I've been going to this VA Eye Clinic for several years here and its previous location a couple blocks east of Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans Administration Medical Center https://www.yelp.com/biz/sierra-nevada-health-care-system-reno. I haven't always had a professional experience here. The eye doctor Optometrists and Ophthalmologists' customer service is okay. Parking is limited as parking is shared with all the surrounding businesses in the shopping center, Franktown Corners, where this VA Eye clinic is located. Equipment is okay. Facilities cleanliness is adequate. The doors for entering and exiting have buttons for handicapped / disabled access. I rate all that a High Five-Star.
I've had two issues here. One was finally resolved. The other is still on-going.
Some ten or so years ago I made an appointment, showed up and checked in before the appointment, and then waited to be seen. And waited. And waited. I then asked the front desk, who I had checked in with before my appointment time, who told me I hadn't checked in and they had No Showed me. ?!? I immediately contacted the VA Patient Advocate who confirmed he saw on his screen that I HAD timely checked in. He then spoke with VA Eye Clinic staff. They told VA Patient Advocate they couldn't see me and rescheduled. The VA Patient Advocate went with me for that next appointment. I again timely checked in. The VA Eye Clinic staff tried to pull the same false claim I didn't check in and they had again No Showed me. The Patient Advocate stepped in, identified himself, and told them I had timely checked in. Turns out the VA Eye Clinic was double-booking appointments then claiming one Veteran was a No Show to make their numbers look better. !?! I rate all that a Two-Star for could have been better.
The second issue, which is still on-going, is the Optician here, the one who fills the VA eye doctor Optometrists and Ophthalmologist's prescriptions. They are Korrect Optical, Martina, a sub-contractor to the VA. They are located inside the VA Eye Clinic. Martina's customer service skills are sub-par. Furthermore, this Optician incorrectly filled my VA eye doctors prescription for glasses for me. I knew as soon as I put those glasses on they were wrong. I immediately told Martina the glasses were wrong. Martina argued with me, insisting to me the glasses she had provided me weren't wrong. I had to go back to my VA eye doctor with those wrong glasses. My VA eye doctor checked them and told me they were NOT the prescription she had ordered for me. I went back to Martina who refused to believe me. I had to go back to my VA Eye doctor to get it in writing that Martina had incorrectly filled the prescription. Martina's response when I gave her written proof from the VA eye doctor she had incorrectly filled the prescription? Yes, they were off; by only by a margin and should not make a difference in vision. REALLY?!? Martina's job is to correctly fill doctor's prescriptions. It took a year before Martina corrected her mistake and during that year I was forced to continue to complain to her several more times that she hadn't correctly filled the prescription and the doctor had confirmed it in writing. I rate all that a Two-Star for could have been better AND still could be better.
It is a tough call for me on the overall Star rating here as I really feel it is more of a 2 1/2 Stars overall rating for this VA Eye Clinic because of Martina's continuing deficiencies. There is no 2 1/2 Star rating choice here though.
Eye emergencies have to be fit in with their availability so better to go to Emergency Room at Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans Administration Medical Center first. https://www.yelp.com/biz/sierra-nevada-health-care-system-reno
Here's the link to what the VA covers when it comes to eye care. https://www.va.gov/health-care/about-va-health-benefits/vision-care/
This VA Eye Clinic's website and telephone number are:
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775-328-1773
The VA Eye Clinic in Reno, Nevada is part of the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System https://www.yelp.com/biz/va-sierra-nevada-health-care-system-reno-2 read more