One of the Department of Social Service’s central missions is to help patients and families access existing financial and community-based services. During 1999-00 the following benefit assistance programs were offered to patients and families.
Patient Medication Assistance Program (PMAP)
Initiated with a Process Improvement Grant and in partnership with the Department of Pharmaceutical Care, PMAP helps eligible patients obtain medications from pharmaceutical companies at no cost.
| Number of Applications Taken: | 1,253 |
| Number of Applications Approved: | 1,131 (91%) |
| Total Medication Value Obtained: | $402,935 |
| PMAP Salary and Fringe Benefit Costs: | $ 34,800 |
Health Care Benefits Assistance Program (HCBAP)
Patients’ access to health care is often predicated on their ability to acquire insurance benefits. HCBAP assists patients and families in completing applications for entitlement and categorical programs, seeking waivers, and appealing denials.
| Number of Medicaid & Disability Applications: | 1,649 |
| Number of Applications Approved: | 1,307 (79%) |
| Total Medicaid Charges: | $30,406,107 |
| Total State Papers Reversed to Medicaid: | $ 6,022,773 |
| HCBAP Salary and Fringe Benefit Costs: | $ 189,235 |
Women, Infants and Children's Services (WIC)
The WIC program promotes good health care at critical times of growth and development by providing supplemental foods and nutrition education at no cost to eligible persons. Approximately 200 UI Hospitals and Clinics patients accessed WIC services at the hospital during 1999-00.
Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP)
The Department of Social Service sponsors a UI Hospitals and Clinics based SHIIP office. Patients and families receive information and advice related to Medicare benefits and supplemental insurance options. In 1999-00, 60 referrals were made to the SHIIP office.
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