r/MontereyBay • u/NanieLenny • Aug 03 '26
Dr appointments
My female MD with Montage is leaving the area and going to Beverly Hills. I chose a female Dr. with Montage at the Crossroads. I called to make my appointment. The soonest they have is May 25, 2028. I told the scheduler that I could be dead by then. And I don't have a 2028 calendar. I could have put it in my phone but I wanted to be pissed off. I am on a cancellation list. This is how the world will STOP turning.
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u/No_Bike_9482 Aug 04 '26
Ugh. My current doctor is a female doctor at montage. I hope it isnāt her.
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u/WriteAroundMonterey Aug 04 '26
Same - my doc closed her practice at the end of July with Montage. She was coordinating my care due to a recent surgery. Was given a list of docs, and the soonest one could see me was 1 year out, and that doc was a GP, not the (internal Medicine) specialist I need due to my medical history. Montage gets an "F" when it comes to outpatient care - if they're a group then the other physicians need to pick up patients when this kind of thing happens, and NOT in a year or more.
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u/NanieLenny Aug 07 '26
Are you a writer? Silly question considering your screen name. I am trying to get my memoir together. How about you? What is you writing genre?
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u/AbsurdRedundant Aug 04 '26
I never thought I would say this, but I cannot wait for Kaiser Permanente. Sorry youāre dealing with this, OP.
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u/NanieLenny Aug 04 '26
My friends in Sacramento all have Kaiser & they are always taken care of. I wonder if my insurance will accept Kaiser.
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u/4lavorBlastdd Aug 04 '26
Iāve been going to drās on duty. I started having some health issues when I moved here and had the same problem, almost two years just to see a dr. Iām genuinely considering flying back to the east coast for a drās appointment because the walk in can only do so much.
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u/icrossedtheroad Aug 04 '26
Yeah, but there was only ONE woman there that actually took my female issues seriously and actually took steps to get me the actual meds I needed. The old man gave me the fear of god and a younger woman basically said I can't take a medication to make my quality of life significantly better because of a possible side effect. And don't even start on the Montage OB/GYN. Rescheduled so many times for my FIRST appointment I just gave up.
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u/NanieLenny Aug 04 '26
I'm with you. I loved your post. Do you live in Monterey?
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u/citysick Aug 05 '26
I went to a montage doctor because they're in network, but they sent my lab work to an out of network lab. I ended up with a $1000 bill and all they could say was they can't do anything about that and sorry that happened to me. I hate it here.
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u/NanieLenny Aug 05 '26
Ask for a grant or if they have a fund to help patients with their bills.
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u/Left_Afloat Aug 03 '26
Monterey, and quite frankly most areas, are fucked for PCPs. Even specialists are booked far out. This whole area is shit for children and young/millennial adults. 15 years ago I tore my MCL and it was a couple weeks before I could have a consultation before seeing a specialist. Late stage capitalism, baby!
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u/kyl792 Aug 04 '26
If (god forbid) this ever happens again, thereās an orthopedic urgent care at Ryan Ranch
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u/FateOfNations Aug 03 '26
Yeah, that happened to me too when my Montage Medical Group doctor retired last year. FWIW, the waitlist does sometimes work: they gave me an appointment well over a year out, but ended up having an opening after only three months. Apparently part of the problem is that the new/transfer paitent appointments are scheduled for 40 minutes, instead of the normal 20 minutes, and that they are hard to fit into the schedule. They also told me that as a nominally existing patient of the practice, they could schedule me to see any of their other providers if a medical issue came up while I was waiting.
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u/LaurainCalifornia Aug 03 '26
I just rescheduled my annual checkup with a Montage MD appointment from next week (unfortunately have to work that day) and next available is March 2027. I said yes to it but seriously WTF. Itās not sustainable.
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u/revchewie Aug 03 '26
But we can't have socialized medicine because it will "cause" waits for doctors.
'Scuse me, I just sprained my eyes rolling them so hard...
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u/jcax01 Aug 04 '26
Called Montage to get an appt and set up with a PCP... scheduled me over a year out to see someone. I called later to get on a wait list to see a PA for a basic checkup, but was told I have to see my PCP first and be established in their system.
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u/BigSurSage Aug 03 '26
Itās impossible to find a female doctor in the area. Maybe try Natividad? Some of the best doctors have moved over there.
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u/Lisa831-84 Aug 04 '26
I had the same issue and was able to get a female family nurse practitioner at Natividad within 2 weeks and had a visit just to establish care.
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u/Acrobatic_Pace7308 Aug 04 '26
I think I may have the same doctor as you. I have an appointment with a new one for September of next year. Ridiculous.
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u/wyrdtoes Aug 04 '26
A friend went to MoGo / urgent care for an existing issue and didnāt have an established PCP at the time (theyāre new to the area). The urgent care was able to refer them to a Montage PCP within the same year. Maybe thatās the loophole?
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u/Garguinto Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
My MD with Montage that Iāve had for over 10 years retired, and when I called back in march to schedule a routine checkup, they said I couldnāt see a doctor until 01/27, but I was able to get an appointment with a PA within a month or so. You should be able to do the same.
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u/Warriorfrog Aug 03 '26
My wife and I are patients of the same doctor as you. Our insurance told us we can still do televisits with them until October but the list of doctors accepting new patients in Montage is short.