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Calvin Blount Jr, MD
Emerald Coast Family Medicine
(25 Reviews)
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12607 US Hwy 98 Miramar Beach, FL 32550
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(25 Reviews)
Service
4.5 star average for Service
Environment
4.5 star average for Environment
Expertise
4.5 star average for Expertise
Staff
5 star average for Staff
Recommended
4.5 star average for Recommended
Great doctor. His PA, Ann Marshall and staff are great as well. They seem to truly care about you.
by Bob Edwards xxx.xxx.94.160
November 16, 2015
Does this doctor use current and safe equipment?
Yes
Was this doctor's staff friendly?
Yes
Was this doctor friendly?
Extremely Friendly
Would you recommend this doctor to others?
I Already Have
Does the provider's staff try to be helpful?
Yes
by Christina xxx.xxx.199.251
June 11, 2014
Dr. Blount has been my care provider for over 10 years. Though, he and his family are super people, he and his staff clearly make you feel they are processing cattle. They do not answer their phone EVER. You have to leave a message, unless you are calling to take care of a bill. It routinely takes 48hrs to receive a return phone call. His support staff makes you feel as if they are doing you a favor, when providing any type of service.

Either Dr. Blount has gotten into some legal trouble with prescriptions, or is so concerned about his bottom line that its irrelevant how it may affect his patients. Recently, in an effort to mitigate his liability expense, he has engaged a monitoring company to perform urinalysis on all patience on medication. It is completely understandable that a physician may want to do this, and I have no problem with my doctor having a complete picture of what's in my system. However, this should be an opt in, or out policy. Further, we trust a doctor to give us care, we expect them to trust us about our own bodies.

This is an overhead issue for a doctor. If they choose to investigate hundreds of their patients this way - it should be at the doctor's expense. This is a test that is NOT medically necessary, and one not many patients would request. After 10 years of treatment - and taking the exact same medications, at the precisely the same dosage, I was given a urinalysis, then months later, received a $500 bill in the mail.

Without my knowledge, and against my will, it was presented to my insurance company for payment. I don't know what a doctor requesting toxicology reports, on their patients, does to your Insurance premiums, but can't imagine it helps.

Further, the doctor/patient relationship is one of complete (and intimate trust.) Urinalysis by your doctor without consent, then allowing you to be charged you for it seems a little Orwellian to me.

Worse yet, after complaint about the issue, Calvin had his sales rep (for the toxicology company) contact me - to 'sell me' on the service. She was kind, bubbly, and professional... but a salesman. In the end, both she and Dr. Blount encouraged me to simply "not pay the bill, as her company has no collections policy." She acknowledged they were getting lots of push back from folks with Blue Cross, because they don't cover it. So... its OK to create unwarranted bills, as long as the insurance company pays for it... its this sort of mentality that is costing us all so much in insurance premiums. Odd that a doctor mitigates his liability through an unwarranted test, but makes me liable for a $500 bill, and then encourages me to just ignore the liability he's created for me because "it will just go away." Really? Is that what we in the professional world do to our clients? Set them up for a bill, leave them on the hook, and then say "don't pay it, they probably won't collect."

All of us, who are self employed, look for ways to limit our overhead, and cut costs. I respect that focus on business, and understand the current health care climate has made it hard on General Practitioners. Dr. Blount was given weeks and multiple opportunities to rethink this. This was simply the cap in a series of progressively worse service & substantial staff turnover over the last 2 years.

Dr. Bawa, Dr. McKee are fantastic choices if you live in South Walton. This a LONG review, but 10 years of service from him merits that I back up my poor scoring. Unless you want to go see him for his new skin care line (seemingly their real focus now) I would NOT choose Dr. Blount.
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.3.183
May 31, 2013
Are you going to visit this provider again?
Without a doubt!
Would you refer this provider to a family or friend?
Yes, I'm going tell everyone about them. I absolutely love this place!
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.148.92
January 16, 2013
Did you notice a foul odor when you arrived at this provider's office?
No, I didn't notice an odor
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.145.46
December 13, 2012
Did this family doctor answer all of your questions?
Yes
Would you refer this provider to a family or friend?
Yes
Was this provider's office too loud?
No, it wasn't too loud
Did you feel safe in this provider's care?
Yes
Did this provider show attention to detail?
Absolutely! They are always very careful and meticulous
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.186.150
December 04, 2012
Did they follow up with you after your appointment?
Yes, they made sure I had everything I needed!
Did this provider rush your appointment?
No
Has this provider ever cancelled your appointment on you last minute?
Never, they are very reliable.
Did this provider seem up-to-date with the current advancements in their field?
Yes, they were informing me of new advancements that were extremely recent
Was the waiting area spacious?
Yes
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.154.143
November 27, 2012
Did this provider answer all of your questions?
Every question I had was answered thoroughly
Was this provider's staff friendly?
Yes, they went above and beyond
Did you leave the office feeling satisfied with your visit?
Completely!
Was this provider's office easy to locate?
Absolutely! It couldn't have been easier!
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.142.37
May 08, 2012
Did this provider answer all of your questions?
Yes
Was this provider's staff friendly?
Yes
Did you leave the office feeling satisfied with your visit?
Yes
Was this provider's office easy to locate?
Absolutely! It couldn't have been easier!
Are you going to visit this provider again?
Sure
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.85.20
April 23, 2012
Did this provider answer all of your questions?
Every question I had was answered thoroughly
Was this provider's staff friendly?
Yes, they went above and beyond
Did you leave the office feeling satisfied with your visit?
Yes
Was this provider's office easy to locate?
Absolutely! It couldn't have been easier!
Are you going to visit this provider again?
Sure
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.52.160
April 19, 2012
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12607 US Hwy 98, Miramar Beach, FL 32550