We're pleased to announce our recent collaboration with the We Care Food Pantry and Citrus County Transit to better serve the Homosassa area’s homeless and needy population. Effective January 18, 2011, Citrus Memorial Health System and Citrus County Transit will partner with the We Care Food Pantry in a pilot program to provide primary care for Homosassa’s uninsured and homeless.
The program will focus on preventive healthcare with family care and diagnostic testing as program components. Specialty care will not be offered initially, but may be added as specialty physicians are made aware of the opportunity.
We Care and the Department of Children and Families staff will assist the homeless and indigent who need healthcare services by completing Citrus Memorial intake forms and Hospital Sponsored Care forms at the We Care Food Pantry. Once patients are pre-registered through this process, We Care staff will coordinate and schedule individuals for transportation to Citrus Memorial’s nearby facility.
At Citrus Memorial Healthcare Center at Sugarmill Woods, primary care services will be provided to patients with Medicaid and to those who have qualified for Hospital Sponsored Care. Each patient will receive a full physical and orders for follow-up diagnostic testing as required.
Citrus County Transit will provide transportation every Tuesday for initial appointments, and on Thursdays for diagnostic testing. Many of the potential patients we will target are not aware of the services they qualify for; many do not have transportation to get to a clinic.
We hope that through this effort, we will be able to improve the health and quality of life for our neighbors in Homosassa.
-Katie Mehl, Public Relations
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