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Leslie O

1 reviews | Active since May 2015

18 May 2015, 09:54

POOR SERVICE

Essential med is THE worst when it comes to settling accounts with service providers. It took them more than a year to settle a previous radiology account and now again,it took them three months to settle an account with the SAME radiologists! Don't even attempt to call in to speak to a manager to assist with your complaint/query . . . They rang me a few weeks ago to ask if I was happy with their service and it took fifteen minutes of me being kept on hold before somebody picked up the call after expressing my dissatisfaction. Then my call was handled as if I had rang in to complain, the person I spoke to had no clue why I was calling or who I was (yet they rang me originally . .). Today again, when giving my details to the person answering the phone it took them two attempts to get me speaking to the correct person to sort out my latest query with Essential Med. I spoke to Elise this morning, who is very friendly, about my query and was informed that a monthly installment had not been paid by me, yet I have no record of Essential Med trying to contact me timeously to rectify this. Yet it takes a call to complain to be told they have rejected paying another vendor because of this

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EssentialMED
EssentialMED's reply18 May 2015, 15:59
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Hello LeslieO,

Thank you for bringing your concerning matter to our attention.

We would like to confirm that a manager was in contact with you regarding your above complaint.
As per the telephonic conversation, the radiology account for the service date 03.02.2015 was paid on 12.05.2015 according to our benefit structure and schemed rates. The mentioned account was received from the practice for the first time on the 16.04.2015 and as per our policy wording and documentation, it takes 30 working days for a claim to be processed from the 1st day of submission as advised to you on the 29.04.2015 when you as client enquired about this account.

Please be advised that the amount claimed for the account was R407.70, we paid R360.00 on the 12.05.2015 as advised above and the remaining amount of R47.70 will be for the clients liability.

Should you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Essential Med strives in the best service delivery towards all our valued clients.

Kind Regards

Essential Group