Zocdoc

Claiming because a person is female, white, blonde & good looking means she is "too good looking to be good"! WOW!

WHY THEY ARE LAIRS TO DOCTORS: If you are a doctor, they will call incessantly, promise you great results (show you how they send lots of patients to Dr X) and then send a contract that says "no promises" just give us $3,000.00 cash. Then the truth comes out! Unless you are taking the worst Medical Or Vision plans on the market (real crap like medicaid, Fidelis or Davis (vision), you get no results! The only patients who use zoc doc are those on Terrible Plans like: Medicaid, Fidelis or Davis because they cannot find a doc with a descent review to see them (how can you do good work for less / hour than a clerk in a department store? They LIE is that they TELL YOU IN WORDS ON THE PHONE THAT can send you lots of good referrals, the truth is that they send you the bottom of the bottom (if you are stupid enough to try to make that work). Once they have your money you are screwed.

WHY ZOC DOC IS TERRIBLE FOR PATIENTS: If you need Zoc Doc to help you find a doctor, chances are your plan is so bad that no descent doctors wants to sign up for it! If not, your insurance company would have a huge list of 5 star providers rated by honest services like Google! You would also be able to call any well rated doctor and find they take your insurance by just asking!

BOTTOM LINE: ZocDoc has no interest in serving good doctors in good practices. NEVER sign up for ZocDoc as their contract says hey don't have to do anything other than keep your money. If you are a patient, Avoid Their review like the plaque. They send you to the high volume low care doctors!

I am a psychiatrist who quit ZocDoc last week after three years of membership.

Signing up with ZocDoc was the worst mistake I have made as a physician.

It led to the destruction of my online reputation, and subsequently got me in trouble with the Medical Board. Here is my full story:

I signed up for Zocdoc three years ago. The service worked well, and I was pleased to received many bookings.

However, 95% of my bookings were from young patients seeking stimulants such as Adderall and Ritalin.

Since the bulk of my online bookings were from drug-seeking patients, I re-wrote my online profile to state: I need to speak on the phone with any new patients before confirming the appointment.

This would allow me to screen new clients, and to make sure that they were not simply out to find someone, anyone, to prescribe them stimulants.

This did not work. Drug-seeking clients would book an appointment online, fail to phone me for pre-screening, and then show up at my office when I was not there.

This happened more than a dozen times.

Patients who were not confirmed for appointments felt they were stood up. They would then get angry, and leave terrible reviews not only on ZocDoc, but also on other review sites like Yelp.

In addition, when I told drug-seeking patients that I could not prescribe them Adderall or Ritalin-- they too would get upset and leave me negative reviews online.

I received calls from ZocDoc about not showing up to my appointments. They did not care about my explanation, and terminated my account, after taking thousands of dollars in fees from me.

The best part: I received a call from the State medical board regarding my so-called no-shows. I had to explain to them the entire situation.

Signing up for ZocDoc, and paying them thousands of dollars for membership fees over the years, was a terrible mistake that nearly cost me everything.