HORRIBLE NEW PATIENT CUSTOMER SERVICE
My regular Oncologist office was closing so I had to find a new provider. I first called Texas Oncology on Monday, March 18, 2024. The person that answered the phone took my name and phone number and said a new patient representative would be calling me back within 48 hrs. I didn't hear anything from anyone for 8 business days, so on Thursday, March 28, 2024, I called again. The girl again took my name and phone number, put a note in my file that this was my second call and again said I should receive a return phone call within 24 hrs. Six business days later, I still had not received a phone call from the new patient department so on Friday, April 5, 2024 I called a 3rd time and demanded to speak to someone from the new patient department. A representative did call me back later that afternoon and asked if I had a referral and my records sent over to which I replied, "No. Why would I have them sent over unless I knew I could get an appointment?" She informed me to have the records and referral sent over and someone would call me back, to which I replied that would have been important information to have had 3 weeks earlier. So I called my former Oncologists' office and asked them to send the needed information, which I confirmed they sent on Friday April 5, 2024. I called Texas Oncology again on Monday, April 15, 2024 (6 business days later) and left a message for the new patient representative to let me know the status of getting an appointment. Here it is Thursday, April 18, 2024, one month since I made the first phone call to try to schedule an appointment and I still have yet to receive a call to schedule an appointment. I have since made an appointment with a different Oncologist because I don't need this kind of unresponsive medical office. What kind of medical practice are they running? This lack of response is rude, ridiculous and totally uncalled for. I'm just glad I am not actively fighting cancer at this point. read more