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babycake
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« on: November 05, 2013, 12:44:55 PM »

if anyone has gone through davita pharmacy
or has been ask if you would prefer to have mail order
for your meds
DONT DO IT
when i signed up
for it
i thought it was a good idea
boy i was wrong
my kidney doc had me go on
tums for i had the parathyoid sugery
and i was going through my local pharmacy
for my prescription was paid for by my insurance
well i went ahead and switch to davita
and i got a 3month supply/// never once was i told
i would be billed for it/// a week later i got a bill for $27 you got to be freaken joking,,, i went off on them,,
and i told them that the customer should be told up front
if they would have a bill//
i told them plain out IM NOT PAYING THIS
they pist me off//
i went over to cosco, and i got a twin pack of tums of 500
for $8.99 but at the check out you get $2 off so it was $6.99 for 3months
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« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2013, 01:10:37 AM »

Babycake, here is the phone number of one of the worlds most helpful people, who works at DaVita. Her name is Cathy and her number is 866-956-3605. I jokingly told her I was going to post her name and number on this forum for complaints and she said she wants me to, so people and complain to her and maybe she can help them. So, give her a call, she is really knowledgeable.
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2013, 06:56:16 PM »

how or where
did you get
her name and the info

and yes i will call her
and i got another bill
in the mail today
i was actually
thinking
of sending them

a very nasty note
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« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2013, 07:23:49 PM »

how or where
did you get
her name and the info

and yes i will call her
and i got another bill
in the mail today
i was actually
thinking
of sending them

a very nasty note

If not happy, you DO NOT have to continue getting your meds from DaVita.  Just rescind your approval, verbally and in writing, and go back to the local pharmacy you were happy with.  I don't know where you live, but if there is a COSTCO Pharmacy, they usually have the best cash prices (you do not need a membership to use their pharmacy services).  This is important if you have a drug coverage policy with a donut hole and/or meds not covered under the policy (mine doesn't cover the dialysis vitamin I take).  Walmart Pharmacy also has good prices.

Please don't let DaVita strong arm you if unhappy.
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Frank Moiger aka (previously) NoahVale and now PatDowns, the name originally chosen by a good dialysis mate who died in 12/2013.  I started in center hemodialysis as a 22 y.o. in 1978.  Cadaver transplant in 1990 and then back to in center hemodialysis in 2004 (nocturnal shift since 2011) after losing my transplant.  Former Associate  Director/Communications Director of the NKF of Georgia, President of the Atlanta Area AAKP Chapter, and consumer representative to ESRD Network 6.  Self-employed since 1993.

Dialysis prescription:
Sun-Tue-Thur - 6 hours per treatment
Dialysate flow (Qd) - 600 
Blood pump speed(Qb) - 315
Fresenius Optiflux200 NR filter - NO REUSE
Fresenius 2008 K2 dialysis machine
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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2013, 12:45:37 PM »

Cathy is the very very helpful lady at Da Vita, who sends me my Procrit. while chatting one day, I mentioned IHD and she said it sounded interesting and she will take a look. I told her there are some people who are very angry with DaVita and their service. I jokingly told her if she wasn't nice to me I would put her name and phone number on our website and she urged me to do just that. She says it is part of her job and she wants to help people who have had problems with DaVita. So, there you go.
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