Dr. Robert Manuel Ting, MD

Dr. Ting has been my family physician for about 12 years. I see him at least once a year, but I have seen him more frequently in recent years. I have a complex medical condition that requires judgment with medication. I am 64 years old and Dr. Ting is my third family physician. I have never had the experiences of the negative reviewers. He is always patient and gives me the time I need. There is no problem with his memory. He always gives me plenty of time for each visit. I have full confidence in his course of care and his knowledge of an ever-growing field. I think with the fairly recent reorganization of Moscow Family Medicine all of the M.D.s there are pressed for time.

Dr. Ting has a plethera of strange body language that sends the patient strong signals that he is just too busy or in a big hurry and cannot take the time to care for any patients. He can't remember what he has ordered in the past for a patient has no short term memory and refuses to work as a team member with specialist and doctors that are much smarter than him. I felt he was inferior and was unable to begin to take care of me or deal with my diagnosis. He didn't even try to educate himself on a rare and difficult diagnosis. Stay away from him. Highly disappointed in his ability as a doctor.

With respect to Dr. Ting; I've been seeing him since 2005 and the quality of care has been declining steadily. The time he spends in appointments is decreasing, as it the overall quality of the appointment. He recently made a comment to me congratulating me on quitting smoking. I've never smoked, and when I reminded him of this, he asked me if I was sure about that. I think I would know. He also downplays my concerns with respect to my family history of prostate cancer, telling me I'm too young for a PSA test. He flat out told me he didn't believe that I was spending 8-10 hours per week at the gym. Thanks for the support Doctor! His office staff... there's been a lot of turnover there and not all for the better. Billing mistakes that were "resolved" two-three years ago are suddenly in collections. The office staff is unwilling to correct their billing errors citing the age of the bill, even though it was supposed to have been corrected years back. These guys have a reputation for… incorrect and double billing which is easy to pass off as a rare event until it happens to you. How sad for a doctor to lose patients over billing mistakes, but I don't see any other choice, it happens so often. It's time for me to look elsewhere for care.