I feel a little guilty going 1 star, since the actual Physicians here are actually pretty good. But the front desk staff are absolutely horrible. As others have pointed out, Sarah has some serious attitude and struggles to answer very basic questions without getting defensive and accusatory. Not professional at all.
I have had so many problems dealing with these people, from getting prescriptions refilled to billing.
The reason I started going here at all because Dr. Travis Bias (Who is no longer with the practice, wonder why?) was one of the highest rated doctors I could find in my area. As long as he was my physician I had no complaints. Issues didn't start really cropping up until he left. Once he left the practice I had to switch to a new doctor at the practice. This wasn't so much of an issue but the prescription that I'm currently taking for my low thyroid levels needed to be refilled not long after.
Once it was getting close, I made the request to refill. A couple days later I get a call from CVS telling me they denied it. I made another request through the Parkway "Patient Portal", and got no response. Finally I called, and talked to Sarah, and she rudely told me that they had apparently told me during my last visit that I would need to make another appointment and physically come in before they could renew my prescription... Seriously? This is basic thyroid hormones. These aren't prescription pain killers or anything.
So I ask when I can come in. Turns out the remaining doctors are fully booked for 8 weeks solid... and I have like 1 week left of my prescription at this point.
I'm finally able to get them to at least refill my prescription through to the date of my new appointment (They only gave me enough to get me through to the day, I had 1 pill left the day of my appointment).
So already I'm a little irked at the staff here. It should not be this difficult to obtain a medicine that I'm supposed to take daily for the rest of my life.
Now it's time to take care of the bill... They mail me a paper bill (Even though they have an online patient portal, have my email address, etc). I look it over and up down, go to the website, etc. There's no way to pay online. the only way I can pay this bill is to write a check and drop it in the mail... Seriously? What year are you people stuck in? Who doesn't offer online bill pay today?
So I mail the check in. They send me a second invoice for the same amount. I ignore it because I figure my check is still in the mail or still being processed. Until today, I get a third invoice, this time via Email.... And guess what? The emailed invoice can be PAID ONLINE!?!
So I call them again, and again, speak to Sarah. I explain to Sarah that the check was cashed already (I can see it on my bank statement, so they have the money) and that they've sent me two invoices now even though it's already been paid.
First she tries to tell me it's "stuck in the mail." Umm, no, I already told you the check has been cashed, so it can't be "stuck in the mail." Then she says that because they are so short staffed that they have no way of knowing that I paid the bill unless I call and tell them... Good thing I had because then she tells me that if I had ignored this 3rd invoice the next thing they would have sent me was a 10 day notice to pay or be sent to collections, even though I had already paid the bill.
I shouldn't have to call you and tell you I mailed a payment. In fact, I shouldn't even have to MAIL the payment, let me pay online please and save everyone these silly headaches.
So now I ask her about the email, if they can email me an invoice that I can pay online, why isn't that the first invoice they send out? or why doesn't the paper invoice mention being able to pay online? According to her, they can only email the *3rd* invoice because that has to be done manually and it's a completely separate system from the paper invoices. So it's not possible to pay the paper invoice online, but if you just sit on it long enough they will eventually send you an email with much more convenient payment options.
I guess the moral of the story is that I should not pay my doctors bills on time, or just find another practice whose technology is from this decade, because this is nuts. read more