Kumar Rita – Medical Group of Culver City Inc

I came to this medical group because my horrible insurance left me no other option, and I needed a referral to go see an OBGYN (I have a HMO.)
I can only agree with the other reviewers that the wait was long. Very long! I had the last appointment of the day at 5:45pm and was not seen by the Dr. until 7:30pm.
When I did meet Dr. Kumar, she was very kind and efficient. Granted, I was only there for a referral but I still felt like she tended to my needs.
Also, Frank at the front desk was very helpful and sweet. I’m sure it was the end of a long day for him but he didn’t show it.
I will be back for a blood draw and results, so I will report back after those experiences.

AVOID THIS PLACE LIKE THE PLAGUE…
Waited for almost 2 hours beyond my scheduled appointment time only to have Dr. Kumar spend less than 10 minutes with me. All I needed was a referral for an MRI and knee specialist, now 15 months from my visit I’m receiving a bill from them $ 85.00 beyond what I already provided as a co-​pay (this is more than what I actually paid for the visit with the specialist!). Spoke with their accounts receivable department only to be argued with and talked over as I was trying to figure out why all this was happening at this time.

WORST WORST WORST place to go. The staff is extremely rude. You have to wait minimum 2 hours just to be told to come back time and time again and nothing be resolved. Doesn’t listen you and just says you need tests in order to rule things out over and over just to get more co-​pays. WORST place to get blood work done too. I don’t know how this place has any regular patients unless they think they have to be seen here since its so HORRIBLE!
I have never been talked down to the way the staff at Rita Kumars office did. My co-​pay would have been better spent if I threw it in the garbage, at least I wouldn’t have wasted hours of my life for nothing.
Do yourself a favor!!! GO ANYWHERE ELSE!!! Trust the reviews of all 7 people, they have obviously been to her office and experienced her horrific lack of care. Good luck!!!

If your time is important to you, do not make an appointment with this Dr. I waited 2 hours only to walk out without having the Dr. perform the test I was there for. I am sure Dr. Kumar is a nice lady, but… The staff is condescending (with the exception of Frank) and unaccommodating so there is really no reason to go back. I will find another Dr. who will welcome my insurance and co-​payment and will be genuinely be concerned about my health. I hate doing this but maybe this will save someone some time and trouble.

This doctor is the worst kind of SCUMBAG, she does not care about people nor her patients, ONLY MONEY. She will break up a simple visit into multiple visits just to bill you more, that is the kind of charlatan she is. The entire staff is incompetent yet arrogant, and disgustingly RUDE. They treat people very poorly there and disrespected my wife so much that I want to kick some ass. Dr Kumar is a dirtbag, for real. Her staff is a bunch of A-​HOLES (and I am being really kind here). They just plain do not care and they make you wait for hours upon hours. My wife’s appointment was at 3:30 and here it is 5:30 and she’s still just sitting in the little room. I hate these people and want to see them go DOWN. The scumbag who took my wife’s blood hurt her and did some kind of nerve damage, then criticized her for complaining saying that «6 year olds complain less». THAT is how they treat people at THIS clinic. NONE of them care about people at all. They talk down to people and I want her to lose her license. She should NOT be practicing medicine in this country. They make everyone fill out papers that give you no right to sue them for malpractice, yet they are the WORST.
NEVER EVER GO TO THESE PEOPLE!!! ESPECIALLY KUMAR, she’s the worst of them all there.

Made an appointment here for my wife. Earliest they could see her was 3 weeks away. Then, the day before her appointment they called to tell us she couldn’t be seen because of the insurance group.
Understandable, except that I only found this office because I was referred by my insurance company. Also, if they’re not in the group, they could have told us that 3 weeks ago. Now 3 weeks have gone by for nothing.
That could have been forgiven if the woman on the phone didn’t rudely explain it and then hang up on me. I called back and she yelled at me. Crazy.

I went to this doctor when I lived in LA some years back, I really think I should write this review to help a few others who might make the same mistake as I did.
First of all, she made me wait inside the waiting room for over 45 minutes every time (and over an hour many times). During a couple of times I heard her chit chat on the phone with her family/​daughter (not sure who). I think this is absolutely arrogant and unprofessional to treat your patients this way — we all take time off work and come to the appointment ahead of time — to be expected to be seen with some respect and decency.
Second, she really gives a lot of her «personal» advice and thoughts — like «oh you are fine», «you are just stressed out». All this when I was not actually fine. Eventually after doing a battery of unrelated tests, she sent me home with a ridiculous painkiller dosage (which I obviously did not take).
Eventually I got an appointment at a better hospital and got treated for my problem in a professional manner, but this was the worst experience I have had so far.

Horrible, horrible experience. I have never felt so unimportant to a medical professional. First the rude front desk people asking loudly for my reason for the appointment while there was a waiting room full of people. NO discretion at all. Then waiting for 45 minutes in the exam room. The doctor entered not once, not twice not three times but 4 times and left 4 times before I could even say why I was there. Whatever else she was doing was obviously more important than me. Then I was sent to have lab work done and had to call 3 times over the course of a month to get the results. My phone calls were never returned. So unprofessional. Do not go there.

Awful long wait. My Appointment was at 4:15pm, I arrived early and signed in. The doctor didn’t see me till over an hour later. The doctor recommended me to take an echocardiogram then i got billed significantly for it. I don’t appreciate that the receptionists didn’t even let me know what was covered by my insurance. Same with standard blood tests too. The worst part is that after doing and paying for all these things, they didn’t even call me to let me know the results and didn’t mail me anything either. I had to call them back over a month later asking for results and they said they don’t disclose information over the phone, claiming they don’t contact you unless something is «wrong». I have to come in or write them a letter to receive the results. Just very bad service. A near perfect representation of how our medical industry is so corrupted with low standard for dealing with patients.
I know doctor visits are never pleasant, but this one was just bad. I just don’t sense that they care about the patient at all. I’ll be looking for another office for sure.