Richard I Gracer MD Inc

I saw Dr. Gracer twice for some recurring pain issues and both experiences were excellent. I had minimal wait times, and his staff was both charming and professional. In addition, Dr. Gracer himself was very informative, knowledgeable, helpful and interesting. I enjoyed our brief conversation as much as my treatment.

You go to the Dr seeking help, trusting these Drs and their staff to be welcoming and to actually care considering the industry they have chosen. Therefore, I can’t comprehend how this place is still in business!!! Alice is the most disrespectful rude and incompetent woman! In the first 2 minutes she made it very clear she was Dr Gracers wife. I can only assume, that her sense of entitlement is why she will intentionally discuss your personal finances in front of all the other patients making a scene and acting very unprofessional.
Make sure to bring proof of your payments cause her theory is if you can’t prove it, they haven’t collected. We have excellent insurance coverage, yet our bills from them are three times higher than ANY other Dr.
I’m fully in agreement with the other reviews here on Unilocal about Dr Gracer, he is nice, but not worth the cost or the treatment received! I strongly encourage you to find another Dr.

I just called to make an appointment after doing a doctor search. Alice answered the phone and was so rude! She kept cutting me off and seemed offended by my routine questions. I was so angry I literally hung up on her and I am pretty laid back. I always Unilocal services first, I should have known to do that since he is getting horrible reviews. I am not suprised why. STAY AWAY!

Most of these reviews are very old. I’ve seen Dr. Gracer for several years and never seen anyone else, ESP not a PA, like this Jacqueline July gal that has been described. Dr Gracer is by far, hands down, the most knowledgable, caring, and honest doctor I’ve ever known. Other doctors had casually put me on all kinds of meds I didn’t need that I was becoming dependent upon, and then I saw dr Gracer last April. He told me to just quit. He knew I could do it. I had to taper off some of them, like Xanax, but I am so much happier now. He was bold, he went out of his way to really understand me and take care of me, and most of all he believed in me. Dr Gracer is not «nice, but not anything special». Dr. Gracer should be sainted. He saved my life while the other drs I’d seen previously were writing my more and more prescriptions and making me sick. Alice also does not work with me like a «tyrant» as a previous reviewer mentioned about this office. I’ve also found her very nurturing and the two of them work well as a team. I highly recommend Dr Gracer, he’s one of the last remaining drs out there who will spend the time you need with him and know your situation thoroughly.

I was never a patient, but my wife was. The office manager, Alice, is also Dr. Gracer’s wife. My wife was fond of Dr. Gracer, but Alice is a tyrant. I heard the stories, but thought it was a personality conflict. After a couple of years, we had a dispute over exorbitant charges. For instance — a blood test done in their office cost $ 400. Our new doctor charges only $ 100. Alice was unwilling to work with us in any way. My insurance company gave the final «no.» I called to pay the bill in full, she started yelling at me and lecturing me how she had warned my wife several times that we would have to pay. I told her 3 times that I just wanted to pay it, in full, and she kept on with the lecture on how irresponsible my wife was. I’m a grown man whose wife has a debilitating medical condition. I was trying to pay the bill in full. I don’t need a lecture! She has no business skills whatsoever. I think she’s trying to be a bulldog, but she has become a banshee. As a supervisor and manager, I would’ve fired her long ago for the hostile environment she creates for the office staff and patients. Dr. Gracer is nice, but not anything special. Until he fires or divorces Alice, he is not worth the constant stress she puts on his patients.

Find another doctor. He is everything every other reviewer has stated… incompetent. I give him one star because he is breathing… not because he has a handle on anything that he does. He cannot find my notes in in computer, he has to ask what he did at my last appointment and puts the injections on the wrong part of the body. His staff is as incompent as he is, and the office manager, his wife, is a wack-​a-​doodle — A match made in heaven. He wants to shill his product Prolotherapy and that is his main objective. This is a doctor that I think should no longer be practicing medicine.

zero stars… this man will kill you. he wants to get everyone hooked on hard drugs so they will come back all the time. his office manager is his wife (alice) she is very mean. she will yell at you. ask any m.d. in the east bay and they all hate gracer!!! his office is dirty and smells. he does not want to help you with your pain at all. he is a drug dealer with a note pad. you can tell that by the people in his waiting room. you will not find a doctor that will refure you to him. all doctors hate this man. he will also try to sell you these pills with his name on them. don’t buy them. this man is a joke. he needs to retire. i would not send my dog to this man.

I would not recommend this office, for numerous reasons. I was overcharged many times. Dr. Gracer just tries to sell whatever crazy product he’s getting a kickback on. The Jackie woman, a physicians’ asst. is dreadful. She’s almost deaf and simply ignores anything you say that she doesn’t want to hear, even if she hears it. (anything that would require an ounce of work on her part.)

I’ve got to agree with Lauren.
I’ve never even had an appointment where I;ve seen Dr. Gracer… it’s always with the very interesting and strange assistant, Jackie, who is imcompetant. I have no idea how she is credentialed to do this.
Going in here is a waste of time. Find another Dr.

Worst medical experience I’ve ever had.
I tore a ligament in my foot, and called for an appointment to see Dr. Gracer. I was promised by the desk attendant I would see Dr. Gracer, but instead was put with Dr. Jacqueline Julty, an «Assistant.»
Jacqueline Julty assessed my foot with confusion, unsure of what the deal was, even though I told her (after having suffered similar injuries) that I had torn a ligament in my foot (which turned out to be the case). She denied that, and ordered an X-​Ray on my foot because she thought it was broken, despite the fact that I was able to put all my weight on it, and perform other movements that proved the opposite.
The visit was $ 200, the Xray was $ 1000, and in the end, I was right. I ended up paying for the X-​ray reluctantly, but still refuse to pay for the office visit, based on her incompetence and waste of my time, money, and most important– healing time and ability.
NEVER go to this office– even the Billing Office people were totally incompetent.