This man is a liar. He is not a good doctor. He scams all the insurance companies and the patients and he never even sees you but his office and other facilities all have nonworking numbers so I wondered did the insurance companies find out he's a fucking scam and he's on the run because he owes me money too. read more

I originally came to Dr Hymes office over 12 years ago for pain management. His office had gone through a lot of changes, including doctors and Physician Assistants in my time. Some good, Some bad, Some well.... He has recently redecorate the induce which I find very nice. The walls all lined with professional black and white photography of mostly famous people. He finally got rid of the sad looking fish tank and replaced with a tv, however it's never been on any of the times I've been there. The staff is kind and professional. I've seen some pretty intense moments where Danielle, The front desk administrator, had handled the situation professionally and respectful (even when clients have been rude and hostile). In general the wait time is under 20 minutes. Yes there is always going to be a bad day, But it's not typical in my experience. As for Dr HyMes, he's a knowledgeable doctor. His demeanor is a bit dry and technical. He could work on his "bed side manners" a bit. I choose to see the other doctor in his office just because I don't think or personalities click. And I really want a doctor who is empathetic to my pain and able to listen to how I feel and not what other doctors, labs, etc say. It's really a preference. But one thing I do believe is that he is very experienced and I think other reviews neglect to mention that as a doctor of pain management he does what is best for the patient. He's not one to over medicate and is a responsible provider. I can only imagine this is a difficult profession as there are a lot of drug seekers that he must carefully sift through. It's unfortunate because it makes it difficult for those that really duo have legitimate pain. But I believe he is doing a great job in the field. I recommend his office, Conservative Care Specialists to everyone being professional pain management help. I've seen sine really shady ones and in happy to have found such a caring place. read more

Jason A Hymes, MD - Anesthesiologists Near Me - Van Nuys, California

Dr Hymes was maybe the biggest disappointment I've had with a doctor. I went for pain management. I have had two back surgeries, due for a third and badly needed help right away. I have a new job and very busy work schedule and it was a complete waste of time. I was told he was one of the best and that couldn't be farther from the truth. Arrogant and judgmental and everyone in the other rooms can hear everything being said I noticed, so NOTHING is confidential. He said he would "make some calls" and get back to me and no call back. I called the office three times for some kind of update and nothing. Nobody would tell me anything nobody ever called back. Shameful. I went to Dr. Starks and he was amazing. Very direct and took care of me right away with what I needed to hear and take and it has been fantastic. read more

Office staff and quality of care is abysmal. Everyone in that office needs to be fired. If people come in for chronic pain, wouldn't you think they deserve an ounce of kindness and professionalism from the staff? You won't get that here. Disgusted by their attitudes. Stay away. read more

Dr. Hymes has tested me for a Spinal Stimulator and after having great results, he recently implanted the stimulator. I have back issues and my sciatica nerve is impeded by disc issues. This causes tremendous leg pain and after surgery by my orthopedist, the pain got worse. I feel like a new person, with the Stimulator. Dr. Hymes is an incredible Doctor, who not only has tremendous skill set, but he also possess great people skills. He is a very busy Doctor as he specializes in pain care, but he always takes the time to explain everything and understands the personality of his patents so you always feel comfortable asking questions etc. I want to mention that Lorra an office staff member is a real asset to Dr. Hyme's team. She coordinates getting patients paperwork and surgical dates set up. She should be commended for a job well done Dr Hymes has 2 offices, one in Van Nuys (He works with referred SOCIE patients) and an office in West Los Angeles. If you have pain issues I highly recommend seeing Dr. Hymes. read more

I had an epidural injection 4 days ago and am thrilled! I have been in excruciating pain for over 10 years due to bulging discs and vertebrae which have slipped due to stress fractures. I wish I had known about this years ago. Dr. Hymes' office is a well-oiled machine! As you might imagine, I was nervous about the whole thing. After all, it was an injection into my spinal column. I waited in the waiting room for about 5 minutes and was taken back to change clothes and give a urine specimen. Not only did the nursing staff go out of their way to make me comfortable and spend time with me but they brought me warm blankets, etc. They took time to understand how I react to anesthesia which revealed that I should not be given the narcotic part because it makes me nauseous. They said I would be in a dreamlike state and I told them I don't like to hallucinate either. Dr. Hymes came over and introduced himself. he discussed my MRI and said he had other ideas as to things which could be done to help me. He made sure I knew he had been doing this for a very long time and that this was a walk in the park for him. I felt better. Whatever they did was perfect. I laid down and was "out" in about 10 seconds. Apparently the procedure takes about 2 minutes. They woke me up. I was able to stand and walk (although I don't remember any of it). I rested in the recovery chair under a watchful eye and within 45 minutes, got dressed and was driven home by a friend. I was there about 90 minutes from the time I hit the door to the time I left. They gave me enough anesthesia that I do not remember the procedure but not so much that I was terribly groggy. And for the first time, I did not get nauseous from the anesthesia. I read some of the other reviews about parking problems and having to pay for parking and my response was "REALLY??? That was your big, whopping problem?" You're not willing to pay $10 to park in order to have a procedure done to be in less pain... or like me... pain free? I parked in the structure which is super convenient and gladly paid the fee. I am now almost completely pain free and would have paid many thousands more for this relief! I know these injections are temporary and need to be repeated annually or even semi-annually but I am sooooooo happy and in NO PAIN!!!!!! read more

DO NOT USE THIS OFFICE. If I could give them a zero rating I would! I recently was given a prescription for a lumbar epidural from a wonderful back doctor at Cedars Sinai. This was following an MRI and an X-ray that clearly showed nerve impingement and was recommended as an alternative to surgery which I am probably facing down the line. Unfortunately their office do not do the epidurals so I was referred to Dr Hymes by a friend. I was told that before I could have the epidural my insurance (Blue Shield of California) needed me to have a consult. When I arrived at Dr Hymes office I was told that my appointment would be with Dr Levens and since I did not know better and wanted to get authorization I continued with the appointment. Dr Levens told me that I would have to come back again for a nerve test (which I later found out was totally unnecessary). Each visit I had a co-pay of $80. At the end of the second visit I asked Laura (who submits reports for authorizations) when she would be submitting the reports. She told me as soon as she got it from Dr Levens. 2 weeks went by without hearing anything. When I called to see what was happening Laura told me that she had not submitted anything because Dr Levens had not written anything in his report about an epidural even though she had the prescription for it in my chart. Upon my request he wrote an addendum and the report was submitted. Today I learnt that my insurance declined the request because I had allegedly told Dr Levens that my pain level was a 1!!!!! This is totally false - it is about a 7/8 and so restrictive that at times I cannot walk at all! I called Blue Shield and they told me that they did not say anything about pain levels but I was turned down because I have to see a chiropractor or physical therapist for 6 weeks first. This makes sense but was never told this and why did Laura totally fabricate what they said about pain levels? I told Laura that I wanted to speak to either Dr Levens or Dr Hymes to sort this out and she told me that if I wanted to do that I would have to make an appointment and pay another $80 co pay! This is an office that is in the business of making money and clearly has no interest in the health of the patients that walk through their doors and absolutely no compassion in dealing with people in pain. I am now $160 out of pocket and no better off dealing with my daily pain. read more

I have never written a review on yelp before, yet after my awful experience with Dr Hymes and his office staff I felt the need to write this! I just moved from Orange County to LA and needed to establish a new Pain Management Specialist. I've had Fibromyalgia for about 7 years and have also had a previous neck surgery. I made the appointment 35 days in advance to be sure I'd get in, been seen, receive new meds and be established. Anyone who has to see a Pain Management Physician knows it takes time to get in to a doctor, transfer medical records, and give him time to review these records upon seeing you for the first time. The DAY BEFORE my appointment someone (I believe her name was Melissa) from his office called to let me know Dr. Hymes would not be in the next day (the day of my appointment) and they would have to cancel my appointment. They said "Dr Hymes is going to his son's graduation". When I asked why they even scheduled my appointment for that day, (obviously the doctor would KNOW his sons grad day!), they couldn't answer. My appointment was for a Friday, so I then realized I'd be out of ALL my medication. I asked when they could reschedule me... She told me he was going on vacation for the following week & that she could "fit" me in two weeks from that day. When I explained that two weeks from that day would not work & that I would not have any of my medications to last the weekend... she didn't care. I said "look I realize this isn't your problem, but I would really appreciate any other doctors you could recommend, as I am new to LA and don't know anyone", She told me "I don't know of any other doctors". She was so rude and unwilling to help me. She had such an attitude when I asked for help. She couldn't care less that I was in tears because I don't know anyone else here. I called my other physician I usually go to in OC, his staff told me there should ALWAYS be another doctor to cover a PM doctors patients, should the main physician have to cancel on his patients. Confused and frustrated, I called Dr Hymes' office back again and said, "Since Dr. Hymes isn't going to be in for a week, is there a doctor covering for him?" to my surprise, she said "Yes, what's your name so I can schedule you". I was incredibly frustrated at this point and when I told her my name and said "I spoke to you two hours ago, in tears, and you had NO advice on another doctor???".... Her reply was, "Oh, I can't schedule you because you're a new patient". WHAT???? I can't believe these people had my records of every surgery I've had, every procedure I've ever had done, every appointment I've ever had with a physician and every MRI, CT, X-ray etc. for 35 days and they couldn't schedule me because I was "new". Needless to say, I will NOT be scheduling another appointment with Dr. Hymes nor recommending him to anyone. The complete and utter lack of respect, professionalism and compassion from this doctor and his staff is unacceptable. read more

I had heard of Jason Hymes' office through a friend who went to their office on the Westside, so when I found out there was an office in Van Nuys I thought it would be good to see if their doctors could partner with me for my pain management care. When I arrived for my appointment, I found that the office was attached to Valley Presbyterian hospital and there was only the hospital parking lot, with the streets around it having very restricted signs. I called to ask where we were supposed to park. The gal said to park in the hospital lot. I said that's usually expensive, isn't there anywhere else to park? Then she told me there was street parking on the other side of street. She could have told me that from the start. Things went downhill from there. I walk into a small waiting room that was very uninviting and "cold" feeling. There was a sad looking fish tank, plastic chairs lined up all along the walls, and Michael Jackson playing on the radio. It just felt creepy. I went to sign in and there were at least 4 people behind the counter, none of which said hello. One was texting on her phone and didn't look up. I saw a sign that said "no credit cards, cash only" which took me back, since I wanted to use my FSA card. I caught one young man's attention behind the counter, the only one that actually seemed nice, and he confirmed that they don't take any cards, even FSA cards. At that point I wanted to leave but decided to stick it out. A gal opened the door and invited me in, but only to just stand inside the door where the reception was. She confirmed my name, and then said gruffly "Do you bring your MRI's or medication with you?" I said no. She said "who referred you?" I said that I did, that I was there on my own volition and my insurance didn't require me to get referrals. She said, "well I told you on the phone we needed your records of medications and MRI's" to which I replied, "I can speak to that." She then, without saying another word, turned and walked away, and sat down in an office down the hall. I didn't know what to do so I just stood there and looked at her. She then looked up and said, "you can go sit down now." I went back into the awful waiting room, and every part of my being told me to run, that these were not good people. After toying with the concept of walking out for about a minute, I did so and called my regular doc to leave a message that this was not the place for me (we had discussed my going here previously) and that I would look for someone else. All I can tell you is, everything in me told me to run from this place. The staff are horrible (except for the one young man behind the counter), they didn't greet me, a new patient, in a professional, happy and courteous manner. They assumed that I had a referral when in reality I can go wherever I want, I don't have to be there and get treated like crap. Having to deal with chronic pain is awful enough and we are already on edge about how we will be treated...the last thing we who deal with chronic pain need are staff treating us like crap the moment we walk in the door. In my opinion, when staff treat people like that and hate their jobs, it's an attitude coming from the top down...the doctors must treat people that way too, and that's what they see and learn...or else the doctors are too blind to see they need to fire some people. Either way, I don't want to stick around and find out which one it is. Oh and do something about that awful waiting room. read more

Everyone at Scoi recommended, so I went. Huge mistake. Most unpleasant experience, doctor (Hymes) perhaps very competent but made less so by the way his office is run. Though in all honesty he came across as arrogant with a bit of the God complex. Warning: Compulsory drug test, where urine sample is sent to a lab in Georgia may cost you $1350! Incorrect code on billing for another test where they sent me a bill more than 7 months later (informing me I'm more than 90 days late.) Left messages for assistant who never called back. Report on visit showed incorrect information, not consistent with visit. This office shows what's so wrong about the health care system. Try acupuncture for pain! I'm off all meds with no epidural or nerve ablation! read more

My star rating is a One. If I didn't have to choose chose a star Rating it would be a ZERO. I want to help others that suffer from chronic pain by providing genuine insight. Dr Hymes made me feel like I did something wrong. It doesn't get any worse then this when I say run RUN. Dr is cold, arrogant also more suspicious of clients then understanding. No bed side manner. Hope this helps. read more

I had Dr. Hymes for an injection and I was very impressed with the level of care I got from him and his team. He seems very knowledgeable and I thought he was friendly. read more

I have been a patient of Dr. Hymes since 2009 and he's given me epidural injections about 19 times. I have to say that while in his office he's a bit undetached and doesn't really listen and cuts you off. However, when it came to the shots, I received great treatment from his medical staff, not so from him or his office staff. I haven't needed a shot since 2015 and in April 2018 I decided it was time to go see him again. In May when I called his scheduler, Laura, she told me (get this) that he isn't seeing new patients! I had talked to Laura numerous times over the years and she acted as if she were wasting her time. I told her I wasn't a new patient, etc. Then she scheduled me to see another doctor but promised that after I see this doc for just the "consult" that Dr. Hymes would actually do the injection so I agreed. After seeing this other doc, and getting a new MRI it turned out to be a whole other problem with him and I refused to see him again. Now I was scheduled to see Dr. Hymes' PA. His PA, Dr. H, was kind, patient and tried to get my injection approved thru my insurance. Long story, the injection was declined twice supposedly by my insurance. Every time I waited for Laura to call me with info as to what was happening, she never called me back though her voicemail says she'll call back within 24 hrs., she never calls. This has been going on continuously since May and now it's November!!! Finally, I got so fed up not getting any answers from her, I called my insurance and they say they never got any info from Dr. Hymes office, though Laura claimed it was sent over to them. Every time I try to get Laura on the phone the staff just transfers me to her voicemail. My insurance and I finally got Laura on the phone (she didn't know I was on the line) and she told them that Evicore denied it ... Evicore isn't my insurance but now at least I knew there was a third party that does the approvals for my insurance. So, I called Evicore and they told me that they told Dr. Hymes' office that they needed 3 specific pieces of info from Dr. Hymes' office so I called Laura again (yes, voicemail again) and that was last Thursday and today is Wednesday! I left Laura yet another voicemail yesterday and she still hasn't called me back as to if they're going to send over that necessary info to Evicore so they will approve it to my insurance co. So, now I'll be requesting my medical records and looking for a new pain management doctor as this is completely ridiculous and I can't believe Dr. Hymes allows his office to run this inefficiently!!! He obviously couldn't care less. read more

This pain clinic is completely useless. They are slow as molasses to respond to patients and their needs and act as if your pain is something that will just have to wait, all the while using every excuse in the book. I have written them off. There are better pain clinics in the Valley that actually show concern for their patients. read more

Dr. Hymes is a great doctor! I had to get a cortizone shot is my back and I was really nervous. He was so knowledgable, friendly, and confident which made me feel at ease. The procedure went smooth and I would highly recommend him for pain management. You will be in good hands! read more

Dr Hymes placed a Neuro-Transmitter behind my left ear last week, and after suffering from a "TEN" KILLER chronic headache brought in from a Gamna Knife procedure on 7/29/2011... I no longer have headaches !!!!! Miracle upon miracles ! Dr Hymes is the only doctor who has been able to help me !! read more

I was very impressed with my whole experience (epidural injection) with Dr. Hymes and the entire staff at Conservative Care Specialist Medical Group. Front office was warm and friendly. They then brought me back to the surgical room ON TIME. Was greeted by wonderfu, friendly nurses. Dr Hymes was great and thoroughly explained the procedure. Very clean surgical room was clean as was the recovery room. I was released in the specified time and left feeling great. I'm not so nervous for round 2. I would highly recommended Dr. Hymes and the Medical group. read more

Dr Hymes is awful; I scheduled an appointment about two business days in advance. They called me the day before demanding records, mri's, etc. They insisted on having records faxed. I called my former pain management drs office nearly 60 miles away and they said it was illegal to fax records. From here everything goes way downhill. Since I have several medical conditions I take 15 medications. When I took the urine drug screen it came up with a few elements. He flat out insisted that I took these medications even though I did not accusing me of being a drug addict. He said of course there is a false positive of 20% but not on all of them. I was like screaming and saying I cannot believe you are accusing me of taking Meth are you kidding me and Marajuana. It turns out after about 5 minutes of research that the antibiotic that I am taking, Methadone that I tried 3 days ago, and duoloxitine all prescribed medications were the culprits To bad Dr Hymes couldn't have looked at my rx records from Walgreens that I kept trying to give him maybe he wouldn't have had to accuse me of being a drug addict. Also he called me SWEETHEART. To top it off I had to pay $6 for parking so unless you want to risk being accused of being a drug addict, I would stay away from this doctor!! read more