DR. Paul Meli, MD

After the staff assured me they would do their best to take care of me because I was in an unbearable amount of pain, they did the exact opposite. They were rough with me and aside from a couple employees, they were all short with me and rude. As for Dr. Meli, he is unprofessional, he has no compassion for others, and his «professional» opinion was there is nothing wrong with my back, although he never actually examined it, just looked at X-​rays. I was told I was getting equipment I never received and I left there feeling a thousand times worse than when I came in, which was REALLY BAD to begin with. I truly believe this practice is a more than a scam, it’s border lining on fraud and theft. I would not let my worst enemy to go through what I experienced in Dr. Meli’s «practice»

Beware !!! Dr Meli works with Worksman comp so they don’t help you ! Told my mom she was fine we got another opinion it turns out that she needed surgery and because of him we had to wait and she got worst
Do not trust him at all and his office staff is horrible

There are the nasty notices at the reception window about payment at the doctor’s office. This is the place that when I called for the appointment, the first word out of the employee’s mouth was what is your insurance. She didn’t have the compassion to ask me how I was, or how it happened. She could have cared less. After I gave her my insurance card number I was placed on hold while she checked with the insurance company to make sure it was all current. Welcome to the United States health care system. After being back from Israel just two years, the coldness and unfeeling attitude still shocks me:
One of three signs says «in order to reduce the cost of billing, all copays, deductibles and balances must be satisfied in full prior to your appointment with the doctor NO EXCEPTIONS. If you cannot meet this request it will be necessary for you to reschedule your appointment. thank you in advance for your cooperation:. Another sign talks of the $ 147 Medicare deductible which must be paid before going in to see the doctor or the appointment must be rescheduled.
I was sent for an x-​ray and then ushered to a room. Dr. Meli himself is very nice and told me that I had a torn cartilage. I guess it was his best opinion after feeling my knee area, but I really don’t think an x-​ray shows cartilage – only bone, but maybe I am wrong. But the crowning glory was that that they insisted on putting through a second charge for the x-​ray before I could leave the back area! You know, it costs a small percent for every credit card transaction and they could have trusted me to pay them both together at the end of the appointment as I was leaving… I guess this office has really been burned in the past.
Well guess what. I didn’t go to the ordered MRI, because whatever I had healed itself and I feel great. I saved myself an MRI and going back to this place, whose office staff do not know how to treat patients, and only cares about insurance, payment, insurance, payment, etc.
Today I received a bill for like $ 26 and some change because evidently the deductible was not figured quite correctly. Of course when one comes home from work and gets mail one has to wait for the next day. I left a message and gave them a piece of my mind. I already went online and paid the bill. In my 61 years, I have NEVER been asked to pay a deducible before I was allowed in to see a doctor, let alone for a doctor’s office to put through TWO charges! I was always trusted to pay the deductible at the end of the visit. I know that this is flaky, transient S. Florida, however I find this behavior inexcusable, lacking in humanity and not at all professional.

I have not yet been to this doctor but their phone manners need improving. I tried to make an appointment and was told by the receptionist on the phone that she had more important things to do right now and gave me the bum’s rush… I was told that I had to have a referral in order to see this doctor, which is not so. which I won’t stand for. I had to argue with her about the details of my insurance plan and to make a long story short, I called my insurance company and filed a complaint. They then called this clinic and it took 1 ½ hour to straighten this out. Seems that they don’t understand anything about insurance and as a result tend to anger their prospective patients.
Today I called to change my appointment due to a family emergency and I got the same damn rude insulting treatment and was told the same thing… I had to have a referral doctor-​which is incorrect. This was the same person and I will now look for another doctor that hires some decent people that don’t anger their patients.
IF I COULD GIVE A MINUS STAR I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM THIS CRAZY PLACE! The treatment cannot be very good here if the hired help is any indication of paying attention to details!

I had a 2:45 appointment and they called the day before and asked if I could move it to 11am and then didn’t get me in to see the Dr until after 11:30. C’mon, really?
Anyway, Meli is a great doctor and I was willing to wait a little for a great inspection and review. Scheduled for an MRI to see if his assessments are right, a torn cartilage… oh brother! I guess it could be worse. Hopefully there’s a non surgical solution to get on the road to recovery and back in the golf course.
They are the best orthopedics around! Give em a try