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    Pain Management Northwest

    2.2 (9 reviews)
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    Dr Anderson was fine, the office staff was questionable and frustrating.

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    Salem Pain and Spine Specialist

    Salem Pain and Spine Specialist

    2.4
    (12 reviews)
    3.8 mi

    Was referred by my pcp for hip pain. I had a 20 minute exam, then a referral to PT. $500. Insurance…read morepaid less than half. If I'd known, I wouldn't have gone. I emailed to see if there could be any help. Never heard back. I asked again when I called to cancel my next appointment, as this is definitely a hardship for my family. Nope.

    This is the worst practice I have ever been to. I was referred to them for nerve pain, which…read morestopped during the 2 month wait to get into their office. When I finally got in I advised the spasms would sometimes go dormant for 2-3 weeks before returning. Rather than waste the appointment, I inquired about possibly having a separate issue with my back treated. From there it went downhill: **MRI order was sent to the wrong facility. It took weeks of requests to have this corrected. **The earliest follow-up was another 2 months out. This appointment could have been a 5 minute phone call, something that should be considered for patients dealing with chronic pain. **After waiting for 2 months I'm told at the follow up that they never received the medical records from my previous doctor, which they need to submit a claim for the procedure. I pointed out they had 2 full months to get the records and asked why they waited until I was in the office to request them, the doctor said he was unaware they didn't have my records. **Weeks before the appointment, I sent a note through their patient portal to let them know the nerve pain I was originally referred to them for had returned and requested the info added to my chart. No response or confirmation from the office. During the follow up, I asked about next steps with regards to addressing the nerve problem. Rather than write up an order for imaging to investigate, the issue was completely ignored. **Staff said they would send a request for bilateral facet ablations. I made it clear I've only had ablations on my left side and do not need them on the right. Staff doubled down and said they'd submit a claim for bilateral, but the doctor would do the procedure on just the left side if that's what I want. I advised insurance won't approve a claim for bilateral ablations since I've never had the procedure on the right side (diagnostic injections are required prior to ablations). They called me a week or so later to let me know they'd request the facet ablation for left side only. Two months have passed since the follow up visit and I have received absolutely no contact from the office to schedule the procedure. My insurance provider hasn't received a claim from them either. I imagine the excuse is that they're still waiting to get my medical records. That would be ironic, if true, because my spine care team at UCLA (which is very responsive) hasn't gotten any records requests. It is unreal to me how a practice this inept is staying in business. If you are referred here or are thinking of going to SP&SS, please do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. I had hoped to find a local practice to treat my pain, but I don't hate myself enough to wait for this office to get their act together. I'd also like to include an honorable mention of how after having said that I prefer not to take pain medication, the doctor casually asked if I wanted muscle relaxers as we're exiting the exam room. I declined the offer and stated my pain isn't muscular.

    Pain Care Specialists of Oregon

    Pain Care Specialists of Oregon

    2.4
    (47 reviews)
    5.9 mi

    Excellent doctors all of them got me on the right track feeling much better would recommend them…read moredefinitely everybody

    I just got off the phone with the Office specialist. Well let's backtrack a little. I'll tell you…read morefrom the start of my problems with this place. 1. I had to wait several months for an appointment for this place I mean like it was like six or seven months. 2. When I went in for my first appointment, my ID was a little messed up. I have a puppy and we chewed it. So part of my picture of my ID is not there. But the small one in the other corner is there I had probably 5 to 7 other things in my purse that had my name on it and the front desk lady said oh I can't take this. It won't scan and I said can you use your eyes and look at it you can tell it's me. I have other things in my purse with my names on it other insurance cards with my names on it etc. etc. she said no we can't take it. I said you need to go talk to your office manager and ask them because you could obviously see it just because it doesn't scan it doesn't mean it's not real. And I really wanted to tell her just to use your brain cause she obviously does not have one and she has no care for patience either. Should be back and talk to somebody and said yeah we can take it. But she was still not friendly whatsoever. 3. So I wouldn't end and saw the doctor. I have fibromyalgia amongst degenerative disease, bilateral osteoarthritis of my knee, I've had a neck surgery and spinal fusion (of 4, 5, and six), not to mention other injuries from shoulders, tendinosis, etc. He looked at me and said we don't do pain medicine so the only thing that he could do for me was the joint injections and take over my "" pain medicine which he's talking about tramadol, which does nothing for anybody that has chronic pain.. He was not friendly. And I think he was treating me as a pain pill seeking person. Which I am not I've had this issue for 56 years now. And I rarely ever take pain medicine. Because I detest it and I don't want to ever take the chance of being addicted to them. But my pain has gotten worse and it's unbearable. There are days that I just feel like I'm surviving and not living. It's so bad that sometimes I lay in bed feeling like I'm gonna go crazy from the pain. So I wasted all that time just to go up there to take a pee test, which I could've done anywhere before the appointment and actually done something at this appointment. And they scheduled me for next appointment to "" take over the medication. I complete waste of my time! 4. I got a call from the billing department saying that the insurance would not cover my joint injection so I would have to pay for it. You would think that they would put two and two together that most people that are on Medicaid and Medicare obviously do not have the money for these types of things. 5. So I asked to talk the office manager, and I got transferred to the office specialist or billing specialist. Whatever she calls herself. I asked since I didn't want to waste my time going up there for nothing if they were actually going to do anything for me if I followed through with the appointment. And she said yes, they're planning on doing a joint injection. I explained to her that I could not afford that that's why I had called in the first place because the billing department says that my insurance will not cover it. So I wanna know what other options they have to help with my pain. She said that well, you'll have to go to the appointment and discuss that with them. I said so this disappointment is just to take over my medication and for me to sign a pain contract. She said yes she'll have to discuss it with the doctors. I'm not wasting any more time if they don't have other options. They should not call themselves pain care specialist if they're not willing to actually care for the patients. You would think that a pain specialist were actually taken into consideration what can be covered by interest in what can't and actually do something that is viable for the patient. I hope they take this into consideration, but from the other readings, they obvious they will not. I wish I would've read the other readings before going to this place or I would not have wasted my time. I would also implore to doctors that are referring your patients to this place to think twice. Do your own investigation read the other ratings and maybe speak to your patient that you have referred to this place and see what they're facing. And what they've gone through. I would give them zero waiting if I could or even a negative one if I could!

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    Salem Clinic

    Salem Clinic

    1.9
    (122 reviews)
    5.6 mi

    I would never go to Dr. Samantha Sondermayer again. I was told she could take care of some forms…read morefor me in the first visit, I was charged 330 dollars and she said everything looked fine and asked my to come back later to sign something and when I went back the forms were filled out saying I had a chronic problem because of a seizure 5 years ago and I haven't had one since. She lied right to my face and said everything looked good.

    I have been a patient here for many years. Never been happy with them but it has become far worse…read morein recent years. They are all about money and not patient care. They recently moved away from the more universal Mychart and implemented their own version. What a nightmare that has been. They lost records and I can't even work with them. I decided to start using a private lab because they offer substantialy more tests for significantly less money. Why should I be forced to use their lab? I assume they didn't like this because they absolutely refuse to load the results into their version of Mychart, despite me calling many times and providing them the results twice. I mailed them and delivered in person because they refused to accept them electronically or download them from the lab. Last visit they told me at least three times they are a business and eventually refused to see me as a patient. Keep in mind I owe them nothing so it is not a billing or payment issue. Go anywhere else if you can. They are horrible.

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    Salem Clinic, on Capital Street. North entrance.
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