James P. Meaglia's Online Review Report Card

Part of the Orange County Urology Associates medical group. Doc Meaglia provided outstanding comprehensive & personalized service. I appreciated each time I have had an appointment- he & his assistant listened to my comments, he asked questions to help clarify & what actually really got my attention: he never appeared in a hurry to move on. The good Doctor was interested, listened & then shared several options with me...explaining each with pluses & drawbacks allowing me to be fully informed.The front office staff are efficient & helpful both in person & when needing to call & confirm information.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND JAMES P. MEAGLIA, M.D. without reservation!

I visited Dr Meaglia for urinary retention and he gave me a few catheters and asked me to use them 3 times a day and call him back if in 2-3 days I could not urinate without catheter. I called his office on the 3rd day and every day after that for 4 consecutive days and talked to the nursing staff and told them that I still could not urinate without catheter and I was running out of catheters and need to know what I should do. Dr Meaglia and his staff never called me back to let me know what I should be doing!

If your into pain he might be your doctor

I love Dr. Meaglia. Had a few lower half issues to deal with, went to see the doc and we tried a few things that didn't work as well as he hoped. He suggested a Uro-Lift procedure. He got me in quickly, procedure was relatively easy, recover was a few days and I'm back to my normal self. It has been six months now and I couldn't be happier with the approach taken or the results achieved. Dr. Meaglia has my highest recommendation.

I visited Dr Meaglia last Monday for urinary retention following a hernia surgery. He gave a few catheters and told me to use them 3 times a day and call him if in 2-3 days I could not urinate without catheter. I called him 5 consecutive days and let his nursing staff know that I could not urinate by myself and that I am running out of catheters. He never responded to my messages. I called my insurance company as well as my primary care physician and told them to contact him but they could not get a response either. I am left without a path forward and with possibility of not being able to drain my bladder and noone seens to be able to help me!!!!

Nurse John is Very Rude, hard to schedule appointment, they treat Medicare patients horrible, will be reporting to medical board and contacting patient advocate

A fine senior with a devastating kidney stones condition had the terrible misfortune of landing in the care of this so called doctor. 45 days later, and several prescriptions ordered, some of which cost hundreds of dollars, and after prying into this patient inner parts, which according to her was a very painful experience, and having determined the presence of kidney stones inside her body, has yet to suggest/do anything about it. He basically milks the patient insurance machinery with repeated appointments that yield zero relief, to the point that today the senior walked away after being left in a very uncomfortable position half naked for at least half an hour, while conversing and cracking jokes in the hallway with his entourage. No compassion, just bill the insurance, on what appears to be a very successful practice, as patients line up to be seen by this very mediocre and ineffectual doctor. Beware of falling into the greedy network of which this doctor, apparently, must be a great asset financially, but what good does he provide to this particular case? None. Kidney stones are unforgiving until removed, and this big shot all he wants to do is prescribe antibiotics and medicine that fall short of the mark, regardless of the cost to the patient who can not sleep, or pee without excruciating pain, and oh yes, plenty of tylenol. What an insensitive MD, perhaps a little more efficient treatment, but at this point it does look like he is incapable to provide this solution, or worst still, does not care one way or the other. Six figure plus does not a good doctor make. Shame on this careless fraud. 1 Star.

This is way before COVIT-19. I was originally very impressed with Dr. Meaglia for setting up an emergency operation for kidney stone removal in a matter of a couple of days. Because of my pain, I did not spend the time to research his background and his reviews, and also the reviews for Orange County Urology Associates, where he works. After my procedure, I found it IMPOSSIBLE to get his office to answer my phone calls (they would not even pick-up their phones). This is was back in February and way before COVIT-19 shelter-in-place orders. I had complications, pain, my medicine was not ordered properly, and I could not reach his office. After trying his office unsuccessfully for few days, I ended up in the emergency room, costing me my entire insurance deductible of few thousand dollars. When I saw him in his office three weeks after my procedure for stent removal, I did mention to him that it was impossible to get in touch with his office. He calmly mentioned that central phone service was part of a cost saving measure for him and his partners at the Orange County Urology Associates. It cost me an ER visit and days of agony. Three months after my procedure, I am still in pain. I am still sorting out bills from my emergency room visit, which could have been avoided if his office would have responded to my repeated calls. I feel that I was treated very inhumanly after my procedure.

My father is 82 and had a procedure that didn’t work. The infamous words of the doctor, “If this doesn’t work, don’t come back to see me.” The worst part: My father is still getting up 4-5 times a night. $7,000 and one year later my father feels angry. I wanted to give a zero star rating but wasn’t allowed to here.

I was originally very impressed with Dr. Meaglia for setting up my emergency procedure in a matter of a couple of days. After my procedure, I found it IMPOSSIBLE to get his office, Orange County Urology Associates, to answer my phone calls. This is was back in February and before COVIT-19 shelter-in-place orders. I had complications, pain, my medicine was not ordered properly, and I could not reach his office. After trying his office unsuccessfully for few days, I ended up in the emergency room, costing me my insurance deductible of few thousand dollars. When I saw him in his office three weeks after my procedure, he mentioned that central phone service was part of a cost saving measure for him and his partners at the Orange County Urology Associates. It cost me an ER visit and days of agony. Three months after my procedure, I am still in pain, and sorting out bills from my emergency room visit. I feel that I was treated very inhumanly after my procedure.