Community Medical Care Inc

TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR THE WORKING LOW-INCOME AND ELDERLY WITH INCOME LESS THAN 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, WITHOUT THIRD PARTY COVERAGE OR WHO ARE UNINSURED IN BARREN COUNTY KENTUCKY. ELIGIBLE SENIOR PARTICIPANTS ARE BARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOW INCOME SENIORS (200% POVERTY LEVEL OR BELOW), ASSETS UNDER 10,000 (DOESN'T INCLUDE HOME), WHO HAVE NO OTHER RESOURCES TO PAY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES, AND ARE AGE 65 OR OLDER. SENIOR BENEFITS INCLUDE PAYMENT OF 75% OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS UP TO 200 PER MONTH. A SENIOR MUST RENEW ELIGIBILTY EVERY 6 MONTHS. COMMUNITY MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO 118 SENIORS. 1,364 VOUCHERS WERE WRITTEN FOR THE 118 SENIORS WHICH RESULTED IN 41,861 BEING SPENT BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR SENIOR MEDICATIONS. COMMUNITY MEDICAL CARE PAID 80% OF THE APPLICATION FEE FOR 4 SENIOR HEARING TESTS COSTING 1,400. 5 SENIORS RECEIVED A DENTAL EVALUATION AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THE DENTURE PROGRAM. COMMUNITY MEDICAL CARE PAID 3,250 FOR 3 UPPERS AND 2 COMPLETE SETS OF DENTURES. ELIGIBLE ADULT PARTICIPANTS ARE BARREN COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOW INCOME (200% POVERTY LEVEL OR BELOW), WORKING, ASSETS UNDER 5000 (NOT INCLUDING HOME),UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED, AND AGE 18 TO 64. ADULTS RECEIVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE (20 FIRST VISIT AND 10 ON FOLLOW-UP VISITS), PAYMENT OF 75% OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS UP TO 150 A QUARTER, DISCOUNT EYE EXAMS AND PRESCRIPTION GLASSES, DENTAL EXAM (X-RAY AND EXTRACTIONS ONLY), AND SPECIALIST CONSULTATION, COUNSELING, BASIC PHYISCAL THERAPY, HOSPITAL CARE- INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT AND CLINIC SERVICES. COMMUNITY MEDICAL DOES NOT PROVIDE THE MEDICAL SERVICES, THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS, AND SPECIALIST VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES AT THEIR OFFICES. SOME SERVICES MAY NOT BE COVERED THROUGH COMMUNITY MEDICAL CARE AND THE PARTICIPANT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICES. AN ADULT MUST RENEW ELIGIBILTY EVERY 3 MONTHS. COMMUNITY MEDICAL CARE PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO 6 ADULTS. 31 VOUCHERS WERE WRITTEN FOR THE 6 ADULTS WHICH RESULTED IN 412 BEING SPENT BY COMMUNITY MEDICAL CARE FOR ADULT MEDICATIONS. DONATED SERVICES CONSISTED OF: 15 FAMILY PRACTICE VISITS TOTALING 4,329; 6 OUTPATIENT SERVICES VISITS TOTALING 8,959; 4 HEARING TESTS TOTALING 600; DENTURES DONATED TOTALING 5,300.