Kaiser Permanente Manhattan Beach Medical Office — Attraction in Manhattan Beach

Edit 1/23/2024

The response from Kaiser was quick. I appreciate that wholeheartedly. My new primary care doctor (and their team) has been responsive and helpful, so perhaps we just got off to a rough start. I will continue to be optimistic.

I moved from another state. Transferred prescriptions, and then had to fight to get them approved. They filled them once as a 'courtesy.' These are diabetes meds. The meds had brought my A1C down to normal levels, and my weight was slowly dropping. Over two years of positive progress. However the doctor told me that my numbers were fine, so I didn't need medication. Makes no sense, right? My numbers were fine because the medication was working. A mindless drone with a degree just did what a computer told him to do and didn't put any effort. I had to be off my meds for 10 weeks while I filed a grievance, got a response, got a new doctor, and got my meds. The new doc actually talked to me and LISTENED. The icing on the cake... my new doc told me that the previous doc could have made the judgement call if he had only READ THE AUTO GENERATED RESPONSE AND REALIZE IT DIDN"T APPLY TO ME.

Remember, for every good doctor, there is one that got C's at a budget university and is content making MD minimum. That's the one I got who set me back 2 years... and my A1C is up and I've gained 20 lbs. The only change was the consistency of my meds (and I got a little older) but my lifestyle is the same.

So far, my new doctor is responsive, but I'm on an alternative medication that doesn't seem to be working as well. Let's see just how blatantly Kaiser shows they care about the money generated by the sick rather that keeping people...

The Baseline: There is no baseline for a hospital as it provides care to the sick.

I only had to wait a few minutes after checking in today and had a nurse taking my vitals quickly. I had a bit of a wait to see my doctor but people need to realize what a change the medical profession has had post pandemic and that most issues are insurance or government regulatory related. I.e. if the regulatory push lowers the age some one needs to be screen then the amount of new patients that are within that age bracket increases the patient-to-doctor ratio. Regardless I had a good experience with my physical today and I didn’t have to do the “cough” test so that was a bonus.

I feel rating a medical professional organizations is really a zero sum game as it depends on the person and their conditions.

Reality is that medical professionals work hard and are not perfect but they are doing what they can for their patients. Be kind to your...

I normally go to a different Kaiser location in the South Bay, but have had great experiences at the Manhattan Beach location so walked in today instead. I was informed that my lab test would require an additional second visit within a couple days, which would be difficult for my work schedule. One of the nurses, Camille, overheard my concerns and suggested an alternative blood draw test that could be taken care of in a single visit.

Normally blood draws need to be scheduled ahead of time with your assigned provider, but the staff went ahead and discussed my situation with the doctor on call and got me okay'd to get the blood draw immediately. Thanks so much to Camille and the rest of your hospital staff for explaining the workflow and getting me in today!

This Manhattan Beach location feels a lot more home-y than the other, larger Kaiser hospitals in the South Bay. I might have to make it...