THE 5 STAR REVIEW IS FAKE!!! MINE ISN'T PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU CONSIDER THIS OFFICE!!! Aletha Ruth Has 9 Reviews and They are all for physicians and wrote at the same time! Look at the profile!
I have severe sleep apnea that I desperately need treated. I have been intolerant to a CPAP because of issues with my facial structure. I met with Dr. Jones who seemed to be a great Doctor at the time. He found several issues that I need addressed so I can hopefully use a CPAP and fall asleep without choking and from there sleep peacefully through the night. This is so important for me to get done. I struggle to stay awake through my work day and my family suffers because of my tiredness.
The problem I ran into is the office staff doesn't even pretend to care about your medical needs. It has taken over A MONTH and my authorization for surgery is not done. I am not able to get a hold of office staff regularly. I have called probably 30 times and I have always been kind and respectful but the phone has only been answered at most 10 times and by an answering service. Only 1 time have I actually spoken to Dr. Jones office staff and there is no direct line to them. Every time I talk to someone at the answering service they say they will get answers and call me back. I have only ever received one return phone call and that was because I told the woman they have never called back and to please really call me back I need to get this done it is so important to my health, so she actually called back and told me what I needed to do. I did what was needed. That was Friday last week. It's Tuesday afternoon now. I called twice yesterday and twice today to tell them I have done what they asked, no answer. The last call I left a message saying if I don't hear from them and this isn't done by the end of the week I will go back to my PC physician and go somewhere else because that's what my PC told me to do and finally they called back. I have waited for this authorization (just the authorization) since May 21st and it is now June 25th. Every authorization I've needed in the past has taken only a day or two.
My biggest concern is what if I need to get a hold of Dr. Jones in the event of a complication post op? Good luck.
Update:
I originally wrote that review June 25th and deleted it because I felt bad for leaving it but I shouldn't have.
The authorization was put in upon leaving that review... Finally. And the office actually called me the Following Monday July 1st and told me they wanted to know my schedule so they could set a date for surgery, but I never heard from them again. I called but only got the answering service and they always just said that they will have Dr Jones office get back to me.
All this has made me very uneasy so I decided to do my own research on Dr Jones and did not like what I saw at all. So today I called my primary care Dr and he will be choosing my next surgeon. I called Dr Jones office to inform them and wouldn't you know, they finally answered the phone.
Reply to Jones
Dr. Jones, you are full of malarkey. The authorization was never submitted by your office for an entire month. I can see everything on the Humana website the minute Tricare receives a request and what stage of approval it's in. Also, my when the office finally did it and told me it was denied because I needed the referral from my PCP it was done that very day and your incompetent staff never re-submitted. I literally had, not the submission, but the APPROVAL, the same day from the PCP. And my new surgeon, who actually has good standing on the internet and positive reviews that are real, had my approval done the day after my first appt and went way out of his way to help me meet my deadline, all because you dropped the ball. Don't spin lies you snake.