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| - Visited Dr. George Rose as a new patient. He does prostate exam on me although i told him a had one a couple of years ago and they found nothing and said to have another one in 10 years. Got a call saying that blood was found in stool and he wanted me to have a colonoscopy. i told him i had "hem" problems and that was more than likely it. But, i had a colonoscopy done anyway. Result, bleeding from "hem". No problems, come back in 10 years. i recently tried to refill my prescriptions and was not authorized by Roso. They said i had to be seen first.I made the appointment. When the nurse came in to check my blood pressure I made the mistake of telling the Nursing Assistant that i was getting over a cold and that i went to Urgent Care. She immediately asked WHY didn't you come to us. I thought first of all none of your business and secondly i highly doubt they would schedule me within 45 minutes. Dr Roso came in and i told him about my recent illness and visit to Urgent Care. He too, asked with a bit of tone, why did't you come here. Seems like a bit of desperation from both the NA and Dr Roso. I mentioned i has been up during the night quite a bit with frequent urination. so what does he HAVE TO DO?, you got it, another needless and costly prostate exam to find out nothing was wrong. Remember, he did a prostate exam a few months earlier. do you really think i would of developed issues in a 3 month period??? Just another needless procedure to rack up the billing! He prescribed a drug for me to try. My initial thought was i hoped that he would offer a generic if the cost of the drug prescribed was too high. I guess I was spoiled because my previous doctor, Dr. Hugo Fazz, A GREAT DOCTOR, would of never let me leave his office without checking into that. To my surprise when i went to the pharmacy to pick up the script, the pharmacy tech asked me, "do you know how much this cost"? I said no, she said $275 dollars. Hmm, i don't think most of us could afford that every month. A blatant example of lack of care for patient. I asked the pharmacy to ask the doctor for a "generic" as a substitute. A couple of days later I came in and asked if he prescribed a generic. They said that he hadn't responded to 2 fax request. I came in a few days later to find out that they tried 5 times and he NEVER bothered to get back to them or me for that matter.
So at this point i know that Dr. George Roso is not the doc for me. So, i ask the pharmacy to check my meds and ask for a refill if any were at 0 refills. They did just that and guess what? The request denied and he had the gull to require me to visit the office again before he would authorize any refills. What a racket!!!!! And last but not least, on that last visit from out of the blue he asks, "do i need to check you for STD's????? what a horrible display of bedside manner. If your are considering this doctor, you decide for your own and best of luck. You will need it...
Sorry that Dr. Fazz was no longer in network but i will be fine paying out of pocket to have the professional care that is well worth the $$
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