I went to see this doctor December, 2012. I went to have rash in my armpit checked out to confirm it wasn't something I should be worried about. When I arrived a nurse took my weight, once I sat down with Dr. Webman he said that the nurse had calculated my weight wrong and needed to redo it and came to the conclusion that I was obese because I weighed 190lbs and 5' 7". While I was sitting in the room with him while my weight was being recalculated he was talking about personal things that his last patient had told him...I thought doctors were not aloud to speak about patients issues or problems after they had left the room?
He then proceeded to ask me a lot of questions about my health, with which I had no other health issues. He then said that I needed to get tested for HIV, Herpes, Hepatitis and a variety of other things. I explained to him that when I became a resident of the US no more than 10 months prior I had had all the test that he wanted me to get done already and I didn't think I needed them again but he was still more interested in what his last patient had told him and wasn't listening to me at all. He eventually said that they were necessary and basically forced me to go to the clinic and get these done. I asked him again about the rash in armpit, he said and I quote "oh that's nothing just get some topical cream and you will be fine". So now I am trying to figure out why I needed these tests?
The laboratory was across the road and because this doctor had written a list of things in medical terms that I "needed to get tested for" I went to see what they were for and see if there were any that I hadn't received and that I felt I should get. After talking to the nurse I figured out that I had been tested for literally everything that was on the list that I had told him except for one, which I did the test but have yet to receive these results 8 months later.
Now the reason I went to this doctor is because it is listed on my insurances website as someone that excepts my plan. I received a bill a month later from him saying I needed to pay $300.00 because my insurance would not cover this claim. I called the doctors office first and the lady I talked to said that there had been a lot of claims denied lately and it was nothing to do with them it was my insurance company. I called my insurance company and asked why it had been denied, they stated that the doctor had filed the claim incorrectly and that they would contact him and get the claim changed so they could cover it. My insurance company called me back about 2 hours later and said that this doctor had refused to change the paperwork so I would have to file a grievance claim against him.
I filed the grievance claim and after about 2 weeks received the insurance companies response after investigating this issue. It stated that the doctor had said that the reason for my visit was directly related to obesity...WTF! Now my insurance will not cover my claim because this doctor is a liar.
I went to another doctor about 2 months after this visit, and was weighed in the office, and was 170lbs. Either I lost 20lbs in 2 months or the weight was incorrectly calculated AGAIN. He turned my going in about a rash into me going in because I thought I was obese. Do not go to this doctor cause he will fabricate things. read more