Dr. Richard A Yonker, DO

Excellent Doctor.

I had been a patient of Dr. Yonker's at Sarasota Arthritis Center for over 10 years. I even brought my mother to him as a patient, I had moved to Manhattan for a few years and when I returned I started to see Dr. Yonker again. Right away all he could talk about was joining his Concierge program for $1,800 a year. He said then he could see me as my PCP and my Rheumatologist both. I joined the program at the great cost not knowing that he was charging me specialist prices to be my PCP. I paid $1,800 for the Concierge Program, ran the visits through my insurance, and still had to pay $280 for a PCP visit! I felt this wasn't right so I withdrew from the Concierge Program only to be released from their practice, which, as we all know, means Im now blacklisted from the entire Physicians' group which runs the town. Bottom line, Dr. Yonker acted like a child and completely earns his 2 star rating on over 12 physician rating sites. I'd rather be me than a disrespected doctor.

This office told me that I had to be discharged in order to see another doctor out of this group. My insurance had changed and was not accepted by this group. This was back in 2004 or so. Just recently my insurance changed again and I thought I would be able to come back, but was told, once you are discharged, you can never come back. I'm very disappointed and will never recommend anyone from this group ever again.

I consider Richard A Yonker, DO, to be an excellent doctor. He exhibits a very high ability during his diagnosis and following care for his patient's problems.