| |
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1730 |
| West Pasco Charity Walk-In Clinic |
| |
| Requester: |
William M. Jennings |
Organization: |
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital |
| |
| Project Title: |
West Pasco Charity Walk-In Clinic |
Date Submitted |
1/13/2005 10:58:58 AM |
| |
| Sponsors: |
Fasano |
| |
| Statewide Interest: |
| Provides a partnership between the State and Morton Plant North Bay Hospital to improve access to non-emergency care for those in our community who are uninsured or underinsured and would likely seek ER care, at a higher cost, without this alternative. Earlier intervention/urgent care/primary care can be provided to these patients at a significantly lower cost to the community than if they were to go to the ER. |
| |
| Recipient: |
Morton Plant North Bay Hospital |
|
Contact: |
William M. Jennings |
|
| |
6600 Madison Street |
|
Contact Phone: |
(727) 843-4500 |
|
| |
New Port Richey 34652 |
|
Contact email: |
william. jennings@baycare.org |
| |
| Counties: |
Pasco |
| |
| Gov't Entity: |
|
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
| |
| Project Description: |
| The Clinic will provide an appropriate level of care to those in West Pasco without insurance or underinsured. The clinic will provide primary care services for adults and children, and will be staffed by family practice physicians and/or physician extenders and provide limited diagnostic services. Given recent trends in inappropriate ER utilization in West Pasco County, community need for this type of Clinic is evident. It is expected that Clinic will be open 8:00a.m. to 8:00p.m., 7 days per week. As the only not-for-profit provider in West Pasco County, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital is experiencing a significant and growing volume of bad debt and charity cases (now 11% of charges --- one of the highest rates in Tampa Bay). Medicaid adds an additional 8.5% to this figure resulting in nearly 20% of hospital charges coming from the needy/underserved population in our community. Additionally, this clinic will provide a lower cost alternative to Medicaid patients compared to the Emergency Rooms Medicaid patients are currently using in many cases. County, State and National trends show no relief in sight for this growing uninsured and underinsured population. Unfortunately, Pasco County Government does not offer sufficient programs, such as this clinic, to serve the growing needs of the population targeted for this Charity Walk-In Clinic. |
| |
| Is this a project related to 2004 hurricane damage? |
No |
| |
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Inappropriate utilization of Emergency Services will be measured. Also, we will measure the number of truly emergent cases arriving in the ER, which could have been more appropriately treated earlier in a more appropriate and lower cost setting of the Clinic. Success will be defined as a reduction of non-emergent ER visits, and the reduction of the number of emergent cases, which would have been avoidable if treated earlier. |
| |
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$750,000 |
| |
| Total cost of the project: |
$1,155,000 |
| |
| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
| |
| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local |
| |
Cash Amount |
$400,000 |
|
| |
| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
|
No |
| |
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
|
No |
| |
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
|
No |
| |
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
No |
| |
| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
| |
Documentation: |
Facility Needs Assessment |
| |
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
|
No |
| |
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? |
|
No |
