Telapsychiatry Reviews 44

TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

2.6

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
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The intake interview took an extremely long time. I had spent first part of day filling out all the detailed questions on line and during the phone interview I was asked to repeat everything. (When... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
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I spoke to this doctor because he was recommended online because of his experience with benzos. He did not change or increase my benzo prescription and offered a sedative antidepressant as an option b... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
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This is about the initial enrollment communication. It is choppy and inaccurate. I received an email that the forms were in the portal. They were not. The digital forms are VERY repetitive, some... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
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NP doesn’t respect people’s time and has difficulty focusing on the patient. She was 30 minutes late to both of my appointments and spent so much of the time talking about herself that I finally had t... See more

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Company details

  1. Psychiatrist
  2. Local Medical Service
  3. Medical Clinic
  4. Mental Health Clinic
  5. Mental Health Service
  6. Psychotherapist

About Telapsychiatry

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We provide high quality online psychiatry and mental health services to patients in the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Wisconsin, and Texas. We have psychiatrists and psychotherapists that can help treat all mental health conditions. We strive to provide the highest quality of affordable mental health care.

Locations

We treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, insomnia and other related conditions. We provide medication management and psychotherapy services. We also provide transcranial magnetic stimulation and esketamine or Spravato services in Maryland. We have psychiatrists that treat children, adolescents, and adults. We also have psychiatrists that specialize in addiction, neuropsychiatry, and geriatric psychiatry.

Conditions We Treat

We take commercial insurances such as Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Optum, United Healthcare, Oscar, Tricare, Carelon, Compsych, among other plans. We also offer cash pay options as well if you do not have insurance.

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2.6

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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This service sucked!

This service sucked!! SUCKED. I had an appt with a provider for medication management but I needed a pre-authorization form completed by the provider for my insurance so that the pharmacy could fill the medication. I tried to message my provider in the patient portal just to receive a reply message from someone else stating they’d pass along the info to my provider? Weeks later when I had my first follow-up, I told the provider I had not yet received the medication and that she was to complete my pre-authorization form which I messaged about in the portal WEEKS ago. She clearly was never informed about it. I ended up contacting my pharmacy and asked them to send the pre-authorization form to the fax number for this company so someone could complete it. I sent another portal message to the provider (which I knew she wouldn’t ever see the message but there was no other way to contact the provider) and again, a random person replied to me stating they’d have the form filled out and sent to insurance/pharmacy. This literally never happened. Absolute waste of time and money. Also, to schedule a follow up appt with provider, I couldn’t just do it during the appointment. I had to call an 800 number to schedule my next appt. Don’t waste your time or money!

Date of experience: January 22, 2025

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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I got an appointment

I got an appointment, then an email that they are not in my network and it would cost $375 for my appointment.
Mental healthcare is a joke.
Let’s charge someone on the verge of a breakdown $375, when they can’t afford groceries.
Make it make sense

Date of experience: December 09, 2024

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Reply from Telapsychiatry

Hello we have cheaper options with other providers. Please give us a call at 888-903-5505 to learn more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars
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Unprofessional

NP doesn’t respect people’s time and has difficulty focusing on the patient. She was 30 minutes late to both of my appointments and spent so much of the time talking about herself that I finally had to start interrupting her in an effort to discuss my concerns before the end of the session. In both appointments we ended up rushing through possible treatments and next steps in the last 10 minutes of the session. Ultimately her lack of professionalism makes it difficult for me to trust her with my mental healthcare.

Date of experience: November 14, 2024

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Reply from Telapsychiatry

We appreciate your feedback and are sorry for your experience. Please give us a call at 888-903-5505 and we can assist you with finding another provider.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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Unprofessional staff and Dr

I joined Dr. Schaefer’s practice a few back in September 2024 after researching several Dr’s I thought she would be a good fit for me. We had 2 successful zoom sessions both leaving me happy with my decision to choose her as my Dr. I suffer from a number of mental health disorders which are managed with medication treatment which affects my ability to work with and around others. I reached out to Dr. Schaefer to request a letter to submit to an agency that provides basic needs for me and my children. Being that i was a fairly new pt Dr. Schaefer requested to contact my psychotherapist to gather more information regarding my care that I’ve been receiving from her. In addition to providing Dr. Schaefer with her contact information I had also provided her with extensive session notes from previous psychiatrists I had treated with. I gave Dr.Schaefer the office number and also a private line which I asked her not to call until I confirmed with the therapist that it was ok for Dr. Schaefer to contact her on that number. I also explained that this was a time sensitive matter and i had to have the letter from her in order to continue receiving assistance from the agency or I would be ineligible for assistance from them. I waited 2 days and I had not heard back from Dr. Schaefer so I called the office and left several messages for Dr. Schaefer and all my messages were not returned and I did not hear anything back from Dr. Schaefer. A whole week went by and during my session with my therapist who was aware of the whole situation and awaiting a call from Dr. Schaefer, she called my therapist on the phone number I asked her not to call until I got the ok from the therapist that it was ok for her to call that line! My therapist informed me that Dr. Schaefer was reaching out to her on that private line and with my permission I agreed that it was ok to speak with the Dr. we ended my session early so that they could speak. My therapist informed me later that evening that she spoke with Dr. Schaefer. I was given an extension from the agency that i receive assistance from after letting them know that Dr. Schaefer would be submitting the letter. After several days of no response and missing the extension deadline I called the office to find out why Dr. Schaefer had not submitted the letter or why hadn’t she contacted me after I left several messages. When i called the office i was extremely anxious and I spoke with a gentleman who was very rude and showed no empathy towards me and my concerns i explained to him that I had left several messages for Dr.Schaefer regarding the letter he ended up hanging up the phone on me and when i called back the young lady who answered left me on hold for over 16 minutes before I eventually ended the call. I called back and was told that the office had closed and I had reached the answering service. The next day I called to speak with a supervisor or manager and i spoke with Christine/Christina who identified herself as the office manager i explained to her that I had left several messages for Dr. Schaefer regarding the letter and I also complained about the rep that hung up on me and the other rep that left me on hold I requested that she review the phone calls being that the automated message states that the phone calls are recorded. She was very attentive to my concerns and said that she would review my previous calls and contact Dr. Schaefer directly regarding the letter. She told me she would call me back that day with a f/u and i told her that I was worried that I would not get a call back because of the lack of communication from the office and Dr. Schaefer. She assured me that she would contact me before she leaves the office. I never heard back from her. Instead I received a email the next day from Dr. Schaefer stating that I was being “terminated” because i was being abusive to the staff which was not the case. I was extremely surprised by this being that I was the one who had made the complaint about how the staff had treated me and I was the one to ask for the calls to be reviewed. Instead of Dr.Schaefer reaching out to me to ask about the situation I had with her staff she chose to cancel my services. This staff are unprofessional as well as Dr. Schaefer

Date of experience: November 07, 2024

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
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Dr Gezel Saheli

Dr. Gezel Saheli was very nice and asked a lot of questions. It was easy to connect on the link for the appointment.

Date of experience: September 27, 2024

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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Therapist trauma dumps

Therapist trauma dumped on me and had the 90 min intake last 2.5 hours!!! Do I get paid? I shouldn’t know more about my therapist than she me. Also, it’s impossible to cancel appointments. I’ve called twice and have received 3 texts and calls after reminding me of my appointment 🤦‍♀️

Date of experience: September 16, 2024

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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No Appointment reminders

I made the appointment for ADD. I typically use Google calendar, add appointments there and keep my appointments. I missed my first appointment. It was a few weeks out from when I first scheduled and I simply forgot. I usually receive appointment reminders, check my calendar and find that the appointment is already there. With this appointment, I did not receive any communication from the office after I booked the appointment and gave them my insurance AND credit card information. As a remote service treating people with ADD sending reminder emails, like every other service that uses digital means to set the appointment, would improve things for patients.

Date of experience: September 06, 2024

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Reply from Telapsychiatry

We send appointment reminders to all of our patients in the form of email, text message, and phone calls. Please give us a call at 888-903-5505 so we can discuss this further.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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No communication, don’t properly bill insurance, charge patients full price and stop responding!

They were unable to properly verify my insurance benefits. The team was not proactive at communicating any issues. I have been forced to call multiple times to try and resolve the billing issue. They are now no longer responding to emails or helping me get the appropriate paperwork so that I can properly file a claim with my insurance company. They never filed a claim and just charged me directly and won’t help resolve the issue. Feels like a scam organization looking to just charge clients full price and lie about using my insurance.

Date of experience: August 11, 2024

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Reply from Telapsychiatry

Unfortunately, checking elibility for insurance is not always the easiest process. We always try our best to get it right for patients but errors can happen and sometimes that can be on the insurance's end. We are sorry you had an issue with this as we always strive to make sure patients do not have out of pocket costs and know what their costs are before an appointment. However we always recommend that patients also check with their plans as well for double verificiation to minimize the chances of a problem.

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The link I was provided for my call did…

The link I was provided for my call did not work.

Date of experience: August 28, 2024

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Reply from Telapsychiatry

We apologize for this inconvenience. Can you please give us a call at 888-903-5505 so we can try to fix this error for you? Thank you.

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blew up my phone to make an appointment…

blew up my phone to make an appointment only to find out days later that they didn't even take my insurance

Date of experience: August 25, 2024

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Reply from Telapsychiatry

We do check elibility to make sure that you can see your doctor without having to pay out of pocket. Unfortunately we do not accept every insurance available.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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I will never use or recommend this…

I will never use or recommend this service. Ever. Within two hours of an email saying I was "accepted" and should follow the provided instructions to schedule an appointment, I was called by a rep to schedule an appointment. It was a work day and I was working. I could not follow the email instructions while I was in meetings! And I certainly did not appreciate getting a phone call. This "service" seems to care much more about its income than about the needs of people who try to use it. Update:
As to the "reply" this review received ... the service *did* contact me by email, but was so impatient that it contacted me by phone just two hours later. The second contact was unnecessary, intrusive, and very pushy. I stand by my initial review.

Date of experience: August 16, 2024

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Reply from Telapsychiatry

Yes we do need to contact you in order to schedule an appointment. It is our duty to respond to patients who are asking for appointments to make sure that patients are taken care of in a timely fashion. If you have any further questions, feel free to give us a call at 888-903- 5505.

Response: Many patients miss emails so we always followup with a text message as well. Furthermore many times, patient are missing vital information prior to an appointment so we do need to try and get you on the phone as well for additional information. We would rather err on the side providing every opportunity to those who are struggling with their mental health to get access to an appointment and we pride ourselves on taking care of each new patient appointment request as expeditiously as possible. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration. Have a great day!

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