The FHCSD Watchdog

Another patient has reported the shocking lack of consent in treating patients and exposed how this is used to generate additional Medi-Cal billing.  In this devastating critique and solid analysis, Vincent K reports how multiple…

Diana Clem reported how it took the extremely incompetent staff three appointments, and they still managed to screw up her meds, forcing her into an emergency.  The rude and abusive behavior many others reported was clearly happe…

Absolutely outrageous behavior by FHCSD dental clinic.,  Joy Ace reported on Google Places that the City Heights Clinic of Family Health Care Centers of San Diego told her she needed a root canal after taking a set of x-rays.  Th…

Jordan Maitlasso, who attempted to use Family Health Centers of San Diego for both his medical and mental health care, has given a devastating critique of the mental health services at that organization.   He says that all his ap…

A sad but typical example of hour FHCSD will often make patients return multiple times to resolve simple issues.  In this case, Erka Mata, saw a physician in a rushed visit, but was not allowed to ask questions and instead was to…

Another patient. Jeremiah S,  has reported on Yelp of an unnecessary dental procedure at the FHCSD dental clinic in City Heights - this time a tooth extraction.   If these allegations are true - especially if they were performed…

Mario Murvic reports that bookings for his successful mental health program that he got through Aetna was hijacked by FHCSD.  He doesn't say exactly what happened but we can assume they botched his medication since he says th…

A patient going by the screen name "Tootired ty" reports a bizarre incident that somehow is commonplace at FHCSD,  He was referred by the clinic in Spring Valley to Logan Heights for a medical service and, after waiting…

After years of trying, patient David B. says they have never been able to diagnose or treat anything successfully even once - he calls them "a failure and a joke" and a "disgrace to the medical industry.  His most…

With all the horrible reports we are finding and organizing here, including new ones we receive almost daily, this has to be one of the worst.  An FHCSD dentist told a parent that their four-year-old daughter's canal - an ex…

As many others have observed, FHCSD seems to have a policy of making patients make appointments for routine medication prescriptions, and will not cover more than one issue with each brief appointment.  It is hard to see how this…

FHCSD patient going by the name Maggie P. reported that after two unnecessary visits, FHCSD staff refused to answer simple questions on the phone, and never saw an actual doctor.

FHCSD patient Anais Gutierrez, who used the mental health services of this organization reports that she was forced off a psychiatric medication she had been on for 10 years after her psychiatrist left the organization.  As happ…

Patient reports unprofessional behavior and an unnecessary appointment in attempting to make an ultra sound appointment as part of her pre-natal care.

An employee of Family Health Centers of San Diego who was certified as a medical coder has made a disturbing allegation we have heard before - that FHCSD encourages "upcoding" for routine visits.   Specifically, this …

An FHCSD patient visiting the Logan Heights Family Health Center notes that FHCSD seems incapable of doing appointments on time and canceled one of her appointments without bothering to let her know.  This would have only taken …

Patient Adria reports on the poor quality of mental health care, unprofessional treatment, and invasion of privacy, but she clearly caught FHCSD lying about a canceled appointment and identified possible double booking and billin…

Truly horrible behavior by FHCSD staff and management after she is forced to wait three weeks for an appointment after being assaulted, only to have her appointment canceled at the last minute after she used all her energy to get…

In what seems to be part of the culture of FHCSD, they often ignore or even overturn previous treatment plans a patient at Beach Area Family Health Center.  The editor of this publication has had a similar experience with this c…