I had an accident 2 fridays ago. I missed a step and landed all my weight on the right side of my foot. Panicking I went to my doctor who sent me for X-rays and it turned out to be a non-displaced fracture. She gave me advice to care for the fracture and wrote a referral to Dr Katz for follow up. I had that appointment approx 2 weeks after the accident. During my appointment Dr Kato didn't touch my foot to see if it was still swollen or even take a look at it. All I was asked was to take an X-ray which I had to balance myself to step the right bad foot up. When the X-rays were developed he said the fracture is healing nicely and to come back if needed. Comes time to bill for services I see office visit ok x-ray ok and then treatment of fracture. Dr Katz never even touched my foot or even ace bandaged the foot but claimed he treated the fracture. I called the office to have that explained and that ended in a yelling match and he told me to call the insurance company. I called the insurance company which called his office asking to speak to billing. The girl puts the doctor on the phone on a recorded conversation again there was a yelling match about him rendering treatment and during this recorded conversation Dr Katz called me unstable and nasty. Talk about professionalism . I simply stated my doctor was the one that told me to ice for 15 minutes, rx anti-inflammatory/pain meds and truly rendered treatment. Dr Katz said oh now you are a doctor when I said I came in with a non-displaced fracture. I said no that was a diagnosis that my doctor from the X-rays she had me take abs the results said so. All in all this white doctor had no respect in a black community to keep me as a patient which I made clear. I was insulted and Dr Katz is clearly taking advantage over charging. Stay clear of this business. I had a hair line fracture yrs ago on the same foot and repeat business to the place that diagnosed this non-displaced fracture but Dr Katz you have lost a patient.
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