Dr Rumbaugh is very nice and competent. Staff is not…read moreknowledgeable. Front desk easily flustered and incompetent. Arrived at 8:45am for 9:15am appointment. I was told to take a seat. Lady said she was already having a bad day and busy. She did not check me in until 9:10 and forgot to give me my paperwork. I told a nurse. The nurse got her to check me in and give me my paperwork to sign. They gave conflicting instructions for the out-patient procedure, one set was for those who required sedation and the other was not. Referrals never made it to the specialists. I called for medication refills and they gave me the runaround and said they wouldn't message the doctor. I had to make an appointment again even though my last visit was a month earlier. Be sure to get a printout for their policies regarding calling for refills and opt out of any online or mobile check-in processes. They take forever to do their job.

Dr. Rumbaugh is very good doctor. The billing practices are the problem. I was billed for…read moreinjections. The problem was that they never got approval for the injections, nor did they tell me that. They then billed my insurance for anything and everything they could and decided to bill me over $400 for things they could not get out of my insurance. I've complained numerous times and still am getting billed for it. Check your explanations of benefits before you see them or you may end up like me.

Dr. Robert Smith has been a life saver. I was in a recent car accident and my neck, shoulders and…read morelow back were locked up so tightly I could not sleep and was so tired from just feeling pain all day. I started a new job a few days after being in the accident which made it hard to get in to any doctor during regular hours. Dr. Smith understood my situation and without hesitation booked me for the following day after I got out of work. My first treatment helped me have a pain-free night and I slept like a baby. I am still in treatment with the doctor, although COVID-19 put a delay in our treatment schedule and plan. I found relief in the few sporadic appointments we have been able to work out. I challenge and encourage you to give him a call, make that appointment. You don't need to suffer endlessly from an injury or physical pain, sciatica, etc. The doctor is in. Try him, tell him Angela referred you. You can thank me later!

I went to Dr. Esparza when I had sciatica and back pain back in 2021-2023. The muscles in my back…read moreand thighs were so tight. They felt hard like concrete! Dr. Esparza and his PA treated me with lidocaine trigger point injections, which loosened my muscles immediately. The injections relieved the sciatica and back pain within an hour and the relief lasted weeks. I did my part with weight loss, physical therapy, and daily swimming in addition to the injections, so my sciatica and back pain went away within a few months. Whenever I got a flare up, the office welcomed me back for maintenance injections, as needed. I highly recommend treating back pain and sciatica with Dr. Carlos J. Esparza!

I was diagnosed with colon cancer a year ago. Dr Esparza was my surgeon of choice because he made…read moreme feel at ease and in good hands. The surgery went well and I credit Dr Esparza with saving my life. I just had my one year "after surgery" colonoscopy today, i was clear and incredibly happy. I would recommend Dr Esparza to friends and family.

No matter how dire your need is DO NOT do business with these crude greedy SOBs…read more After Medicare I still had a $79 balance. I told them they had to wait till I got my artificial leg and their reply was to send it to collections. Now I can't even borrow the $3000 I need to finish up the artificial legs so I can walk and maybe earn some money. Is this really someone you want to business with when your back is against the wall?

From the owner: Providing Inpatient and Outpatient Anesthesia Services in Santa Fe, NM…read more We are an integrated medical practice, with a New Mexico Professional Corporation structure, dedicated to providing anesthesia care, consultative services and pain management for our patients. The professional staff of SAS maintains clinical competence through continuing medical education and peer review in all areas of anesthetic and pain management. SAS develops and maintains mechanisms to evaluate and measure clinical outcomes. SAS employees pledge to place our patients first. Our goal is to maintain integrity in relationships with patients, professional associates, primary care physicians, surgeons, hospital staff, and the communities in which we practice. SAS strives to be supportive, both financially and personally, in various programs and activities committed to improving the quality of life in New Mexico...

The positive of this place is they can generally get me in quickly which is rare here in NM. And…read morethe actual doctor and nurses who do the injections are nice. But that's about it. All the other staff could give a sh*t. At the best they are indifferent. At the worst they are incompetent. The doctor that does my injections specifically asked me to have my PA Mallory talk to her about a possible change. When I mentioned that to Mallory it was clear she had no interest in taking that simple step for me. And then I was checking out after my last injection and Mallory was standing there and didn't acknowledge me in any way. They just don't care at all.

I have been seen and treated in both oh the Modern Pain and Spine Clinics. I was referred to them…read moreby my PCP at Presbyterian Montgomery. I was originally seen by a Pain and Spine Specialist at Presbyterian with whom I was very happy. When I tried to make my third appointment with her I was informed that she was no longer on staff, so my PCP referred me to Modern Pain and Spine as one of their Doctors had stopped by her office just two weeks earlier and informed her that they had doubled their staff and opened a second office location. I phoned in and made an appointment with Dr Melissa Merhege, MD. When I made the appointment for the following Tuesday, the scheduler mentioned that Dr Merhege would like to see the films and treatment on file from Presbyterian as it would eliminate her duplicating tests and any unnecessary expenses for me. I told the scheduler I would contact my Referring Doctor and go by her office to sign the release forms that day so she would have them in time before my first visit. She thanked me on Beale of De Merhege. When I arrived at Modern Pain & Spine for my initial appointment the offices were very clean and organized. The auxiliary staff were all very efficient and friendly. I was escorted into an exam room by Dr Merhege's assistant where she took my vital signs and verified my personal information and medications that had arrived in my file. She thanked me and stated that Dr. Merhege would be in momentarily to minutes later Dr Merhege entered and introduced herself. She then informed me that she had red my files from Presbyterian and examined the films they included. She then asked me to explain in my words what was going on and where my pain was located and the level of pain in each area. (I explained that the pain originated from a total left knee replacement and breaking of all long bones in my left leg 12 years earlier. I had placed my Seeing Eye Dog in his carrier located in the cargo area of the SUV and I closed the back Hatch door. I Then went to step up on the sidewalk when my foot caught on the curb and I went projecting forward into the landscaping across the sidewalk. I put both hands out in front of me to help brace my fall and I landed in the landscaping on both palms and both knees atop plants, cacti and 3 inch deep granite. In excruciating pain. I was driven immediately to the emergency room at the hospital just over two miles away. After many X-rays, exams and questions from nurses, doctors and other personnel, the initial diagnosis was presented. I had broken my knee, broken every long bones in my left leg and multiple cuts and bruises. They called my orthopedic surgeon and made an office visit appointment for me on the following Monday. They cleaned out the granite debris, plant twigs and leaves and blossoms and cleaned up my leg inside and out. They taped and gauzed it and then wrapped it with stretchable binding. They injected me with antibiotics, pain medication and started an IV in my left wrist. They called admitting and requests a room upstairs for me. About an hour later I was moved up to my room. The next day the Surgeon came by my room to look at all of the films and explain what needed to be done and plan a schedule) Dr Merhege discysses My file from Prebyterian and agreed with the approach my Pain and Spine Doctor had discussed with me. Although the pain originates from the knee it had been agitating my hip and lower five Vertebrae over time and by try to overcompensate for the knee pain. She suggested that we concentrate on the lower spine first as my lowest five Vertebrae were collapsed and pinching all of the nerves. She said she would like to propose to my insurance company that she wanted to inject the lower spine region first to release the pinched nerves. Once that was relieved she wanted to inject the left hip and ease that pain to get us to the final culprit. That is the course of treatment she has been following. Since the injections have relieved the major pain, the insurance company approved her to repeat them on a rotating basis every three months until I have my reconstructive surgery in New York City. Dr. Melissa Merhege has been a true blessing.