMG is notorious for this! I called MVMG office manager, she said they will use this example for training but they did not make me go to the ER so there's nothing they can do for my $2000 ER bill!! Read the details... My family found a better doctor's office.
I contacted MVMG Thursday afternoon, January 4th requesting an appointment to check my abdomen pain. There was an opening for Friday morning which I accepted, but then the receptionist asked how bad my pain was, and I admit, it was pretty bad, she then put a nurse on the phone. I explained the pain, mentioned that it could be torn muscle, or I read online (we all have a WebMD degree right) that the location is common for diverticulitis. The nurse told me to get to an ER immediately. I questioned her, asking if I can wait until the appointment the next morning, she asked me if I had any nausea or fever, I said no, then she said, just to be cautious, go to an ER right now because if it is diverticulitis my intestines can rupture and be fatal. Scared out of my mind, I rushed to the ER, the lady at the front desk of St Frances called Mountain View and asked for a doctor's referral so they could just cover me for an MRI instead of an ER visit $$$, the nurse told the front office lady, no, I need to go to the ER immediately. The front office lady questioned her, but the nurse strongly insisted. The front office lady apologized and sent me to the ER where a doctor came in touched my stomach and said I have a torn muscle. I explained what happened with Mountain View Medical, the ER doctor said they should know better, especially since I have no fever or nausea, and the ER nurse said that is a frequent practice for Mountain View Medical, they get this all the time from them. I called Mountain View Medical, the office manager said they did not drive me to the ER, it was my choice to go... after an over the phone diagnosis from the nurse that in so many words said I could die! She went on to say that they will use this situation for training purposes, and she thanked me, then apologized that there's nothing she can do. She also brought up a situation last week about a senior home that called and their patient with a heart condition history with chest pains, he didn't go to the ER as suggested and sadly passed away that night. She compared that situation with mine... I'm 48, very healthy, and very active. What logic in any universe would compare the two? In all fairness, I'm not mentioning any names, because the staff there is very nice, doctors are OK, a little condescending, and there were times my wife said they asked her what she thought they should do and gave her a price breakdown of her choices??? Her question back was, you're the doctor, what should you do?? My wife is happy to find a new doctor. Anyway, we tolerated enough and MVMG lost a whole family over a $2000 misdiagnosed phone call, and no desire to help. By the way, you're welcome for the $2000 training, I got this. read more