We have not had any luck with The Villages Health Care. We are from Chicago and had exceptional health care there. Numerous misdiagnoses i.e., my husband had a hernia that was repaired with mesh and the mesh gave out. He was told at The Villages by a physician's assistant "Jeffrey" there was no problem and he was fine. He was having problems and we knew he was not fine. Upon going to Shands he was told the mesh had torn and the hernia was protruding; The Villages made a mix up in blood draws here by a nurse who drew my husband's blood and did not put his name or a label the vials of blood immediately rather she stuck unlabeled blood vials in her pocket. When I asked her if she should write his name on the vials the nurse said she would do it later (that is very unprofessional) when drawing blood they should have a label and ask you to verify your name and birth date. His results were totally different than what was typical so we went to Shands and sure enough the blood work they did there did not even resemble the results from The Villages. They told him his blood glucose was high (diabetic range) and he has never had problems with glucose and that his creatine was problematic and that wasn't correct. So I immediately after getting the results took him to Shands. The blood draw there yielded totally different results. Normal glucose and normal creatine. There have been other problems as well. We were not typically able to see a doctor at The Villages but rather a physicians' assistant who has made mistake after mistake. Jeffrey who ordered an ultra sound which we paid for when the physician said after the fact that an MRI should have been ordered. So we are responsible for a copay and coinsurance so having to pay for the wrong test is expensive. At present we have a primary care physician at Shands and one at The Villages. In a pinch we can always go here but for cardiac, general surgery or for anything besides a cold we go to Shands. We have also gone to a very good ENT Dr. Steehler who is affiliated with Orlando Health because getting an appointment at Shands can be difficult. We were satisfied with the care there as well. For our dentist we go to Jones Dentist on 27. They don't over charge and run up your bill. We initially went to East Hamlet Dental and they wanted to pull teeth and do a lot of unnecessary work. Also they quoted low and then priced high. When you start with East Hamlet they have you sign saying they are only giving you an estimate and that you are responsible for the final bill which surprise turns out to be higher. Overall the health care we have received in Florida has been inferior to the health care we had in Chicago which has Northwestern, University of Chicago, Rush, and Loyola Medical Centers. However, the weather and quality of life is better in the Villages. So after Covid we may just go up to Chicago for thorough physicals and to see our specialists. I am not sure with having so many people who are on medicare if The Villages can ever have high quality health care because the reimbursement on Medicare is not as high as it is with many of the private health insurance companies.
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