This is not a doctor's office. This is a circus. First of all, I had my blood pressure taken 3 times by the 'assistant under training' because she used the automatic machine to take my blood pressure, but the machine is saying that I had low pressure and she did it twice to confirm my 'low blood pressure'...not only was the machine incorrect, she did not roll up my sleeves and took my blood pressure with contact to clothing and not skin. So finally, I got my blood pressure taken by the doctor and he had to go to the manual pump to do my blood pressure and it was finally correct, with my sleeves rolled up.
The doctor is an absurd conversationalist where he said he used to do IT to pay for college at $50 an hour but instead went to medical school...like, if you are trying to relive your glory days of college saying that you could have been in tech instead of medical, I really don't want to hear that, because it gives me second thoughts whether or not the doctor the doctor really likes what he does for a living.
I told the doctor that I had a flight coming up and that my current symptoms are sore throat and coughing. I wanted to get better before my flight and I was trying to have him prescribe some medication, in addition to my Dayquil and Nyquil that I was currently taking, for my throat and chest congestion to go away so that I would be healthy enough for my trip. Unfortunately, the doctor said that the symptoms were not sever enough for further medication and he suggested that I do a follow up visit if my symptoms were worse.
So, I had a follow up visit that only took 5 minutes and he prescribed me antibiotics that I would not have gotten over the counter and only then did I realized what I had was a bacteria because I would have had to cancel my trip had it been a harder hitting virus. When I made my second appointment, the person who received my call and the both the front office workers at Dr. Sheidayi's office told me that there was not going to be a copay if the doctor agreed that it was a follow up visitation - I made sure everybody at the office as well as the doctor that day knew that I was doing a follow up just to get a prescription that I would not have gotten otherwise. But then, the office a week later kept on calling me that I had to pay another $40 copay in addition to the $40 copay that I paid for during my first visitation at the office.
He verbally told me to come for a follow up if things get worse and I made the due diligence with him and the front office that I was coming for a follow up, which they agreed not to charge me for a 5-minute visitation for me to get a prescription. However, the office reneged and are now looking for that second $40 copay. This is absurdity given that he filled out a form and charged UHC $80 for a 5 minute visit and I have to pay for half of that just because the doctor would not prescribe me medication for my first visit and then told me to come for a follow up, in which I had to pay another copay.
This is a mix of conservative thoughts not being able to prescribe me medication my first visit, deception telling me to come back for a follow up, and then greed, where he filled out the UHC form in a way where I was unsuccessful at disputing that I should not be charged for a follow up visitation.
This 'doctor' needs to stop thinking about money in his conversations because all he did was hire mediocre assistants who cannot even take a simple blood pressure without messing up twice, talking about his heyday at college making $50 an hour doing IT, and then aggressively charging me for my copay twice (and having his office assistants call me every single day that I was out of town for my flight with office and private numbers) for an completely unnecessary follow-up visitation simply because he failed to prescribe me medication for my first visit.
Pure chaotic circus -- you will waste a bunch of time and energy disputing copays and claims, conversing about money nonsense, getting calls in the middle of the day, every single day, about your copay, and he gets off scotch free, because the UHC system can be manipulated where your copay disputes do not fall within the definition of being a 'followup' where the fee is waived.
Rule of thumb: If you see a medical office assistant with tattoos that is not hidden by clothing, I would cancel the appointment and get another doctor -- it would save you so much time, energy, and money because she was approved by the doctor to work there, and that is a direct reflection of the doctor's lack of standards, both him and the facility. read more
