Day 11 of our Dignity St. Joseph's 2026 Tour. There are five St. Joseph's review pages for 350 and…read more500 W Thomas Road. I have to sort out where to comment. Many of the 1 ratings on this page pertain to billing, Emergency Room experiences, and feelings of mistreatment. Our family member, several weeks ago, felt the imaging staff had no respect for her fragile body and curved spine. They knew what they needed to do, they had a long, busy, full night. The patient was a technical task needing solving. Some years ago, a doctor gave me his opinion from, as he said, "The view from 30,000 feet. " The view here from 30,000 feet is "Medical City". I do not know how many thousands of people "live" in this city from Janitors to food prep, nursing, brain surgeons and administrators. It is a complex place dealing with every aspect of human bodies, birth to preservation, and who is going to pay for these services and how. January, 2026 we learned, at a physical therapy center, the insurer of our family member withdrew Medicare Advantage coverage from them December 31, 2025. We scrambled. Elderly, on Medicare, we fell back on standard Medicare, but paid out of pocket for awhile. My heart goes out to people crushed between low pay and less than stellar medical insurance, and the medical institutions treating them, no matter the circumstances. We do not know what this hospitalization will ultimately cost our family. Care of our family member has been deep and wide. I think of thecduffering of my ancestors from falls, infections and the many diseases I get vaxed for. It is miraculous age. I see medications delivered at millionths of grams keeping a body functioning and relatively oit of pain. I am amazed. I see the teams assembled to work these medical miracles and I am amazed.

How ironic that Dignity Health's universal skill of the month for July is "tones of respect"…read morebecause on July 1st, my husband, a paralyzed veteran, was an inpatient at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. He went in for a procedure in the Interventional Radiology department. What should have been routine became a very upsetting healthcare experience. I can only surmise that the information my husband gave to the nurse was misconstrued when she spoke with the doctor, because instead of asking my husband for clarity, Dr. Cole Mendenhall entered the procedure room, visibly angry and began yelling at my husband. His demeanor was rude, condescending, and intimidating. As my husband's spouse and caregiver, I found the doctor's behavior to be completely unprofessional and unnecessarily aggressive toward a patient who is paralyzed and vulnerable. Without making any apparent effort to de-escalate the situation or hear both sides, Dr. Mendenhall refused to perform the medically necessary procedure that had already been scheduled. We left shocked, humiliated, and without the care my husband needed. Every patient deserves to be treated with dignity, respect and compassion- especially those who have served our country and those who have significant disabilities. Being a nurse, I understand that misunderstandings can happen in any healthcare setting, but professionals should respond with professionalism, communication and empathy, not with anger and intimidation. I sincerely hope that Saint Joseph's Medical Center reviews this incident carefully, and takes meaningful steps to make sure that no other patient or family experiences treatment like this. We expected compassionate care, instead, we left feeling dismissed, threatened and deeply disappointed.

Honor Health Deer Valley Medical Center deserves a million stars! The hospital and staff are…read morephenomenal! They care for my Father with excellence. I want to recognize someone that was extraordinary and went out of his way to help me. I will NEVER forget Mike Kenney-in security! I had just found out my father was having emergency surgery. I raced to the hospital. My dad was waiting in a room at the er. He was going to Pre Op. Mr. Kenney hustled me back to the room-and I was sad to see the bed was gone. He had been taken to pre op. Mr. Kenney could tell I was upset bc I didn't get to see my elderly dad before he went to emergency surgery. He quickly advised me the fastest way to see him. I know this doesn't seem like a lot-but I am forever grateful bc I got to spend time with him right before surgery. I was also there to support my mom who was very worried. If it weren't for Mike-I wouldn't have been there for my mom or got to hug my dad. I am forever grateful. He didn't have to go out of his way to help me. I saw the amazing Mike several days to follow. He is excellent at his job and truly cares about patients and their family! MIKE KENNEY-you deserve a million stars! I am forever grateful! Thank you for going above and beyond! Thank you for caring!

I don't send reviews often but today I am compelled to tell you about Honor health here on deer…read moreValley and 27th Ave here in Phoenix. I see you only have two stars and I want to correct those people who have done that. I recently had a real life threatening scare and I was very sick and almost didn't make it. from May 3 until near the end of May I was on a ventilator because I didn't follow the directions of my doctor before surgery. These people saved my life and I want them to be recognized as being one of the best full care hospitals around. I have been treated so well and so nice by the staff. Give praise to Dr Wong and also to August. Very good doctors. And I don't care what anybody says the food here is excellent and also give a shout out to Heather on the second floor and to Tristan who have all helped me in my recovery. Please keep up the good work. You guys are terrific and I promise next time I go to the emergency room I will follow directions; just do as they say they are there to help you. Thanks again Honor Health. Eric Teahan.

I am writing here to give my 2 cents and some advice. Do not go with United health care. my problem…read morestarted in 2024 when i went to the dentist and found out that I needed some teeth pulled and a temp bridge put in. Needed time for the swelling to go done. in 2025 I went back and refitted me for a permanent Bridge .So far no problem untill i received a letter from the dentist that i owed them $$ . I contacted them and they said the insurance denied them and that I must paid or they will file a refusal of payment. Now the fun part , calling United Health Care. Oh that's not us let me switch you over to the dentist department. Gave them my information and they said ok we see you but we can't see the denial , that's another dept. Back to the first dept and they said it looks like the Dentist put in the wrong code. You must call the Dentist and get the correct code and grievance the denail. Dentist. we gave in the right codes, the first was for a temp and the second is for the permanent. Called back UHC and they said o I see , ok will forard this over. Waited and no response. Called back UHC (and you know I get a different person every time and have to start from the start )and asked what's the story , gave my information and had to start from the beginning again. They said I needed to also send in a request so I started aging righting the story again and fax it to Office and received a confirmation. Waited and nothing. So call UHC and started over with the information and said I was waiting for a response. They looked in notes and see no fax or request. So I repeated the story 3-5 more times and they typed it all in and said they will forward it on and to wait for a response. 2026 and I get a notice of it timing out for the 65 days you get to respond. I call UHC and start from the beginning and go back and forth. The day ended and so did the phone call. The next day I called UHC and started form the start , she said she needed to get someone else on the phone for more information and started from the start. The new person said she could put the request again but doesn't think it will have and just get denied . I said lets do it any way. I pick up the mail and see a letter from guess who-UHC. Open it up and see it saying they were trying to get it touch we me and that the email was returned. Called UHC and gave my information. Started from the beginning again and he said to hold on. Came back and said my request will most likely get denied again and said I can request a outside to exam the case. Then he went on and said that UHC sees a temp and a permanent bridge as the same and will turn down any request as this is there policy. Then have a nice day and good luck. So the bottom line is they will never pay for a permanent bridge after a temp. And as everyone knows when you get teeth pulled you need to wait 6months or more for the swelling to go down. So you need temps for that time. Rich C

We had our UHC Medicare policy for 10+ years and were pleased with it for the most part. We had a…read morePCP that we loved and trusted completely. Then the first part of this year, we got a letter that UHC had dropped our PCP from their provider list. When we inquired why, and if there were any exceptions, the customer service rep had no answers besides "pay full price for your doctor and prescriptions without insurance".

Great care team; everyone listened to what I had to say about managing my long-term chronic pain…read more Unfortunately, after only one office, it turned out the practice wasn't really in my insurer's network, so I had to move on. Drat!

This place is doing accchs scams. Kicked me off pain meds because "I don't want to get better" I'm…read morepermanently disabled, and this doctor JUST diagnosed me with scoliosis and then didn't even talk about my X-rays, decided to kick me off pain meds instead. Because I no longer have accchs. They are able to bill accchs $677 for every visit, but now that I pay cash they only make $179 per visit. They forgot to send in my drug tests multiple times! I knew I'd report them to the state board and accchs months ago. I've been talking about all the sketchy shit to my mom and disabled friend for months. So I knew I was going to report them from the start. I am apart of the reason the fbi shut down a ton of sober living homes for human trafficking and double billing. I hate when people break the law and don't follow rules! I'm autistic it's hard to ignore. It's very easy to see when an accchs scam is happening and I felt it happening the second he gave me 10mg oxycodone without starting me on 5mg first. And then he kept letting my pee tests expire and not send to lab. Today the doctor says he is cutting me off pain meds because they don't feel comfortable prescribing them long term. I asked them if I broke the pain contract, they said no. I later get an email saying I'm permanently discharged because I broke The pain contract. They kicked me out of their practice because I am self pay. Discrimination. They're also not billing using correct address' and he's practicing in multiple states with multiple address. I talked to my pharmacist right away and told them everything I experienced and they told me YES this doctor is doing illegal shit. 1/26/26 they said I no longer need to do drug tests to receive my meds, that's illegal. My pharmacist is helping me with filing the report to accchs and the state board. Oh yeah he also gave me a 14 day supply of meds but wrote on the bottle it was a 7 day supply of meds. So I felt like he was trying to trick me or something. I'm not a drug addict so I use my meds properly and this little weird shit he did, did not affect me, I never took more than I was supposed to. But prescribing meds wrong on purpose is illegal as well, malpractice. I've been on prescribed controlled substances since I was 8 years old, I am well aware of how it all works. I've been permanently disabled for 12 years also. And then he tried to get me to do as many x rays as possible before my insurance cut off. He found scoliosis and then cancelled me as a patient immediately. Why would someone do that? He wouldn't even discuss my imagining he ordered. He made me pay $179 to get discharged today. So yeah I knew immediately the second he prescribed meds wrong and gave me 10mg oxycodone right away that he was crooked and I WAS FUCKING RIGHT!!!! If you ever feel weird at pain mgmt ask the pharmacist about it. They can definitely reassure you if you experienced something illegal. Other than that, while I was being prescribed oxycodone for a few months, the appointments were fast and scheduled normally. Just nothing the doctor ever did was normal. Letting my pee tests expire multiple times, writing wrong medication information. Accchs would only allow a 7 day RX and he gave me 14 days and put 7 days on the bottle, so that's called LYING. Lying about how much you're prescribing. All I see is red flags at this place.

My brother was there for several months. He passed due to a bug he picked up. All his electronics…read moresuddenly disappeared. Phone, hearing aids, video game, chargers and usb blocks, even toys were missing. F this place

I am very disappointed in the care our family received at north mountain. This is our second stay…read more My aunt was admitted after a hospitalization. It ended up being an extended stay. Upon discharge the coordinator Rachel did not have our paperwork ready and needed extended time doing so. When I went to pick her up after an email stating I would be there, the paperwork was not complete. At the nurses station the head nurse told me that she has a uti. It is standard practice to keep a patient until medically cleared. I was shown her labs, which clearly showed a uti. I was told to leave and come back between 5 and 6 in the evening. I did and the nurse changed what she had said per the doctor. Stating that it was contamination not a uti. Even though my aunt said it was burning when she urinated and that her back hurt. I took her home and she still said she was having the discomfort. I told her that the doctor said she didn't. She has dementia and developed a severe altered mental status, incontinence, and back pain that became unbearable. We ended up at the ER where she is now with a UTI. North mountain is supposedly the #1 rehab and skilled nursing facility in the valley. I would beg to differ. I emailed the coordinators at north mountain about this with one of them requesting that Rachel reach out to me in regards to our experience. I have yet to hear from anyone. Think twice before choosing them for your loved one.

Had hernia surgery there. The staff from checking to discharge everyone was outstanding. Very…read morepatient and understanding. Answered every ? From start to finish. Staff was very helpful,polite and fun to work with. Could only rate 5 stars but deserve 10. Great job team. HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Great service they have help me when I was sick . I want to thank the nurses for helping meread more

Great team working cohesively . Gentle and caring team! I…read morewould recommend this team for your digestive health.

I've had several procedures here in the last 15 years. The staff is friendly, professional,…read morethorough and communicative. Dr Mills is the best.

We stared off in the ER on Tuesday around 1pm and my wife got taken back within 30 minutes which is…read morelightning quick for an emergency room, we were able to get her an ultrasound and find out that she needed emergency surgery almost surely in about an hour but thats where the process slowed to a crawl, she then needed a special test that required 4 hours without water which as she was given medication in the er reset the clock, all in all it was 3am before we were told she was being admitted and needed emergency Surgery. From there it was nearly 12 hours, 2pm Wednesday before she got surgery and after that finally she got admitted to a room. The surgeon was amazing and they removed the gallbladder and she was discharged 1:30pm Thursday making the process all in aprox 48 hours. Besides the long time waiting around which is just how it goes in the hospital my only real gripe is they sent her home with zero pain meds less than 24 hours after major surgery full of fresh incisions which I think is crazy but fingers crossed she doesn't experience breakthrough pain that sends us back there.

Although some of the caregivers were nice and friendly, others were not and I did not feel cared…read morefor. I will not by choice go back.

I accompanied my sister to her ultrasound appointment, and the experience was deeply disturbing…read more The ultrasound provider, Alla, made multiple racist and inappropriate comments, apparently assuming we were white. Hearing those remarks in a medical setting was shocking and completely unprofessional. No patient--or family member--should ever be subjected to biased or discriminatory comments while receiving care. This experience left us uncomfortable and upset, and it seriously impacted our trust in this practice. I hope management takes this seriously and provides proper training and accountability.

I had a lovely experience with Dr Tang and the entire (Saturday) staff in the Pediatrics…read moredepartment. I also had a wonderful experience calling to book an appt. Our appointment went smoothly, the facility was clean and comfortable (temp). The sign in process was smooth (primarily done via text/phone) and the front desk staff was courteous and pleasant. The nurses were super nice, and the doctor was kind and thorough. No issues at all!

My spouse could not be in better hands. He is moving through their specialists now and we are…read moreformulating our plans for his Parkinson's. I worked very hard to get the initial appointments and their schedule was tight but we are in. He is having treatment now and it is starting to make a difference. Thank you Barrow for helping us.

3 attempts to arranage vist after both my doctors (GP and Cardiologist) referred me to them and…read morenone of that was received. Form the "we delete referral over 30 days" to really not caring, I gave up and go to someone that hopefully cares to provide service. It is buffling how are they considered top in the country f they cant even figure out a referral..