ComplaintsforAdventHealth

• Initial Complaint

  05/11/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

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  I went to the heart of Florida emergency room as 28 year old. I had bad stomach pains, I was told the only treatment testing would be xrays and MRI, and ultrasound. This is Not how you diagnose a bacterial infection of the digestive system. I had no samples or cultures taken at any time I was there all three or four times. I was sick and had headaches and frantic and a little delirious. I needed a mood stabilizer but they told me they can't do that for me. I might have needed an endoscopy but they told me even if I was bleeding anywhere from important ends, they would not be able to help me. That is disturbing to me. The doctors there told me that they would love to help but the hospital will not allow it. I have since been treated and no longer need moodstabilizers but it was a situation that only needed antibiotics.

• Initial Complaint

  04/27/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Unresolved

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  Advent Health bills consumers without providing any insurance information. The bill states, "Patient Balance:" It does not provide any information regarding the procedure, the date of service, the service provider or payments received from insurance. The bill is sent with the expectation that the consumer will simply accept and pay what the hospital states the consumer owes. When I call the billing department they cannot/ will not provide me with a written copy of insurance payments. The bill should provide the consumer with all the information necessary to determine that the service was properly billed, and payment made by primary and secondary coverage plans.

  Business response

  06/08/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2022/05/09) */ Advent Health is in the process of resolving this issue with the consumer. We've reached out to the consumer to gather additional details in order to further investigate this matter. Consumer satisfaction is our number one priority and we aim to resolve this issue in a timely fashion. We will continue to work directly with the consumer moving forward. Consumer Response /* (3000, 7, 2022/05/12) */ (The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.) Advent Health has not reached out to me in order to resolve this matter. Their response appears to be a computer-generated canned response. It does not even acknowledge what the issue is. Attached is an honest response from the state. Advent Health should be required to provide "informed billing" to their patients. If a business tells me, I owe them money it seems reasonable that they should have to tell me how they determined that money is owed to them. Business Response /* (4000, 9, 2022/05/18) */ Advent Health had emailed the consumer on 5/9/2022 and again on 5/13/2022 requesting additional info to address this dispute. The phone number listed under consumer info was not a valid number. The patient responded to our second email with an updated phone number which we contacted on 5/17/2022. We were unable to reach the patient and instead left a voicemail for follow up. We are unable to locate the patient in our system with the info provided and therefore, require assistance from the consumer in resolving this issue. An additional email and mailed letter were sent to the consumer on 5/18/2022 requesting follow up. We will continue attempt to contact the consumer to resolve this issue in a timely fashion. Consumer Response /* (4200, 11, 2022/05/20) */ (The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.) The number used by Advent Health to contact me comes up as SPAM. The number should indicate it is associated with a multimillion-dollar corporation. Since the number showed as SPAM my phone did not accept the call and NO MESSAGE COULD BE LEFT. When I final made contact with the representative, he determined that he was not the proper person to handle my complaint. He said he would pass the information on to the correct department. I made it clear that I expected someone from that department to contact me. SUMMARY: No progress has been made towrd addressing my complaint.

• Initial Complaint

  04/21/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

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  On 2/15/2022 I went to the emergency room at Advent Health in Orlando, Florida because of an accident I suffered. I waited to be seen by a doctor for more than 2-hours. After the long wait I was taken to be x-rayed where the tech manipulated my arm to get different angles of the images. This manipulation caused excruciating pain. I requested help to address my pain level that was at a 10. I was told I would have to wait to see a doctor and I was rolled back down to the emergency room waiting lobby. Once there I asked a nurse to please help me with the pain. Again I was told only a doctor could address it. At one point I could not contain the pain without manifesting it. Immediately security showed up and I was to wait patiently, or I could leave. They acted like I was being rude when I was only doing my best to hold the agonizing pain inside. Security then told me that there was a woman there waiting patently for more than six hours. I couldn't bear to hold back the manifestation of my pain so I was forced to leave. The next day I received a call from the radiologist telling me that I should get to an emergency room soon because I had 7 broken ribs and 1 broken collarbone. That day I never saw a doctor and when I left the emergency room I sat outside the hospital with no assistance whatsoever as I waited for a Uber to pick me up. A few weeks later I received a medical bill that I refuse to pay.

  Business response

  06/23/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 10, 2022/05/26) */ AdventHealth has contacted and is currently working with the Consumer to resolve this issue. Consumer satisfaction is our number one priority and we aim to resolve this matter in a timely fashion. We will work directly with the consumer moving forward.

• Initial Complaint

  03/28/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Answered

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  The doctors at Advent health, oviedo. Withheld critical information/results and comitted insurance fraud. I brought my son in 3/22 around 7pm. The nightlight sent us there concerned my son may have a issue with his appendix. I let the night light and Advent ER doctors know, my son has a history of constipation, and i belevied that is what was going on, but was concerned. previously he had a fever the saturday before, and Sunday he was on the mends. Mon he was fine and tuesday after school he asked to go to the doctor. I asked him when was the last time you pooped? and he said 3 days ago. Thats when i gave him smoothmove tea. It usually takes 6-7 hours to kick in. Just in case though i wanted him checked out to confirm. Nightlight Misdiagnosed my son for possible appendicitous, then sent us to Adent ER oviedo, they ran blood, urine and gave him a ultrasou d/sonagram, and pushed on his belly. The doctors made us wait 7 hours for transport to another ER, downtown. Insiting the sergon downtown wanted to run more tests on my son. At about 2am i asked to talk to the doctor and asked what were his results? They had no intention of review results with me. I told them my son is feeling better, he didnt have a fever... if it was a emergency appendix why were we waiting 7 hours? They had the oppritunity to inform me of the sonogram and didn't they still insisted/pressured me to put him on the ambulance and let the surgeon run further tests downtown. So i complied. Apon arriving they put us in a room. Never ran anymore test and said based on the information provided from the sonagram he was just constipated. They discharged us 6 hrs later. Its disgusting what they did to us.

  Business response

  04/27/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 9, 2022/04/06) */ We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced while at our facility. It is through your valuable feedback that we have an opportunity to learn and grow in order to consistently meet and exceed our goals. Upon review of the concern, it seems the concern is with the physician the provide the service. The physician group for this facility is EBMCC they can be reached by fax 469-232-4118 or via mail 12790 Merit Drive, Ste 200. Dallas TX 75251 phone number is 888-703-3301.

• Initial Complaint

  03/26/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

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  On Aug. 1, 2021, my husband************ (who was nine days away from being a first-time father) felt like he was having a heart attack and we rushed to the ER. We knew AdventHealth Heart of Florida in Davenport was in network with our insurance***********************. (***** was fine. He was probably just having an anxiety attack because, again, he was on the verge of parenthood.) Six months later, we received a $2,640 bill from an out of network physician's group called EMBCC Patient Services. This bill is more expensive than my bill to give birth to our child. It's predatory for AdventHealth to do this. The hospital is cheating customers and taking advantage of the health care system to overcharge people. I first contacted [email protected] on March 3. I have emailed them eight times in nearly four weeks and have gotten either silence or a response that says, "The team is looking into this," Because of the lack of response from AdventHealth, I am filing this complaint in hopes we can reach a resolution.

• Initial Complaint

  02/09/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

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  advent health gave me the option of getting a ********* for $30.00 two years ago in October 2019, just got a bill for $30 that I paid cash for. Talked to Advent, they do not want to help me in billing, written and spoke with an associate.

  Business response

  02/11/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2022/02/11) */ We have sent the an email requesting additional information. Unfortunately with the information provide we are unable to locate the patient. WE will be working directly with the patient to resolve her billing complaint. Consumer Response /* (3000, 12, 2022/03/15) */ ***Document Attached*** hello, this is still ongoing, they have now put my invoice in a collection agency Business Response /* (4000, 14, 2022/03/17) */ We are in receipt of your billing concern. Unfortunately, with the information provided we are unable to locate the you in are billing system. Please contact our Consumer Support Center at Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX, Toll Free: X-XXX-XXX-XXXX or email address **************************@AdventHealth.com, So that we may speak with you to get the necessary information to assist you with your concern. We will need some of the following information to locate you. 1. Date of birth 2. Statement number 3. Encounter/account number

• Initial Complaint

  02/08/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

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  On 03/06/21 a get bird to my child************** in the hospital advent health located in 601 E Rollins ST, Orlando FL 32803. They have all my insurance information so the charge my policy for this service. After a few months I started to received a bill under my name but the patient name was my daughter, they are charging her $506.00 for two different services 1 for the day that she was born and the second one it says discharge day. When I receive this bill I called them immediately and explain to them that by the day that she was born she wasn't under my policy and I provide them the correct policy number to be charge. She has policy number *********** that cover the period for 3/6/21 - 5/31/21 and policy number********** that cover period for 6/1/21-12/31/21. But they still charging my policy for this, so the insurance has denied the coverage for this. After all my phone calls to tried to fix this they now send me to collections with the company NACS, when I spoke with Ambetter they tell me that they haven't receive a bill for my daughter policy, so they have not even tried to charge the correct policy number. They sent me a letter stating that my insurance says that my policy was not effective for date of service, well they are charging the wrong policy, after that letter I receive another letter from advent health stating that they are trying to fix the billing issue but the next day of receiving that letter I receive the collector letter from NACS. This is affecting now my credit and I want this to be corrected as soon as possible. Attached are the letters from Advent Health, the collection letter from NACS, the two forms 1095-A from the health insurance marketplace that prove that my daughter wasn't under my policy at the time that she was born and a copy of the original bill.

  Business response

  03/16/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2022/02/14) */ We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced while at our facility. It is through your valuable feedback that we have an opportunity to learn and grow in order to consistently meet and exceed our goals. Upon review of this date of service 03/06/2021 - 03/07/2021 there is no balance owed to AdventHealth for this service. Please contact our Consumer Support Center at Phone: 407-303-0500, Toll Free: 1-800-952-5462 or email address [email protected] so we discuss the bill you are receiving. Consumer Response /* (3000, 7, 2022/02/19) */ (The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.) They replied that a do not have a balance pending with them, but they already send me to collections. I will attach the collections letter again to refresh their memory and the other papers showing the balance that they are charging me and no the insurance policy Business Response /* (4000, 9, 2022/03/03) */ Thank you for attaching the information. Upon review the letter received AdventHealth was an informational letter keeping you informed of your hospital visit and that AdventHealth is working with your insurance for resolution. NACS notification is not for any accounts with AdventHealth Hospital. These accounts are for the physician's group. We do apologize for the confusion and I have forward to concern to this group to review. Consumer Response /* (4200, 11, 2022/03/03) */ (The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.) The answer is they are working on it. They haven't fix the account. I will be satisfaced with the resolution once is has been actually resolved

• Initial Complaint

  01/23/2022

  Complaint Type:

  Customer Service Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I transferred my prescriptions from Walmart to Winn Dixie with a refill. The doctor i normally see and just saw 10/2021 for my 3 month appointment (Dr. ************* advent health in Lakeland 813-803-7907) Has quit and the new doctor will not refill my prescriptions and doesn't have an available appointment until March. The medication are for anxiety and sleep. I witnessed a suicide so without these meds I'm a mess. The first call to the doctor they said no problem will send you to ********* walk in to get a refill. At the appointment the ********* doctor told me they can't refill this type of medication? Huh? I called back advent and received no other alternative then to wait until March. I made an appointment with the same group next available on 1/31/22 that will be two weeks without these medications. These are not the type of meds you stop without consulting a doctor but I'm being forced to stop immediately. I really don't want this same thing to happen to other people especially the elderly here in Florida. I've never we contacted the BBB because I don't usually complain but this is affecting my daily life and I need help. Thank you and god bless

  Business response

  02/25/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2022/01/27) */ I contacted the consumer/patient and spoke with them directly regarding their experience. The consumer was able to resolve their situation on their own. I apologized to the consumer. Thanked the consumer for sharing their experience. I am glad they were able to get the care they needed. I informed the consumer I will be sharing their experience with the medical group's leadership so we can work to make change so this doesn't happen to anyone else.

• Initial Complaint

  11/30/2021

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

  More info

  I went to the emergency room on 9/17 and have asked for an itemized bill by phone, using their online message system in writing, and through a survey on their website when nothing else works, and have never received one. I am hoping that by involving BBB they will finally provide an itemized bill. Thank you.

  Business response

  12/23/2021

  Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2021/12/06) */ AdventHealth is currently reviewing the Consumer concern. Consumer satisfaction is our number one priority and we aim to resolve this matter in a timely fashion. We will work directly with the consumer moving forward. Consumer Response /* (2000, 7, 2021/12/17) */ (The consumer indicated he/she ACCEPTED the response from the business.) I received the itemized bill by mail dated 12/7.

• Initial Complaint

  11/11/2021

  Complaint Type:

  Customer Service Issues

  Status:

  Unresolved

  More info

  Since AdventHealth claims, "We continue to help the people in our care create a life of whole health by healing their bodies, strengthening their minds and lifting their spirits." Then please tell me why Dr. Amit D****, along with other Doctor's and practitioners In the Lake Nona Family Health Medical Group, are all accepting new patients, when they cannot accommodated "established/existing patients" for months, even while waiting for a scheduled sick visit follow-up involving several lab orders, a Brain MRI & Neurology referral - all of which they advised would be called in and scheduled on my behalf? I am a patient in their care, yet they have done very little to continued helpIng me. They've basically dismissed me, cancelled my scheduled 11/08/21 follow-up with Jeanaurey M*******, APRN, then cancelled my March 07, 2022 appointment with Dr. D****. This is all following an abrupt exit from their former practice doctor Dr. Akilah D* A**. This practice has essentially dropped the ball on all patient care related items, and are doing everything in their power to severe ties with Dr. D* A**'s former patients; i.e., cutting me off by blocking me from having contact via their patient portal. They've closed out all conversation discussing my case, and future care; first informing me that all patients were notified, etc.. (which initially they refused to acknowledge none of there advised corespondences ever were sent out to me). How do they not see or understand, this constant dishonesty, mishandling of my case and unethical treatment of me as a human being, and one of their own patients within the Lake Nona Family Medicine Practice, is a stark contrast from their MISSION of "Extending The Healing Ministry of Christ"? Not one attempt has been made to exercise compassionate care, or deliver on their promised VISION of, "Offering Exceptional Care at Every Step", or, "Connecting You to the Care You Need." I have been abandoned by the practice and refused care from all!

  Business response

  01/18/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 17, 2021/11/18) */ Greetings BBB: This response is to help provide some insights into the complaints shared by Mr.******** ****** to your organization regarding his service at AdventHealth. Mr. ****** is currently a patient of Dr. E****** with AdventHealth Medical Group. Mr. ****** has not yet been seen by Dr. E****** as Mr. ****** does not wish to make an appointment with this physician for reasons unknown. Mr. ****** first came to the practice in Lake Nona, he was scheduled with Dr. B*******, but was seen by Dr. D* A** as Dr. B*******'s panel was full and Mr. ****** could be initially seen sooner with Dr. D* A**. Mr. ****** followed up with Dr. D* A** for additional appointments, but the system still showed Dr. B******* as Mr. ******'s physician. Dr. D* A** ceased services with AdventHealth Medical Group at Lake Nona, all patients of Dr. D* A** were transitioned to Dr. E****** to continue care including Mr. ******. A letter was sent to all consumers to notify them of this change. Due to the error of Mr. ****** being listed with Dr. B******* still, he did not receive the initial letter, and the error was on our part of the practice. We did acknowledge this error and apologized. All physician panels at the AdventHealth Lake Nona Primary Care practice are currently full. AdventHealth is currently recruiting for additional physicians at the Lake Nona practice. Mr. ****** and his wife have been in communication with the practice as we work to resolve their situation. Mr. ******'s wife continues to communicate with the practice via the patient portal. Mr. ****** has access to his patient portal and has not been "blocked." The AdventHealth Medical Group Lake Nona Primary Care practice leadership, Angela W******* (Practice Manager) and Hugh G****** (Director of Practice Operations), have offered options to Mr. ****** to continue his care. Some of these options are: 1. Offered virtual visits with Dr. E****** 2. Offered in person visits with several physicians at our Waterford Lakes Primary Care (located less than 10 miles from Mr. ******'s residence) 3. Offered in person visits with physicians at our Hunter's Creek Primary Care (located less than 10 miles from Mr. ******'s residence) 4. Offered in person visits with our physicians at our Kissimmee Primary Care (located less than 10 miles from Mr. ******'s residence) 5. Offered to connect Mr. ****** with a Care Advocate to find an appropriate provider within the AdventHealth Physician Network for care closer to his residence 6. Offered to switch Mr. ****** to a Lake Nona Primary Care physician when additional physicians are hired Mr. ****** did not accept any of these options. Practice leaders continue to work on alternative options to accommodate Mr. ******. Hugh G******, Director for the practice, has called and left messages and is waiting for a return call. AdventHealth hopes to find a resolution acceptable for Mr. ****** soon. Consumer Response /* (3000, 19, 2021/11/30) */ (The consumer indicated he/she DID NOT accept the response from the business.) I do not accept the response from the "anonymous source" at AH who appears to have intentionally misrepresented the facts posted in their account. Appointments with B******* were cancelled initially due to the initial state of the pandemic. They did not reinstate later. I was also told I could switch to him and encouraged to schedule an earlier appointment with the other provider De Aza & as B*******'s his schedule was wide open until years end where making a one-time change, would not be a problem because I would already be an established patient and no longer a new patient. Prior to my waiting to establish care at Lake Nona, I similarly had another AH Doctor schedule a new patient appointment with a then Dr. Steven A********, only to later be cancelled from that appointment also, with Advent Health claiming they were no longer taking new patients anymore, after booking me and my wife. That was what led us to becoming patients at the Lake Nona practice itself. Meanwhile A********'a Waterford Lakes office continued showing online via their website clearly they were/are "accepting new patients". This is also the case with all of the Lake Nona Doctors and other practitioners... check online and it confirms the same (in earlier sent screenshots & saved PDF's past through present-day, they've all been reflecting their schedules open to accept new patients. Even listed appointments like the one I had for follow-up on 11/09/2021 with Jeneaurey M*******, APRN; which Vernelle L**** claimed was automatically cancelled, was still listed in the patient profile/portal, until she cancelled it. She was also the one who said I could later change to Dr. B******* or D****, since my preference was for a male practitioner until she convinced me otherwise and not no one will honor what was promised. I was also scheduled a March 7, 2022, Appointment with Dr. Amit D****, who has always been my preferred Doctor to see, and the doctor my wife currently sees; yet the bottom line is, once all their excuses/deliberately misleading rhetoric set aside, the fact of the matter is, I had one sole appointment with Dr. D* A**, and on that day back on September 07, 2021, they knew she'd be leaving and never told me so that I could be seen by another doctor and rescheduled and not be in this predicament I'm in today, where they are blatantly "dumping" me from the practice, by many any excuses, and by any means necessary. The fact of the matter is, although that was a one-time visit with Dr. D* A**, they are refusing to continue my care at that established office which what I did based on their advice and knowing specifically this to be my goal, they held material information from me where I could have made other choices such as rescheduling with either Dr's D**** or B******** or anyone else there... now through a consorted effort they have chosen to ban me from this practice in what I can only appear to be a racial matter. Because I see no other reasons why they otherwise cherry-pick certain facts to exaggerate meanwhile conveniently not including others.. one example of this is: they number of offices which they claim are all 10 miles from my house. That is simply debunked by doing a basic Google maps search....DISHONEST! Dr. E****** is not my doctor. She is not even at this practice, she is someone they want to pawn me off onto who is building up her own practice and taking patients "virtually only" until her proactive in Hunter's Creek, gets off the ground. She is not any one of the doctors I had chosen to see, without having an additional year imposed on my for this location to hired a new doctor, meanwhile they cancelled all of my existing appointments with onsite staff where not all booked up (again, I have screenshots I have saved). The fact of the matter is, they have blocked access to me here at this Lake Nona location and are refusing to see me and any doctors who were assigned as case managers like Dr. B*******, who'd could take custody of my lab results and MRI results, they have also deleted them from off my patient portal profile which leaves no one in charge to manage my care, follow up with my appointments scheduled in the past or otherwise upcoming prior to them being cancelled. Now while I cannot speak for other patients their at the practice, my case is clearly one of patient abandonment and disruption of care; together with unprofessional and unethical treatment by certain we named individuals mentioned in the response to my inquiry. As for Mr. Hugh G******, each one of his TWO calls was returned by my wife. In her final call she left her email to help facilitate better communications. Advent Health however appears to dislike having anything discuss over written communication, and Mr. G******'s failure to return that last call or further correspond via email, in order to avoid "phone tag" where he calls from an "unknown number" which doesn't ring in order to avoid directly speaking with either of us. It is all of these very tactics and practices of ill-will and deceit, why we do not accept their response and are disgusted with their behavior because they know exactly what they're doing and are taking no a accountability to rectify their behavior by conducting themselves ethically or honestly whatsoever. This is clearly a pattern of behavior for which is trending and folks are just trying tule it best to manage their healthcare while still in the midst of a global pandemic and are not willing to accept being shuffled around in their need for healthcare, and essentially dropped from a local practice and told to go elsewhere. That is irresponsible and the opposite of the values, mission and image they claim are their code to live and operate by. There should be no reasons at all why anyone of the remaining practice doctors could not have seen me following Dr. D* A**'s departure, unless this is some personal matter of discriminating against me personally. I was in the midst of being seen for treatment and they just want to refuse me now and make me start all over again. They have also gone as far as sending all of my labs to locations outside of my vicinity. I.E., right downstairs is an Advent Health Imaging Location. Everyone literally has to take the elevator down one flight of stairs and pass by their doors in the lobby to make their exit out to the parking lot. After waiting two months for the referrals I asked for prior to leaving on 09/07/2021, I had to go in person on 10/29/2021, to collect all of those referrals in person, all referrals they said they'd call in for me and I'd be contacted and never was.... Upon receipt, I noticed my MRI referral was sent to Tavares for Imaging inside a hospital. For this group who seems to think everyone is 10 minutes from me, which anyone reading this feedback for address, remedy and correction; ought to know that is nowhere near Orlando/UCF area where I live, especially when in the end, it was that very same AH Imaging Lab at Lake Nona that I walk by going to and from these doctors offices where I finally managed to get my MRI done. I don't understand why all of this hassle and working overtime to make things so extremely difficult for me to get care here on-site. Again, I cannot help but feel discriminated against, and that their true mission here is one of a personal vendetta I which to constantly challenge me and force me to go elsewhere and I want to know why and address this, or I'm afraid I will need to escalate this with all of the collected data that I have to support all of my statements and when faced with the truth, then see, what their excuse will be then? They should be a shamed of ever treating anyone this way, and it has to stop. Saying one simple apology after rounds and rounds of belittling and insulting and stressing both myself and my wife is not what we came to their practice for, and we are still willing to work with them to make it right this time. They just need to be honest and treat us like equal human beings and stop these discriminatory practices and slandering statements implying we do not want to schedule appointments for treatment. At the end of the day, I******** is still very much a "new patient" who was only seen the one time by Dr. D* A**, and at that time when they knew she was leaving the practice, it was not right of them to not notify me in advance, especially after knowing I had every intention to book either Dr. Amit D**** or Dr. Hyrum B******* as my Primary Care Physician, just as I had set out to do well over a year before in March/April 2020. I am requesting Advent Health Lake Nona Family Medicine practice honor my request to continue care here at this practice without further barriers or obstacles to prevent me from continuing care here at this location. It is the right thing to do, they know this, as part of their oath to do no harm; I humble ask for them to repair the harm already caused by recent sequence of events

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