I had an extremely bad experience here, and I didn't even get to see the doctor! Long story short, I was being charged an exorbitant amount for a psychiatrist appointment (more than I've ever paid), the office lady copped an attitude, turns out they were trying to leech money from me, and the doctor dropped me at the moment of the rescheduled appointment. This was back during the beginning of 2020. I'd had to cancel my first appointment due to school conflict, and so I'd scheduled another appointment. For the next one, I showed up on time and was filling out a few forms while they processed my insurance. (Yes, I should have probably showed up a little earlier but it still doesn't justify the BS that happened).
Next thing you know, I'm being charged a $475 deductible for the 45 min appointment. I knew off the bat that wasn't right, cause my family's insurance only makes me pay $45 copay for specialists (it's an expat insurance that covers a lot, which will become important later). The lady at the front desk was pretty nice about it, though, but said that I'd have to wait for the intake lady to come in if I wanted to dispute anything about the high deductible. The front desk lady had tried to help, but was unsure of the situation herself. told her that I didn't want to sit through the appointment quite yet if that much money was in the air, cause if I sat in on the appointment I knew that they would try to pin the charges on me no matter what. So I waited, thinking that it'd be just another 10 minutes.
About 20 minutes goes by and I finally go up to the desk to see what was up. The front desk lady then goes to grab the intake lady, as if she hadn't even told her that I'd been waiting. The intake lady comes out and starts copping this condescending attitude when I start explaining the situation. After a ton of back and forth, it turned out that they were trying to charge me with the international coverage that my insurance offered (so basically, the coverage I'd have if I was injured or sick in a foreign country). Last time I checked, Virginia was, and still is, not a foreign entity, so I don't even know where they pulled the international BS from. At that point, the appointment had gone by, at which the intake lady had this whole attitude about how I "insisted on not going through with the appointment because of the billing", which wasn't the case, and she made it sound like I'd been throwing a tantrum.
Even though I was annoyed at that point, I agreed to schedule another appointment. It was for a few days (maybe a week) later. I showed up to the appointment early, and I was literally about to get out of my car when I get a call from the office. When I picked up, the lady told me that Dr. Ansari would not be seeing me and asked me to reschedule with another doctor. I asked why and when I could reschedule, and she couldn't give me a straight answer. It was something along the lines of how he just wasn't available anymore. Basically, he just didn't want to see me anymore and dropped me on the day of the appointment. I didn't get any other explanation.
This practice is an absolute joke. I don't know if they care more about money than the patients, or if they really are that inept. Either way, don't even bother. I don't normally write Yelp reviews, but even seeing their name pisses me off to this day. There's very good practices in the area that actually care about people with mental illnesses, but this is not one of them. read more