Maurice A Bell Inc, Long Beach CA

My review is based on the staff so far. My initial visit was good and fast although I didn’t get a full annual physical and I had to get my labs done at another facility. They never mentioned this until my appointment was done and I have to come back in for a follow up. I was able to get a prescription refill sent to my pharmacy though. However last Thursday, when I got there i found out my insurance would not cover it because it was name brand prescription only and not generic. Most pharmacies only care generic because the insurance companies usually do not pay for name brand prescription. I had my pharmacy fax and call the office multiple time to get this fixed. Nothing happened, so I called on Monday. The doctor wasn’t there…so I explained my situation and had the receptionist rely the message to the doctor. I call back Tuesday and the doctor still isn’t there. I have to reexplain my issue again to the same person. I asked when will the doctor be in and the receptionist said she will be in this afternoon so I asked what time is that because that can be a large window and I would like to get this fixed asap if possible. They did not have an answer. Then they call back to have me explain which medication I needed fixed instead which I explained twice before it is both of them I needed fixed so my insurance will cover it. So when I called to inform them which ones for the third time there was no answer. They will be at lunch for 2hrs per the hours on google. So that means I will not be able to get my prescription for another day. Meaning I had to wait over five days to get this possible fixed. Iam not sure if I will be coming back in October for my actual physical. I hope this review will help you fix the office dysfunction and patient actually get the help they need in a timely manner.

I have no issues with Dr Bell, but his staff was horrible. I was scheduled for an appointment when Dr. Bell was not in and they said I wrote it down wrong. I wrote what they told me to.

He is actually taking care of my 85 year old mother, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
Thanks to his great advice about taking the proper human diet she has been very stable for the past 5 years. Is it very well known by a lot of doctors than this desease as well as the majority of other health issues is because the standard modern diet we eat. By changing this diet we can greatly improve almost any health problem. Unfortunately, I didn’t know about all this before. It would’ve made the difference for my mom. So, thank you Dr. Bell for being one of the brave and honest doctors that actually tell the true to his patients and help them to change their eating habits for good.
I’ve seen so many Alzheimer’s cases where people is under medications and basically they deteriorate until they don’t recognize their love ones any more in a short period of time. I’m confident that my mom will not get to that point if we keep the Keto diet that doctor Bell recommends.

Dr. Bell is outstanding and has a great staff, including a fantastic PA (Victoria), and kind and responsive receptionist.