Mid-Coast Health Net Inc

PROVIDE UNINSURED AND UNDER-INSURED POPULATIONS WITH ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL, DENTAL, PRESCRIPTION, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES THROUGH A NETWORK OF LARGELY VOLUNTEER PROVIDERS.

PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL SERVICES: WITH COVID PROTOCOLS IN PLACE, WE SAW PATIENTS BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON, HOLDING 50 CLINIC SESSIONS WITH 422 PATIENT VISITS IN 2021. EACH SESSION IS STAFFED BY 2 OR 3 PROVIDERS, 2 NURSES, A SOCIAL WORKER OR COUNSELOR, AND A RECEPTIONISTS AS WELL AS A GREETER/ESCORT FOR COVID SCREENING. OUR USUAL VOLUNTEERS WHO OFFER SUCH SERVICES AS MASSAGE THERAPY, STRESS REDUCTION, PHYSICAL THERAPY, ACUPUNCTURE, RESPIRATORY THERAPY WERE STILL LIMITED BY THE PANDEMIC. THE CLINIC IS HELD IN SPACE DONATED BY ANOTHER MEDICAL PRACTICE LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING AS OUR BUSINESS OFFICES. STAFFING OF THE MEDICAL CLINIC WAS PROVIDED LARGELY BY VOLUNTEERS. ESTIMATED VALUE OF PATIENT SERVICES PROVIDED: $82,800. ESTIMATED VALUE OF DONATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: $82,518. ESTIMATED VALUE OF DONATED SPACE & SUPPORT: $43,400.

PREVENTATIVE/RESTORATIVE DENTAL CARE: FOLLOWING TEMPORARY COVID-RELATED CLOSURE AND ADAPTATIONS IN 2020, AND THE HIRING OF A PART-TIME DENTIST LATE IN 2021, WE WERE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND OUR DENTAL PROGRAM. WE HAD 662 HYGIENE VISITS WITH 139 OF THEM CHILDREN. IN ADDITION, WE HAD 374 VISITS WITH A DENTIST, AND 28 OF THOSE WERE CHILDREN. WE ALSO COMPLETED 10 DENTURE CASES. HYGIENIST SERVICES, AND THIS YEAR, SOME DENTAL SERVICES, ARE PROVIDED BY OUR OWN EMPLOYEES USING OUR OWN EQUIPMENT IN DONATED SPACE. THE CLINIC ALSO SUBSIDIZES THE COST OF RESTORATIVE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH AN UNAFFILIATED DENTAL PRACTICE. OTHER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEER DENTISTS. ESTIMATED VALUE OF PATIENT SERVICES PROVIDED: $242,530. ESTIMATED VALUE OF DONATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: $180,680. ESTIMATED VALUE OF DONATED SPACE AND SUPPORT: $60,000.

PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED SERVICES VALUED AT $1,874,399 IN 2021 BY WORKING WITH PATIENTS AND OTHER MEDICAL PRACTICES TO OBTAIN FREE MEDICATIONS THROUGH PROGRAMS OFFERED BY PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. WE HAVE SERVED OVER 1801 PATIENTS OVER THE YEARS WITH 51 NEW PATIENTS IN 2021. OF THE ACTIVE PATIENTS, 28% ARE FROM OUR OWN MEDICAL PRACTICE AND 71% FROM OTHER PROVIDERS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE HELPED MANY CLIENTS WITH MEDICATION NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ON PRICING ALTERNATIVES AND THROUGH COUPONS. WE'VE ALSO HELPED FOLKS THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE INSURANCE MARKETPLACE, GATHERED AND GIVEN AWAY OTHER PERSONAL AND FOOD ITEMS SUPPLIED THROUGH LOCAL GLEANINGS. THIS PROGRAM IS OPERATED BY A SINGLE, PART-TIME EMPLOYEE. ESTIMATED VALUE OF SERVICES PROVIDED: $1,874,399. ESTIMATED VALUE OF DONATED SPACE AND SERVICES: $9,200.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM: WE PROVIDE COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INCLUDING STRESS REDUCTION AND SHORT-TERM MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC WHICH INCREASED THE NEEDS, DECREASED THE AVAILABILITY OF VOLUNTEERS DUE TO THEIR EXPERIENCING HIGHER DEMANDS, AND NECESSITATED ADAPTING WITH VIRTUAL TELEHEALTH SESSIONS. EVEN SO, WE PROVIDED 443 PATIENT VISITS, WITH MOST PROVIDED BY PAID STAFF. ESTIMATED VALUE OF SERVICES PROVIDED: $53,160. ESTIMATED VALUE OF DONATED PROVIDER SERVICES: $8,250. ESTIMATED VALUE OF DONATED SPACE AND SUPPORTING SERVICES: $8,400.