LasikPlus Reviews

read the review titled "very misleading..." everything in there I concur with. You have the owner/managers/corporate people telling you how to be a doctor. They could care less about your clinical skills, but hey if you can convince someone who doesn't really even need glasses let alone Lasik to spend money they don't have then you are an asset. Also you are a big plus if you can get reviews out of people or if you take a good facebook live video! But If you are honest with people and lose a sale then your job is in jeopardy. They actually track stats like candidacy. If a doctor is turning too many people down that reflects bad. And so there are undoubtedly docs that are pushing people through they probably shouldn't just so their numbers stay high. And they preach "make lasik affordable"....get this by convincing people to take out high interest loans or extended payments. So in the end they are spending MORE money! but hey as long as the payment is low for a patient who got bait and switched then its all gravy. Make a sale for an elective surgery for someone who has bad credit, no job, tons of debt, etc. its about "doing as much lasik as possible"....not about actually doing what is best for patients.

As the years have gone by, corporate has changed. The focus is no longer on the patients. At all. This job is simply sales and they will monitor every single metric imaginable. Micromanaging is putting it lightly. You will be put under a microscope every single day. I hate to say it, but they really have become a lasik mill. It doesn’t matter if patients have dry eyes, night vision issues, early cataracts, amblyopia, uncontrolled diabetes, unstable refractions, decreased best corrected vision, glaucoma suspects, the list goes on and on. They want everyone to be candidates. Contact lenses could be just taken out and they could have surgery the next day. Some patients aren’t even dilated and they can still have surgery. Other ODs often ask me how we approach monovision. I’m embarrassed to tell them they’re done simply with a phoropter demonstration. They don’t want patients to try contacts because “time is the enemy in lasik.” They’re afraid of losing the sale if patients don’t like it. LasikPlus does not believe in the standard of care and it shows how little they care about patients. It brings shame to being a doctor. LasikPlus will put you in ethical predicaments on a daily basis. Do you recommend what you feel is best for these patients and not have surgery or do you put on a fake smile, grit your teeth, and tell them they’re a fantastic candidate. This is one of the major issues I have with this company. Patients are literally just metrics. They are numbers on paper. They will look at the prescription and the topographies and that’s it. There is no context and everyone should have a firm recommendation that they are ideal candidates. Corporate wants every surgeon and every optometrist to practice exactly the same way. THEIR way. We all went to different schools and as a result should have slightly different opinions on how to practice medicine. LasikPlus is a group of lawyers and office workers trying to tell us how to be doctors. They do a brilliant job of sugar coating it too. My favorite line is “you are falsely imprisoning patients in their glasses and contacts when you make them a non-candidate.” aka “stealing from the company.” Another major frustration with the company is the amount of emphasis put on social media. It is a bigger priority than providing quality care to patients. It is mandatory for all employees and nonnegotiable. Have we forgotten that we are providing a medical service? It seems completely unprofessional as a medical provider to constantly badger patients to check in on Facebook, review us on Facebook, and record their procedure on Facebook. The majority of the online reviews are disingenuous star ratings in exchange for a free T-shirt. They just want the free marketing…