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Oakst health in waukegan they overbooked the patients i ask for a referral 1 week ago i have appointment on Friday 14 at 10.45 i was there at 10.30 after 1/2 and hour they say I can't see the Doctor because I was booked with 2 PA. ok so who going to see me she said none of them WHAT!! She said that i need to make another appointment i ask ok what about my referral that I need on Monday 21, sorry is not ready.and today Saturday I have a email that I never show up to my appointment REALLY I'm looking for a different doctor now,is not the first time this happens. Horrible service.

The referral department referred me to specialists who didn’t bill dual insurances and I am left bills coming to my home demanding payment from me. And the secondary insurances telling me that I am responsible for them also.

I went in on a Friday afternoon which was the 1st time I could get within 24 hours of my call. I knew that I had a UTI as I was 76 yo and have them often. My urine was cloudy and the nurse I saw said that a UTI is the easiest diagnosis for a patient to make. She told me to call back before 6:00 to get the results which I did and she said we did the stick test and you do not have a UTI. I asked about going to urgent care and she said that they wouldn't do anything so I had a virtual call with Atrium on Sunday and she gave me an antibiotic and I was feeling better by 10:00 that night. At 2:30 pm on Monday they called and said Ms Johns, you do have a UTI. TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. I never went back. Stay away from there.

I was a patient and really liked my doctor. She was thorough and referred me for X-ray for persistent cough. Turned out to be lung cancer. They never notified me when she retired. Saw another physician who was clueless. Needed multiple referrals and when I called the receptionist reviewed the list but never communicated this to my physician. Referrals never made. Staff were indifferent and many lazy. You can’t get consistent care for severe illness.

I take care of my 85 yr old uncle. We've have had trouble every time he needs anything. He needed shots in his arms.Cause the right one hurts 24/7. Now he has Cancer again and it's a real bad cancer that spreads. Oak street health had screwed up every referral he has needed. Three different Drs he has had to go through. That doesn't help the issues. In fact it makes it worse. With the last Dr. She was not listening to what I was saying. She actually kicked me out of my uncle's visit. She even thought she needed security that's how far she pushed it I told her to be quiet just talk to my uncle don't talk to me anymore and she wouldn't do it. She rather kick me out well with that being said Oak Street health needs help lots of help. They just don't get it I don't know why they don't get good help.. She even Said on his summary that she might have a safety check. OMG that is a bunch of nonsense. I was just trying to tell her about my uncle. She did not want to listen to me at all! Now we will have another Dr. That makes 4.My uncle will not be seeing her again.. I will make sure of that. She just don't get my uncle doesn't make any calls,he doesn't speak up for himself that's why I speak on his behalf. She doesn't want to listen to me. Without history of what had been going on with Oak Street health. I am very upset with them. Have been ever since the first time we've been there. We have been there a lot of times. Trying to correct there mistakes. She didn't want to hear it.I am not making this up. I know there has to be bad reviews. I hope I am not the only one dealing with this mess of Drs.Like I said I am livid. They are not as good as the the reviews I read.. Oak Street health said they would take care of it. Let's see if they do.!!! If they don't I will not see her again. My uncle wants to keep them cause there right up the street and so is his pharmacy. Otherwise we would not be back. May God bless them and help them. Is all I am saying. Plus his MRI isn't till September 23rd. That's a long time to be in pain. He has a lot of pain with this cancer.They gave him tramadol I asked for oxycodone she wouldn't do it. People have done this to the ones that need it. Can't get help cause they think you're hooked on them. My uncle has NEVER disobed the Dr orders. He believes what ever the Dr says. In this day and age you don't do that. We research everything. Well I do! We have to now see a different Dr. I am not seeing her again and either is my uncle. He is seeing someone different. He has a appointment on the 13th. We will see someone else. Now I feel a little better getting this off my chest. I think you should post this. I am a real person that deserves respect. I am going to be the one talking most the time. When the conversation is something he can answer. Which is most the time. Please post this. They only post positive reviews it seems.Please let me know if you're not going to help us find a real Dr. One that listens to the care giver. I know he is the patient but I don't mean to be told to leave the room that was wrong totally I should have called the cops to let her go ahead and get security but they were going to walk me out anyway I was getting loud then cuz I was livid by then. Well trusting them still is hard for me. My uncle doesn't care at all. He will talk a little but he will say talk to her cause she knows more then i do. I take care of all the appointments. None of the other Drs have removed me for talking on his behalf. I have done nothing wrong for her to make a report for safety check. I don't do nothing wrong. I do talk loud that's just me. I am not going to apologize for me trying to make the Drs visit go faster. I have all the times, I knowwhere the appointment is and for what time.He was in the same appointment but doesn't hear very well. He refused to wear hearing aids. If this poor review is not posted that's wrong also. My granddaughter was with me. She was scared because of the Dr wanted me out fast so she didn't have to follow my request for stronger pain meds. Now he's having to take more of the one that she gave him because she won't give him anything stronger. I left my purse in there. My granddaughter went and got my purse for me and my phone cause she wantede out of there that fast. She was making things worse. That's the facts so far. Plus this is the very first time he's taken more then the Dr prescribed because the dosage she gave him doesn't work and the medication she gave him doesn't work she raised the dosage when she could have just gave him tramadol and oxycodone and they both work together just great that's it. I've even called them. She said someone would call me back well no one has even called. Why because they don't do anything fast when it comes to a patient. We're going to see another doctor on August 13th and they have to let us see another doctor if they don't I will have no choice but to leave taking my uncle with me.

The worst office visit I have ever had. In a virtually empty office, I was left waiting in an exam room for over an hour. I finally opened the door partway as I thought they had forgotten me. When I finally went to the bathroom (kidney infection and a weeks-long wait for appointment!!!))passed my "doctor", who was a rude PA, not a doctor! Things spiraled downward rapidly. If you paid me $1000 I wouldn't take it to go there. I saw 2 patients, who looked like zombies. Hell no! Patient revolution needs to happen.

I like my primary care phyiscian with Oak Street, but that is all I like. She gets the star, zero for the rest of Oak Street Health. Everything that has been reviewed earlier resonates with me. A scenario of my own: knowing I would be out of the country and returning to the U.S. for the month of August only, last year I made an appointment with a dermatologist for today (8/7). Perhaps a month ago the dermatoligist office contacted me saying that they needed an updated referrel from my inusrance company, which had to be initiated by my PCP (Oak Street). I called Oak Street immediately and requested that referrel. Time went by and the dermatologist contacted me again, saying they had not yet received the referrel. I called Oak Street again, and I was assured that the referrel would be processed. Long story short, the dermatologist texted me yesterday informing me that, due to not having recieved the referrel, they canceled my appointment. But this is only the most recent issue. More typical are the promises of a call back "by the end of the business day" that are never made, or the fact that there seems to be no record of prior phone conversations, no picking up where I left off, but instead starting from the beginning each time I call about the same issue. And, or so, the sheer number of back-and-forth calls to resolve a single issue is exasperating. The whole operation there is incredibly inept, frustrating and infuriating, and while I appreciated Oak Street when I first joined it in 2021, it has gone straight down hill since. Despite my appreciation for my PCP, I am going to look for a new outfit.

Oak St. Health was recently bought by CVS, and my opinion of the clinic has plummeted. I have made three attempts to obtain a referral they said they had for me, sitting in the office for an hour yesterday, and being charged for a consult, but never getting the referral. The office is seriously understaffed and it feels like the emphasis has changed from caring for seniors to maximizing profits. The CVS Web site is terrible. Very hard to find your records. You click on the "Patient Portal" link and it goes nowhere, though their marketing pages work great.