I had several very bad experiences at Mission Advanced Pain Ctr. with Dr. Beshai and his staff. I…read morehad degenerated neck discs and had been in therapy for several months, had seen neurologists , neuro surgeons and others. Someone showed me a list of doctors specializing in helping the pain management. Unfortunately I selected this office and doctor. I waited several months to see him. When I got there a woman (Dr.?, Dr.'s assistant?, not really sure) saw me, asked questions and she filled out papers for 10-minutes, maybe more. I wanted her to know I had a muscular disease and was receiving shots around my eyes (she wouldn't let me finish my sentence) and she yelled at me "NECK" ! I ignored her rudeness and attempted to finish. Again she would not let me finish my sentence and raised her voice in a nasty tone and yelled "NECK" again ! " I guess my sentence to say they sometimes they gave shots in the neck and I was making sure a Dr. knew and my health would not be jeopardy was of no interest to her or the staff. She told me to go make another appointment. I was shocked. They made me wait for 2 months, maybe more , and they were not going to do anything. I complained to the girl at the desk and she said "Oh we just had something come up next week". I came the following week (thus far no one has told me what they are going to do, the game plan, I knew nothing about the procedure, effects, follow up ). I came in someone told me to lay on the table. In fairness, my first few minutes with Dr. Beshai was good. He told me there would be a pinch and he even asked me if I was okay after the shot. Then he turned around without explanation and started to leave. I asked "May I ask a question?". I started to tell him the 3 muscular diseases I had. Again, just like the unprofessional woman he stopped me and said "WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? " I started to finish my sentence by saying that I received shots around the eyes, jaw and I didn't get to finish AGAIN when he said, "WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? ". Keep in mind this is a Dr. answering a new patient. I had a lot of questions..therapy, continuation of shots, what did he just do , but with his nasty manner, I chose not to bother. He obviously didn't want to be bothered with just another person, case, number or file.
They told me to come back in a couple months. I called in and spoke to one of the girls to give them an update as the girls had requested. The day I came in (they have a 3 tier parking lot and construction or something was going on). I sat in my car for about 15 minutes until they let us go to the top lot (meanwhile my foot is bleeding from an operation I had had the day before). I didn't tell them when I got there, I didn't believe they would care. I got there. The woman from my first visit met with me, she was very polite this time, asked 2 questions : Did I Have a change of medicine and how was I feeling? I asked her what the game plan was and she briefly went over the "Band aid" as I called it and she agreed. I'm assuming after meeting 5 minutes that my next shot was going to happen in a few minutes. She told me to go back and make another appointment (which would have been 2 more months. I stated to the girl in the front "this was a scam, you called me here after a 2 month wait for 5 minutes and questions that could have been asked over telephone, e-mail, text, or at the shot time. I said this was ridiculous, it appears to be a scam. She said all doctors do this and insurance has us do that. WRONG !. (I did my homework )
I was so angry I pulled my car over and asked to speak to the office manager, she wouldn't do it. And I quote from the untrained , unprofessional, RUDE" girl "Maybe if you get here on time we'll give you more than 5 minutes".
I knew then I would never go back, you are not a patient, you are a number , a file, a punching bag. When they sent me a reminder of my visit, I basically said what I have just written,.
The culture in that office is horrible.It is one of 2 things. The leader (the doctor) sets the tone and the employees follow him/her by example. If he treats people unprofessionally , if his assistant does the same thing, then the others will do the same thing , or the culture has gotten so bad that nobody cares and everybody does their own thing in how they treat the customers or file/number people.
I found another doctor in a week and saw him and filled all the papers at the same time, like the 30-40 doctors I have seen in the last 12 years due to cancer and surgeries. Bring someone with you to witness what is said or what you asked. Do not sit and be polite like I did , if the doctor doesn't answer you and politely, TELL HIM, and let your insurance company know about 5 minute visits, the contents of those visits and the horrible treatment and responses to your questions and that "If you are good , you'll get more than a 5 minute visit. HORRIBLE, UNPROFESSIONAL, and THE PASTIENT IS TREATED LIKE JUST A NUMBER !