| |
| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #987 |
| West Pasco Expansion - Emergency Room Diversion Project |
| |
| Requester: |
Dorothy Knight, President & CE |
Organization: |
Premier Community HealthCare Group, Inc.. |
| |
| Project Title: |
West Pasco Expansion - Emergency Room Diversion Project |
Date Submitted |
1/12/2006 11:32:00 AM |
| |
| Sponsors: |
Fasano |
| |
| Statewide Interest: |
| Healthcare - reduction of emergency room visits in West Pasco County will reduce the state's Medicaid budget and 3rd party payments that are being paid for non-emergent, non-trauma cases in the emergency room. The patients will be able to come to the Premier's Community Health Center for a medical home that will in turn make available primary and preventative care services that will be the catalyst for a healthier West Pasco County. It will serve as a model for all of Florida's community health centers. |
| |
| Recipient: |
Premier Community HealthCare Group, Inc. |
|
Contact: |
Dorothy Knight |
|
| |
37944 Church Avenue |
|
Contact Phone: |
(352) 567-5231 |
|
| |
Dade City 33525 |
|
Contact email: |
dknight@hcnetwork.org |
| |
| Counties: |
Pasco |
| |
| Gov't Entity: |
|
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
Yes |
| |
| Project Description: |
| Providing a medical home for West Pasco residents to have access to primary and preventive healthcare. In 2005, Premier Community HealthCare Group, a federally qualified community health center (FQHC) and migrant health center (MHC) treated 5,604 patients who were either un/underinsured. The goal is that each and every resident have a medcal home to receive their care instead of the emergency room that costs 10 times more than it does to recieve that care in a community health center. We know that community health centers are the model for tomorrow and provide the much needed continutity of care that will be the catalyst for a healthier Pasco County. We believe that "Health is Wealth" and by keeping individuals healthy they can work and sustain the continued economic stability and development of Pasco County. |
| |
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? |
No |
| |
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| Reduce the state's Medicaid expenditures to West Pasco hospitals for non-emergent, non-trauma primary care, paying 10 times less for those services to be provided at Premier's Community HealthCare Group, while contributing to the health and wellbeing of Pasco. |
| |
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$800,000 |
| |
| Total cost of the project: |
$1,500,000 |
| |
| Request has been made to fund: |
Construction |
| |
| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
| |
Cash Amount |
$600,000 |
|
In-kind Amount |
$100,000 |
| |
| 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: |
Community 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 |
