Pima Heart and Vascular

Attention Cardio Patients If you are a patient of Pima Heart & Vascular and you can get out of bed, I highly recommend that you RUN, don't walk, to another cardiologist ASAP. I have not been seen by a cardiologist at Pima for almost TWO years as they have passed me down to a PA for all my appointments. Pima Heart recommended that I take a "heart therapy" program that they offer and I told them I already have an existing gym membership and I'm on an exercise program / schedule. Shortly thereafter, I received a call from their online vendor Ricora who told me that I was referred to them for their heart therapy program online. I told Ricora the same story, that I had a gym membership and was on an exercise program but if their heart therapy program didn't cost me anything, I would try it out. Ricora assured me that it shouldn't cost me anything. Their online aerobics instructor was in her 20's and although I am 70, I tried to keep up with her. They then had us check our heart rate at… which point the instructors told me that I should go directly to the ER as my rate was 220/110. I told Ricora that I didn't want to do any more of their strenuous aerobics as I had my own exercise program. I then received a bill from Pima Heart for $283 and I told Pima Heart that their vendor, Ricora, said that I wouldn't have to pay anything for the program. Despite this, Pima Heart has continued to harass me for payment knowing full well that I've had a heart attack, several heart procedures and several TIA's (mini-srokes). Pima Heart obviously doesn't care about their patients health, they just care about how much money they can squeeze out of Medicare, the insurance and their patients. The cardiologists at Pima Heart will soon have an eternity's worth of heartless patients to tend to, without pay. According to an internet search on vitals, there are ~286 cardiologists in Tucson and ~899 in Phoenix. I am certain that you can find a good cardiologist that cares about their patients rather than harassing them for money when the patient was originally told they wouldn't have to pay anything for "heart therapy" aerobics online.