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Compassion And Respect for
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About Us
The Fayette
CARE Clinic is designed to help fill a gap in our health
care delivery system. Typically, our patients are likely to delay
medical care because they cannot afford to see a doctor, putting
themselves at risk of a health crisis due to a lack of preventive
care. Many who do manage an initial doctor visit are unable to
afford needed medications or follow-up visits to completely resolve
the illness.
Fayette CARE
Clinic Facts
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Clinic is located at 128 Sumner Road in
Fayetteville, Georgia. The 2200 sq ft facility has easy access
from Hwy 54 and is expected to open in the spring 2006. |
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The Fayette CARE Clinic provides free routine,
non-emergency, medical and dental services to residents of
Fayette County without medical insurance and whose income is up
to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. |
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Obtained verbal commitments for in-kind services
from Piedmont Fayette Hospital, pharmaceutical companies, and
businesses. |
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Have commitments from over 100 volunteers to help
fund and operate the clinic. Volunteers include physicians,
nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists,
pharmacists, nurses, technicians, assistants, clergy and others
in all walks of life. |
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Accepts as patients those who reside in Fayette
County without health insurance and with incomes up to 200% of
the Federal Poverty Level. |
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Will provide free basic health screening and
non-emergency medical and dental services, health education and referrals to
specialists and hospitals for lab test, x-rays, surgery and
other services. |
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This health care delivery system is modeled after
the Hilton Head Volunteers in Medicine Clinic that opened in
1993. It now serves more than 20,000 patients each year and has
been used as a model for 30 other VIM clinics now operating in
16 states, and an additional 48 clinics in development.
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Funding for the Fayette CARE Clinic is based
solely on community support and donations. Donations are
tax-deductible. |
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Estimates show that there are 1.4 million
uninsured individuals in Georgia and about 18% of Fayette County
population is uninsured. |
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A Board of Directors (volunteers) will provide
management, administrative and financial expertise and will be
responsible for the allocation of funds. |
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Facts about Fayette County -
Working without Health Care
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Companies engaged in business in Georgia must
provide employee benefits in the form of Unemployment Insurance,
Workers’ Compensation, Social Security and Medicare but are
not required by law to offer health care insurance,
paid sick days, vacation or similar benefits. Occupations in
service-producing industries, such as retail trade, construction
and hospitality, are particularly vulnerable to a lack of health
care benefits, as are employees of most small businesses with
less than 25 workers. |
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Our solitary hospital, Piedmont-Fayette Community
Hospital, has become the source of primary care for much of our
target group. In fiscal year 2003, PFCH provided $4.5
million in uncompensated indigent and charity care.
Further, PFCH wrote off an additional $6.6 million
in uncollected debt, where there was no income
documentation to support the claim of indigent or charity
care. This $11.1 million provided
health care to 4,356 people, of which 261 were hospital
admissions and 4,095 were outpatients, primarily treated through
the hospital’s emergency room. |
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Approximately 10.34% of students enrolled in
Fayette County Schools are eligible for free or reduced price
meals – a direct indication of needed support |
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Benefits
There are
many benefits to using, supporting, donating or encouraging the
Fayette CARE Clinic. Benefits will extend beyond the uninsured
families that receive services. Such benefits include:
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Patient
delivering health care in a compassionate and
respectful environment that ministers to the whole person, not
just their physical needs. |
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Hospitals
non-paying patients will be taken
out of the emergency room and cared for in a proper primary care
setting where they can be treated cost effectively. |
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Local business
increasing the health and wellness of a
substantial part of their work force. |
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Care Givers and Volunteers
building a sense of community and caring that
transcends barriers and delivers a sense of joy and worth to
those who serve. |
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For more information
about Fayette
County, please visit the following links:
http://www.fayettega.org/
http://www.admin.co.fayette.ga.us/
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