Founded by Dr. Bruce Irwin with a single location in 1982, American Family Care (AFC) has pioneered the concept of non-emergency room urgent care. With its 2013 acquisition of the Doctors Express, AFC has become the nation’s leading provider of urgent care, accessible primary care, and occupational medicine, with more than 170 clinics and 500 in-network physicians caring for 2 million patients a year. With retail clinics offering limited services at one end of the market and hospital emergency rooms offering full acuity care, there is a void that AFC fills for patients who need more than a clinic but don’t want to wait in the emergency room.
An AFC clinic serves the market with walk-in treatment of most urgent care needs – anything short of critical conditions. AFC provides the treatment you need and gets you on your way. In cases where more advanced treatment is necessary, AFC will connect you with the medical facilities and staff that can accommodate your needs. AFC can treat most illnesses and injuries that would be treated normally in emergency health facilities, and are frequently used as the family practitioner, replacing the primary care physician. This is due to the primary care physician being busier and the fact that there is often a shortage of these doctors in any given area.
A Franchisee with AFC Franchising must expect an active role in a dynamic and fast-paced industry.
The Franchisee manages and facilitates the needs of their lead Physician and the Center Manager – two of your key employees. The Franchisee will work in conjunction with a Medical Director (your third and most important key employee), who provides direct oversight of all medical care and decision-making within the practice. Once open and treating patients, franchisees can expect to manage the managers, assisting with personnel, processes, supply chain, marketing, technology, customer service and billing activities. While all areas may be supported directly by staff or partners, an active and engaged franchisee maximizes their opportunity.
Franchisees must share AFC’s passion for exceptional care and will be dealing with staff scheduling, comprehensive inventory management, customer relations, and revenue cycle management on a daily basis.
NO MEDICAL EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
This exciting opportunity is for someone with deep pockets – the minimum net worth you must have to qualify for this business is $1.2MM with over $500K of that liquid. Your average initial investment will be between $250-300K but you will need another $1MM for your ramp up period in working capital.
Awards & Rankings
2017 #133 Entrepreneur Franchise 500®
Finalist for Franchise Times ‘Zor Awards’ (i.e., Best Franchises to Buy)
2016 #291 Entrepreneur Franchise 500®
#157 Franchise Times 200+ (#2 overall in revenue growth; #1 in healthcare >$100MM
#1010 Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies
Ernst and Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” Finalist (Dr. Bruce Irwin)
Franchise Times “Dealmaker of the Year”
2015 #247 Entrepreneur Franchise 500®
#1298 Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies
Entrepreneur Magazine “Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America”