AFC Announces New Hires and Promotions

November 09, 2009

American Family Care is please to announce the promotion of Kay Park from Director of Clinical Operations to Vice President of Clinical Operations in Birmingham as of October 2009. Mrs. Park joined AFC in April of 1997 with 18 years of health care experience primarily in clinical management, claims processing and clinical operations. In Mrs. Park’s 12 years with American Family Care she has had various job duties including implementation of optical imaging, conversion of billing software, and Director of Claims Processing. Her present job duties include responsibility for day to day operations of the Birmingham clinics, overall management of patient care, and implementation of Electronic Medical Records. Mrs. Park received her Bachelor’s of Arts and Master’s of Arts from the University of Tulsa, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Thomas Lazenby joined American Family Care in September 2009 as Chief Operations Officer. Prior to joining AFC, Mr. Lazenby spent 8 years with "Big 4" accounting firms working as a management consultant to the healthcare industry. His areas of specialization included: business process improvement, financial analysis, project management and strategic planning. Mr. Lazenby received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Bennett Shelton joined American Family Care in October 2009 as Vice President of Provider Relations and Managed Care. Mr. Shelton has spent the past 15 years in managed care with various insurance organizations including United Healthcare, Foundation Health Systems, and recently Health Spring. In addition to managed care, Mr. Shelton’s background includes hospital administration with Triad Hospital Corporation. He has experience in all phases of health plan operations: pricing, contract negotiations, benefit design, marketing, sales, call center organization, compliance, and health care economics. He is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College with a BS degree in Management.

About American Family Care Family/ Urgent Care

American Family Care is a Family Care/Urgent Care Clinic. Dr. Bruce Irwin opened the first American Family Care in Hoover, Alabama in 1982. The company’s model of putting the patient “first” has made it an overwhelming success. Currently, there are 23 locations statewide. The clinics are designed, equipped, and staffed to provide comprehensive urgent care, family care, minor emergency treatment, and occupational medicine. Also, all clinics use EMR (Electronic Medical Records) and have a high-tech, high touch, digital x-ray, and onsite lab. Most clinics are open seven days a week from 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. – No Appointment Necessary and we offer our patients the Right Care, Right Now.