Physicians For OBGYN Care

Words cannot express how wonderful Dr. Patel was during our deliver (as well as the prenatal visits with her, Dr. Rausch, and staff).
Prenatal visits: we found all of our visits to be informative, supportive, and easy. The office is a clean and respectful environment. All staff were very friendly and approachable.
Labor/​Delivery: Dr. Patel is professional and supportive. She addressed all of our questions and concerns promptly and clearly. We felt confident in her clinical decisions. Honestly, we cannot think of one criticism to provide. A great choice for our OB!

I have had an absolutely wonderful experience with Physicians for OBGYN Care over the past few years. During my first pregnancy, I miscarried. The nurse staff and Dr. Rausch were absolutely amazing, making me feel comfortable and better about the situation. My second pregnancy, I visited each of the Drs at least twice (3 Drs total) and ultimately decided I felt most comfortable with Dr. Manisha Patel — she is knowledgeable, to the point, and exactly what I needed to get me through having my first baby. Nurses on staff were also extremely helpful. I had a tough pregnancy and had to call the office on numerous occasions asking questions and receiving feedback — I am very grateful to those ladies for *holding my hand* through the process.
To give a completely honest review, I will note that one a few occasions, wait times to see the Drs were frustrating. At least twice, I had to wait an hour past my appointment time before I was brought back to see the Dr. I voiced my concerns about the waits to the office staff and I must admit it got a little better. My advice would be to book your appointments as early as possible with this clinic, it seemed anytime I went in the afternoon they were always behind and the wait was longer. Other than that, I have nothing but positives to say about this business and if I ever have any other babies, I’ll be sure to be returning to this office.

I would give negative stars if I could. Do yourself a favor and choose another doctor for your OBGYN needs. This office not only misdiagnosed me and made me feel like I was crazy to come in worried about something, only to later call back weeks later to confirm I was correct and had spent the past few weeks not treating the issue AT ALL because they told me not to worry about it. My doctor was Manisha Patel. She was cold, quick, and dismissive of my concerns… and most importantly WRONG in her diagnosis.
Worse yet is the billing department. It is March 2015 and I am now receiving calls from a collection agency to collect a payment which I already paid – in DECEMBER 2013. The billing department was using outdated insurance information to bill an insurance policy that did not apply. When I found this out (over a YEAR ago), and provided the correct information, I was told everything had been taken care of and not to worry about the bill I was mistakenly sent. NOW, over a year later, a collections agency is calling me because this office is too screwed up to stay on top of their paperwork and payments. Oh and by the way… it was for preventive annual services, which are now free under the healthcare reform!
Needless to say, I will NEVER be returning to this practice and I would not recommend it to my worst enemies.

My review is a mixed one, but I would not recommend this practice to a friend. Dr. Cauble is very nice, and appointments ran on schedule– those are the two positive things I can say.
I do not feel that this practice is focused on caring for women. As many other reviews online have stated, the front desk receptionist is cold and uncaring. Beyond that, she can be downright mean and sarcastic. If you plan on calling in with a question more than once during your pregnancy, I suggest you have a very thick skin. After I had had to call in several times (see below for explanation), and stated my name, I was met with a sarcastic sigh, followed by a «I will have to have someone call you back.» The tone was much less than friendly.
I had difficulty not only with the front desk, but also with lab work. One of my tests during my pregnancy was not sent out. I had to call three days is a row (AFTER my tests were due back) to find this out. The front office lied to me («The doctor has them, she just needs to review them before calling you») for days before the doctor told me the truth– they had not been sent out. As it turns out, the test was abnormal and I required medication. If I had not called each day, I don’t think I would have received the prescription I needed.
When I requested a copy of my medical records, they cancelled all of my future appointments without asking if I was leaving (I had been planning on a second opinion). No one ever asked if and/​or why I was choosing to leave the practice.
Over a month later, I was erroneously billed $ 550. When I called to clear this up, I was immediately faced with attitude from the front desk. The receptionist raised her voice to me and was extremely unprofessional.
On top of all of these issues, while I found Dr. Cauble to be kind, I did not find the practice in general to be open to critical thinking. I felt that my questions were answered minimally, but when I raised any concern about something that was apart of my treatment, there was no discussion about options, and my questions were met with «Here is what we recommend, no one will force you to take it» rather than «Here’s why we’re recommending this, and here are other options.»
All in all, I suggest you stay away. This is not an emotionally safe place for a pregnant woman, nor is it a place for a critical thinker.

I had a wonderful visit when I went here today. My nurse who took me back said she was new and was very nice. I saw Dr. Patel and she was wonderful and really listened to my concerns. She made me feel at ease and didn’t make me feel like the exam was a rush.

My physician here is Dr. Patel. She was nothing short of an amazing doctor to me. I have had a medical condition all my life that did not allow me to have a period. I lived in a small town so maybe the doctors there were a little country, but they never could get me to cycle. In fact told me I could not have a child nor cycle unless I was on a harsh hormone replacement therepy which they said would be very hard on me. I had 2 visits at this office and the second visit Dr Patel told me that she thought my problem was that my brain hadn’t developed in a certain area when I was young and simply didn’t sent the right signals to my body. She said that being on Birth Control should solve this. Within 3 weeks of being on the birth control at the age of 28 I got my first period. Wow. It was that simple. I had seen many doctors who never seen this solution. I recommend anybody to her. She is pleasent and makes me feel comfortable. Its finally a relief to know that I am normal and have a shot at a family.

I went here because a friend recommended Dr. Rausch for her caring personality and excellent bedside manner. The same friend also gave me a heads-​up that the office staff leaves a lot to be desired but that is supposedly the norm in Northern Virginia.
After two months worth of OB visits to Physicians for OB/​GYN Care, the only interaction that I had with Dr. Rausch was a short phone call in which she informed me that she will forward my medical records to a new OB but I need to pay her office $ 10 first. That only reinforced the feeling that I am making a wise decision to transfer care to another OB.
If the 3 physicians that make up ‘Physicians for OB/​GYN Care’ actually CARE for their patients, that is not apparent at all. On a couple of occasions, the staff seemed to have no idea why I was there; another time, the doctor relayed the wrong information about my reason for an ultrasound to their ultrasound people; and the time I asked for clarification on a bill, the young woman at the Front Desk, clearly more engaged in chewing gum than providing customer service, replied, «I don’t know. So are you gonna pay this right now?»
As for the other 2 doctors in the practice, Dr. Cauble and Dr. Patel, I can’t say that they were any more caring or patient-​oriented than their staff.
There are much better options in the area for OB’s, don’t waste your time with this practice!