Surgical Specialists of Colorado - Golden

..Bad Karma

I went in for a consultation and had a great experience with everyone I met. The reception staff were warm and friendly and Dr Pulido was knowledgeable and kind. He took time to talk me through my options and was very reassuring. I was skeptical at first after seeing some of the reviews but had a completely different experience than others seem to have had and would absolutely recommend this practice.

Receptionist is very rude!

I have to deal with an ostomy bag I never asked for or gave permission to be put on me , they won't repair and remove now , want me to wait so they can eat up more insurance, meanwhile I'm in so much pain , they don't get back to ya for refills , my skin is raw and hurts, the stomach hurts,burns,and stabs . They don't care been waiting for a CT scan haven't heard nothing, I'm losing my mind and can't do this osteomy anymore . It has to go . I didn't ask for it , I don't want it I'll take my chances . Death would be better than this osteomy bag, this is no kind of life or living .

I recently had a hernia repair surgery and the whole process was painless and straightforward from start to finish. All communication, paperwork etc and the surgery was a very positive experience!

1) Chronic patient support issues for over 6 months. Great difficulty with communication and prompt followup. Routinely long delays getting physician followup. 2) A complaint was filed with Medical Director about chronic patient support issues from non-M.D. staff, and she too who never responded - which confirms SYSTEMIC management issues at SSOC. Next, a VM was left reiterating to the director the ongoing support concerns. 3) Post surgical followup was weak. Met with a nurse wearing a badge "I'm the mean nurse" When asked about this, she referred to herself as "Nurse Ratchet". Apparently she has a reputation of poor bedside manner, advertises it to the public, and somewhat confirmed it in practice with snarky replies to boring routine questions (#4 below). 4) Prior to this in-person conversation (#3) it was noted that each and every post-surgical question was answered by "Nurse Ratchet" in a short, rapid-fire form answer with what came across as eye-rolling (routine questions that have been answered hundreds of times - the nurse was OVERTLY bored and didn't seem to care that her non-verbal communication OVERTLY communicated her boredom with routine patient questions. She came across as sincerely insincere, just wanting to go home for the day.). 5) The company (staff at specific facility) has consistently shown lack of interest in customer feedback/ improvement. Yet the surgical facility showed great interest (different business, different management, different investors). 6) All staff (admin + nurses) present as if they are too busy moving cattle to provide QUALITY and CONNECTEDNESS. Why is patient throughput so much more important? Profitability seems to be the primary driver of this BUSINESS while patient care is interpreted as secondary based on numerous interactions while begin communicated as paramount. 7) Patient left with feeling they have been abandoned by those that took an oath...left to deal with post surgical issues solo. Huge, life-altering consequences AND uncertainty resulted from interactions with SSOC. 8) On more than one occasion the physician's assistant miscommunication and/or misinterpreted explicit documented information. The PA was referred to documented information as the SOURCE OF TRUTH after having miscommunicated the documented info to the physician, which caused the PA to provide the patient the wrong response to their concern (perhaps from the high patient throughput/overload/short-staffed scenario that lingers at SSOC with profitability being the driver of operational decisions...). 9) The doctor, the director, the physician's assistant, and staff FAILED to followup as promised on the results of a critical test. After 4-5 months it was volunteered by SSOC staff that they failed to followup on the test results. The test results included CRITICAL information. SSOC NEVER followed up with the imaging facility and admitted that when the info showed up months later, they "had no idea what it's for" until it was explained to them by the patient that they dropped the ball on a SERIOUS concern. 10) I was falsely accused by the PA of requesting a prescription that was never once requested. Not once. In conversation the PA indicated they had made an unverified assumption, hence their mistake. The PA did not ask questions, only made assumptions and tried to go forward based on those assumptions in their head. As a result, the PA admitted having miscommunicated the wrong request. It was quite frustrating to keep having to explaining documented/referenceable information already available to the PA. Is the PA too busy to review documented information to ensure it is correctly interpreted? A second misinterpretation of clear, documented information occurred by the PA. Again, the information was documented and referenceable. The PA appears to be overloaded and so keeps making mistakes both interpreting information and communicating it to both doctors and patients. I let the PA know of this concern. The mistakes caused more delay. This means pa

Can only speak to Dr Wiebe but she is awesome. Her medical staff as well. ?

This review could of been a 5 star rating but the receptionist, nurses and billing staff are absolutely horrid. First, let me say the doctor and I met for consultation to plan treatment for my breast cancer was great. I believe the plan we developed was 100% doable. However the rest of the visit was a nightmare. They receptionist, billing and nurses attitudes toward a cancer patient were mindboggling. Rude to say the least. Plus, they wanted me to sign a document that would take me out of network. I said to them multiple times "no" I cant sign this document and their final reply "go to another hospital". I called my insurance immediately, which they agreed, dont sign. I called the referring hospital doctor for new referral, unfortunately, I was unable to reach him because hospital staff runaround. Now I am trying to find a new surgeon all because I follow insurance rules as outlined to me by my insurance representative. And yes I still have malignant breast cancer. Thanks a heap!

Went here to get my gallbladder removed. I found the team professional and friendly as well as quick. I went in for a follow up the day after my surgery as I was in extreme pain, they took me seriously and were able to assess my situation and help get me feeling better. I felt like the surgeon could have been a bit better with aftercare instructions as I wasn't aware who I should call after hours so that did result in a trip to the urgent care/er to get fluids and pain medication as I was so sick after the surgery. That's the only reason I gave them a 4.

First visit we waited an hour and watched 11 patients get the call, some who arrived after us. Maybe it’ll be a fantastic experience once we get the call, but so far we are feeling neglected.