I did research prior to visiting - no red flags, a plethora of doctors to choose from, been around for decades, should be good, right? I was wrong.
When I make the appointment, they ask if I have insurance. I give her the info & she says, "are you sure we take your insurance?" I answered yes, but shouldn't she know if she works there? I scratched my head, but didn't think much of it. We were sent paperwork prior to our appointment. Cool - less time waiting!
A week prior to our appointment, they call to say my husband isn't covered & would have to pay out of pocket for his exam. I called back & assured them he was. They double checked, saw I was correct, and said "Oh, our mistake. Don't worry. You're fine."
Our appointment was for 10A on a Saturday morning. We were taken in right away! The assistant takes us back for the various tests. She asks if we were there for contacts. I said yes. She says "let's forget the tests" & brought us into an exam room. On my paperwork, I had indicated that glaucoma ran in my family.Shouldn't I be at LEAST given a glaucoma test? Yes, I should have said something, but trusted them since they're the eye doctor. My mistake.
Over the next 2 hours we rotated in & out of the chair and the exam room. The doctor left us (he was literally looking at my eye, turned around, & walked out) to take care of another patient. We were put back into the waiting room for about 20 minutes - TWICE. Why? I don't know.
The doctor doesn't make one mention of the large bump on my husband's eye & our eyes were dilated without warning/prior knowledge. He put the drops in, then told us what it was. Um. How were we supposed to drive home? We couldn't see well at all. It was too late to say anything.
My prescrip changed pretty dramatically, yet I was told to put my old contacts in .... after my eyes were dilated. The contacts were then stained yellow from the drops. On top of not being able to see from the dilation, I couldn't see through my contacts because they were discolored. In all my years of eye exams, I was always given a fresh pair of contacts with the new prescription. Am I missing something?
My husband's left contact had been bothering him the month leading up to our appointment. But he had to wear his contacts to drive. The prescrip in his glasses was over 10 years old. The contacts were more recent. The doctor noted how irriated his eye was from it. He held it up to a flashlight & saw that it was coated in debris that couldn't be removed. His vision changed as well. Guess what? He was told to put his old contacts in too. Now I opened my mouth & asked for a trial pair for him. Unreal.
Our exam is finally over & we head out to order contacts & new glasses. We have VSP, so we get a $150 credit to use toward new glasses OR towards the contact lens exam/contacts. Our choice, yet, we weren't given an option. We were told to pay for the lens fitting. I was confused, but since we were going to use the $150 toward glasses, we didn't think much of it. We pay & wait to get new glasses. And we wait.... and wait... and wait..... The female employee tells us to pick out frames, it would be a little bit of a wait (there were 2 people being helped & 2 folks in front of my husband & I). We tell them we have our old frames & just need the lenses done. We take a seat & wait 45 minutes. Not one person had moved. The team was slow as molasses. Now we were there going on 2.5 hours, so we leave.
After all that, we didn't even order contacts. Yet, 2 weeks after my husband receives a message saying his contacts are ready. They ordered without approval. THEN told him that I gave the OK to max out my $150 to buy contacts. I never said that.
AWFUL. Never again will I go back. They are slow, aren't thorough, have awful service, order contacts without your OK, and LIE. read more