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A July, 2024 formerly employed Recruiter review to the Indeed.com website describes the AFC Urgent Care (American Family Care) Birmingham, AL. corporate office as "very toxic", they write the inclusive feeling they initially experienced declined over a year's time. The health provider claims they have 350 locations across the USA. Another review posted by a currently employed Medical Receptionist out of Norfolk, VA claims employees there are expected to work 13 hours per day while managers work only 7 hours.
AFC Urgent Care's Better Business Bureau profile now reflects an F rating for the company, showing 50 new complaints lodged in just the last year.

I previously mentioned an Indeed review of AFC where an employee claimed of their clinic: "it’s not unheard of to see over 100 patients in a 12 hour shift"

I was a patient of AFC in 2019 and recently discovered a medical clinic office manager I had spoken with in May, 2022 at AFC (American Family Care) Urgent Care Cahaba Village (3000 Cahaba Village Pl STE 110, Birmingham, AL 35243), using the nickname "Sadler" is actually State Of Alabama licensed medical doctor, Christopher Blake Thomas MD. In my recorded calls in this video you will hear he refused to give me his first and last name when asked.

I cite a television interview (https://www.wvtm13.com/article/mountain-brook-doctor-sees-big-surge-in-covid-patients-at-clinic/37165650) with WVTM NBC 13 & play my telephone recordings back to back, the voices are identical.

I called this clinic trying to speak with Dr. Blake Thomas MD, whose name appears on medical records from a misdiagnosed X-Ray I had in 2019 but was only allowed to speak to this "office manager". I was told no injuries appeared there but almost died a few months later when 6 inches diameter of infection set into my jaw and head (visible in subsequent MRI). I obtained my records from this visit & a several inch diameter anomaly is visible in the same area where broken skull bone and infection appears in other images. AFC would not help me get this error corrected, I paid $175 for the visit.

I find these practices to be unprofessional in a business sense and medically unethical.

I found AFC American Family Care Urgent Care staff uses Pseudonyms / nicknames / single names in their clinics. "Sadler" / "Saddler" who claimed to be the office manager of Cahaba Village clinic refused to give me his first and last name (red flag / scam alert). The websites of this clinic do not mention who their staff and doctors are. Birmingham, AL.

After 1 month of trying to call American Family Care (AFC) urgent care in Birmingham, Alabama, I am told by office manager "Sadler" of Cahaba Village (near Mountain Brook), Birmingham, Alabama that there is nothing they will do to correct a misdiagnosed 2019 X-Ray I had taken. Sadler would not give me his name (he deals with the public every day) or say who he spoke to in the company about my issue.
Transcript
00:00To see everything that happened to me regarding my experience with this doctor in this medical practice
00:06You can see my documentation at YouTube channel
00:10My Medical Nightmare
00:12Alright, this is an employee review as posted to the Indeed.com website
00:20This is for American Family Care, AFC Urgent Care
00:25They describe themselves as a clinic, having pioneered the concept of convenient patient-centric healthcare
00:32With more than 300 clinics and 1,500 in-network physicians caring for over 6 million patients per year
00:43This is as of 2023
00:46I was a patient of AFC in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
00:51And following this latest review, I'll give some details about my own negative experience
01:00I went there with a broken skull injury
01:04I almost died from and I was misdiagnosed
01:08Had an x-ray taken
01:09Was told no injuries appeared in the x-ray
01:12Didn't trust what their doctors were telling me
01:15Went and got the original images
01:17I'll put the images up here
01:19You can see for yourself
01:21I've got evidence of head trauma
01:25I was not informed about for my $175 cash payment
01:30Subsequent MRI and CT
01:32Confirming the fact that I had broken the underside of my skull
01:36Went back to AFC about correcting their error
01:39They would do nothing to help me
01:42No refund, no apologies
01:44No corrections from their doctors
01:48This review was submitted by a recruiter
01:52Formerly employed
01:53On July 21st, 2024
01:56The headline reads
01:58The corporate office is very toxic
02:00They write
02:01At times I loved working here
02:03But overall would recommend not working here
02:06A pro to me was the locational feeling
02:09Of an inclusive team environment
02:11After being there over a year
02:13It went away
02:14Here's another posted by a currently employed medical assistant
02:19On August 24th of this year
02:23Mount Vernon, New York State
02:25The headline reads
02:27Horrible
02:27They add
02:29The worst place I ever worked
02:31This is not the place to go
02:33If you're looking to grow and learn
02:35What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
02:39The owner is the worst part of working there
02:42He is very much petty
02:43And will never talk to you about nothing
02:46And will take your job away from you
02:48For the lowest thing
02:50What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
02:54The other med assistant
02:55Always talk about people
02:57And make you feel like you don't belong in corporate
02:59Won't help with nothing
03:01What is a typical day like for you at the company?
03:06Stressful and will cause you anxiety
03:07Another review posted by a currently employed medical assistant
03:12In Danbury, Connecticut
03:14August 16th, 2024
03:17If it were not for someone reporting to the Department of Health
03:22That no one was getting breaks
03:24We wouldn't have a break
03:26They write
03:27Pay rate does not compensate for the work expected
03:31The company just cares about money and not the employees
03:34The raises are absurd and offensive
03:36Not much room for growth or advancement
03:39Things were better when the company was privately owned
03:43Versus now that corporate has taken over
03:46Morale is low
03:48Employees are burnt out
03:49A final review
03:50Posted by a medical receptionist currently employed
03:54Out of Norfolk, Virginia
03:56On August 31st, 2024
03:59They write
04:00The managers are hypocritical
04:01Often telling you
04:03To do one thing
04:04And then doing the opposite
04:06Or telling you not to do something they regularly do
04:09Employees are expected to work up to 13 hours a day
04:13But managers rarely work above 7 hours
04:16The Better Business Bureau
04:18Is another great location on the internet
04:22To get some opinions
04:24On customer and patient experience
04:27With businesses
04:28And this includes medical practices
04:31AFC Urgent Care currently has
04:34An F rating
04:36On their profile
04:3876
04:39Customer reviews
04:41Many of the reviews are also complaints
04:44174 complaints
04:46In the last 3 years
04:4850 complaints
04:50In just the last 12 months
04:52And remember
04:53AFC Urgent Care
04:54Has around
04:56300 to 350
04:57Clinics
04:59Nationwide in America
05:00As of September
05:022024
05:04An interesting thing about
05:05AFC Urgent Care
05:08And the Better Business Bureau
05:09They are not
05:11BBB accredited
05:12According to their profile
05:14And along those lines
05:16They do not respond
05:17To Better Business Bureau
05:19Complaints
05:21Yeah if you look at my situation
05:23And what happened to me
05:24What you'll see again and again
05:26Is current medical providers
05:29And practitioners around
05:30Birmingham, Alabama
05:32They choose quantity
05:34Of patients
05:36And potential sources
05:38Of money and income
05:40Over quality
05:43And by doing so
05:45They overlook
05:46Potentially life-threatening injuries
05:49For example
05:49They don't give the proper
05:51Amount of attention
05:52To each individual
05:54Customer and patient
05:56And this is a big problem
05:58That needs to be reversed
06:00In the United States of America
06:02We need further
06:04Healthcare reform
06:05And here's yet another example
06:07Of the bad way in which
06:09AFC Urgent Care
06:10American Family Care
06:11Chooses to engage
06:14In their business
06:14Back in May 2022
06:17I tried to contact
06:20This doctor
06:22Whose name appeared
06:24On the top of
06:26Medical records
06:28That I requested
06:30From American Family Care
06:33And this was in regards
06:36To a misdiagnosed
06:38X-ray
06:39Of my skull
06:41That I had done
06:42In 2019
06:45Blake Thomas
06:46MD's name
06:47Appears here
06:49As supervising
06:51The nurse
06:52That facilitated
06:53The x-ray
06:54In the AFC clinic
06:55This is
06:56Kimberly Kelly
06:58And he should have
06:59Also been
07:00Checking over
07:01The work
07:02Of radiologist
07:05Dr. Anna Maria
07:06Echnik
07:07MDDABR
07:09Which the x-ray
07:11Was outsourced to
07:12Through
07:13Experity
07:14You call the phone number
07:16Under this doctor's name
07:18On
07:19The radiologist report
07:22It leads to
07:23Experity
07:23This doctor
07:25And subsequently
07:26The nurse
07:26Told me
07:27I had no injuries
07:29Appear in this
07:31X-ray
07:32I'll put the
07:33Actual images
07:35In this video
07:36So you can see
07:38The truth
07:39Regarding this matter
07:41I have around
07:42A 3 inch
07:43In diameter
07:44Translucent
07:46Oval here
07:46This is visible
07:48In a standard
07:49X-ray
07:50No contrast
07:50Was used
07:51In this scan
07:53Subsequently
07:54I discovered
07:56In further
07:57MRI
07:57And CT
07:58That had broken
07:59The underside
08:00Of my skull
08:01And the
08:02Translucent oval
08:03That you can see
08:04In the
08:04AFC
08:05And Xperity
08:06X-ray
08:07This shows up
08:09As infection
08:10Surrounding the
08:12Main wound
08:12I tried to
08:14Contact this doctor
08:15To get this
08:16X-ray scan
08:18Looked at again
08:20Because I paid
08:21$175
08:22For this visit
08:23And I got
08:25A misdiagnosis
08:26Here
08:26This is not
08:28Helpful
08:29If you're
08:30A medical
08:30Patient
08:32Seeking
08:34Treatment
08:35With doctors
08:37And nurses
08:37In this case
08:39Licensed
08:39In the state
08:40Of Alabama
08:41I found
08:42That this
08:42Doctor
08:43Was located
08:44At the
08:45American
08:46Family Care
08:47Clinic
08:47In Caba
08:48Village
08:49Off Highway
08:50280
08:51In Birmingham
08:52I tried to
08:53Call this
08:54Doctor's office
08:55It was then
08:57That I found
08:58Out by talking
08:59To the
09:00Receptionists
09:01Every individual
09:03That worked
09:05In this location
09:08That I spoke
09:08With
09:08They used
09:10A nickname
09:11A false
09:11Name
09:12Or a
09:14Pseudonym
09:14In trying
09:15To reach
09:16Dr.
09:17Blake Thomas
09:18MD
09:19I was put
09:20In touch
09:21With
09:23An individual
09:23Who identified
09:24Himself
09:25As
09:26The office
09:27Manager
09:28Of this
09:29Clinic
09:29And he
09:30Went by
09:30The name
09:31Sadler
09:32S-A-D-D-L-E-R
09:34I later
09:35Found out
09:36After my
09:37Call with
09:37This
09:38Office
09:39Manager
09:39That I
09:42Was
09:42In fact
09:43Speaking
09:43With
09:44The state
09:46Of Alabama
09:47Licensed
09:47Medical
09:48Doctor
09:49Christopher
09:50Blake Thomas
09:51Who I was
09:51Trying to
09:52Reach
09:53In the
09:53First
09:53Place
09:54So he
09:54Gave a
09:55False
09:55Name
09:56And I
09:57Found this
09:57Out
09:58Very
09:58Simply
09:59You can
10:00Hear my
10:00Recorded
10:01Calls
10:01With this
10:02Individual
10:03And Dr.
10:04Blake Thomas
10:05Gave a
10:05Television
10:06Interview
10:06With
10:08Birmingham
10:08Alabama
10:10TV
10:11Station
10:11WVTM
10:12Channel
10:1313
10:13Listen to
10:15The two
10:15Voices
10:15And they
10:16Are
10:17Identical
10:17I believe
10:19That a
10:20Medical
10:20Doctor
10:21Identifying
10:22Himself
10:23Under a
10:24Pseudonym
10:25Is against
10:26The law
10:26In Alabama
10:27And possibly
10:29Other
10:30Jurisdictions
10:31As well
10:31This
10:32This
10:32Is a
10:32Type
10:33Of
10:33Fraud
10:34I'm
10:35Not
10:35Very
10:35Happy
10:35About
10:36My
10:36Experience
10:37Dealing
10:38With
10:38This
10:38Individual
10:39Yeah
10:40And trying
10:40To get
10:41That
10:41X-ray
10:42In the
10:43Misdiagnosis
10:44Looked
10:44At
10:45Again
10:45The
10:46Office
10:46Manager
10:47Again
10:48A
10:50False
10:50Identity
10:51That
10:51This
10:51Doctor
10:51Was
10:52Using
10:52He
10:53Told
10:53Me
10:54That
10:55He
10:55Could
10:55Do
10:55Nothing
10:55To
10:56Help
10:56Me
10:57Fix
10:58This
10:58Situation
10:59No
11:00Refund
11:01Of
11:01My
11:02$175
11:02He
11:05Wouldn't
11:05Go
11:05To
11:06The
11:07Medical
11:07Doctor
11:08Or
11:09Experity
11:09And have
11:10This
11:11Situation
11:11Looked
11:12At
11:12Or
11:12Reversed
11:13He
11:13Told
11:13Me
11:14On
11:14The
11:14Phone
11:14You
11:14Can
11:14Hear
11:15This
11:15Recorded
11:15There
11:16Is
11:16Nothing
11:16He
11:17Was
11:17Going
11:17To
11:17Be
11:17To
11:17Do
11:17To
11:18Help
11:18Me
11:18Fix
11:19This
11:19Situation
11:19And
11:20This
11:20Is
11:20Real
11:21Bad
11:21News
11:21Because
11:21That
11:22Injury
11:22That
11:22I
11:22Had
11:23I
11:23Almost
11:24Died
11:24From
11:24In
11:252019
11:25This
11:26Is
11:26Totally
11:27Unacceptable
11:27As
11:28A
11:28Medical
11:29Patient
11:29AFC
11:30As
11:31Well
11:31I
11:32Contacted
11:33They
11:33Would
11:33Not
11:34Help
11:34Me
11:34With
11:34This
11:35Situation
11:35I
11:36Talked
11:36To
11:36Experity
11:37They
11:38Would
11:38Not
11:38Help
11:38Me
11:38Fix
11:39This
11:39Situation
11:39Or
11:40Correct
11:40This
11:40And
11:42Basically
11:42I
11:42Was
11:42Ripped
11:43Off
11:43As
11:43A
11:43Customer
11:44And
11:44A
11:44Medical
11:45Patient
11:45I
11:46Went
11:46To
11:47The
11:47Alabama
11:47Board
11:47Of
11:48Medical
11:48Examiners
11:49And
11:51Filed
11:51Complaints
11:52In
11:52This
11:52Situation
11:53They
11:54Would
11:54Do
11:54Nothing
11:54To
11:55Help
11:55Me
11:56With
11:56Their
11:56Oversight
11:57Totally
11:58Useless
11:59They
11:59Are
11:59Lazy
12:00No
12:00Doctor
12:01Worth
12:01Their
12:01Salt
12:01Should
12:02Work
12:02For
12:02This
12:02Place
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