Jim
Absolutely a nightmare dealing with…
Absolutely a nightmare dealing with this company for my Medicare Advantage plan. I could write several pages about it from my extensive notes on all their screwups. 1. Very hard to find a well reviewed PCP that accepts new patients in Central FL. As to a Dentist you have to travel at least 45 min away to get one and 3 months later! 2. The first PCP I had was Adult Medicine of Lake County and they screwed up my paperwork on numerous occasions so I had to switch PCP's right away 3. Switching to a new PCP - I was told I could see the new one 13 days later at the beginning of the next month but they screwed THAT up. So I had to wait til the following month because the CSR at 800# didn't do the paperwork to get it done. So I lost 2 months right at the beginning just trying to get hooked up with a Primary Care Physician. 4. On several follow up calls regarding my eligibility to see the new PCP I was told "everything is okay" only to find out it was NOT okay. So I spent literally HOURS over the course of 7-8 calls trying to straighten out that mess. They kept saying I was find and all was well but then when the Dr. Office told me it was NOT, I had to call back only to find out "No, it was NOT right... so back to the long phone calls trying to straighten it out! 5. I filed a grievance about all this. I got a letter saying basically "we investigated ourselves and found no problem". What a joke! Turns out they did not even address the specific points of my grievance. Seems like a total white wash to me. I am going to file another grievance. 6. I don't know if this is a CIGNA problem or a Dr problem but all I know is, many appointments take at least a month of waiting and sometimes 3 months. So it seems they don't have enough doctors. Maybe because their doctors are bad or incompetent or ? My first PCP dr. screwed up my paperwork causing me to travel a half hour to a lab only to be told I could not get my blood taken because the PCP dr said I couldn't. (What?! I had already called the Dr office and they assured me I could get the blood tests there the next day!) 7. Getting a dentist? Crazy. 3 months out and only 2 possible dentists to go to and I live in central FL where it's very populated and they have plenty of dentists - just that none of the dentists will take the Preferred Plan I have. 8. Now I have called to get an appt with a specialist for ear nose and throat and the office there called me to say they will hook me up with an appt with a Nurse Practitioner (!) but if I want to see a Doctor (which I do!) then that will be at least a month out from now... What? Dr appt needed and I'm given a nurse? WTH? In conclusion, CIGNA is absolutely horrible and as soon as I get my dental work done - if I even do - then I am getting the heck away from CIGNA. "5 stars" from Medicare?? What is that all about ? How is that legit? Do NOT use Cigna is my recommendation.
Response from CignaJul 20, 2022
Hello Jim. I'm sincerely sorry for the trouble you're experiencing with the provider network and availability for your plan. I'd like to help in any way possible. Please email me at [email protected]. -K.S.



