As a military spouse, I try to get settled in quickly to all of our family's medical needs. Finding the the doctors for general wellness, dentist and optometrist; including a vet. We were recommended ... Read More
As a military spouse, I try to get settled in quickly to all of our family's medical needs. Finding the the doctors for general wellness, dentist and optometrist; including a vet. We were recommended this place by a friend when we got to the Springs area. Over time, my experience deteriorated. There were several "miscommunications" with the front office staff, they'd forget important info and have to contact me later, and though the doctor was excellent at her job she lacked any kind of personal skills when dealing with us as patients. But I've dealt with animal people before and they typically lack in social skills with humans, so I ignored it.
This last time was a bad experience that I won't return again. We had friends (also military) who moved to the Springs and we recommended this place. My friend and I had an appointment on the same day, however, I had to bring my dog in early for a teeth cleaning and removal. I discussed with the doctor to please update him on all of his shots. She said okay (by the way this was a different doctor from the owner). So, I left and scheduled a time to return and when I did return there was a line and my friend was there for her initial visit. We spoke in line until our turn. The young lady who waited on me that morning looked at me and said, "Are you two together?" I said, "Oh, no. I'm by myself." Then in an aggravated tone the young woman responded, "Then why are you here?" "I'm here to pick up my dog from his cleaning. " The young woman continued to be flustered through the payment process and getting me situated in a exam room. After another nurse came in and went through the post surgery care, she said she would meet me outside with my dog so that I can put my 1 year old in the car first. When the nurse met me outside, she's like, "Did you make an appointment for your follow up?" "I didn't think I need a follow up." "Well, you got to come back in 7-10 days to have the stitches removed from the cyst we took out." (The cyst was something we had discussed in the initial appointment.) I thought that was odd that they didn't mention anything about that before and now we're having a discussion about it in the parking lot.
The next day, I had planned to ask my friend how her experience went because I was seriously considering not going back after the follow up appointment. She said she had the worst experience after her dog's initial appointment with the front desk. She was checking out and was charged a high price for the appointment than she was quoted over the phone. Not only did we recommend that place but the only other reason she went to High Country was because of its lower prices. When she mentioned to the older lady of the quote, the younger and older lady had a heated discussion in front of the entire waiting room about the miscommunication. The older lady then turned to my friend and said, "Well, this was a miscommunication on your part, but next time you come in you'll have to pay full price."
Needless to say, I'll be going in to have my dog's stitches removed, all of his shots updated because they never did do that and a copy of his records so I can go somewhere else.Read Less