Provider Health Network
Why join the Provider Health Network?
What are the benefits and why do doctors participate?- The PHN is a resource for physicians already caring for low income, uninsured patients in their practices
- We help overcome cultural, logistical and financial barriers for patients
- We insist that all patients have a health home for general primary care needs
- The PHN removes the “hassle factor” for physicians wanting to volunteer
- See patients in your own office or volunteer in an area clinic
- Free up staff time spent on finding resources for the uninsured:
- Securing referrals to other specialists
- Obtaining pharmaceuticals
- Performing financial screening
- We follow a model of care that works
- The Project Access model has been successful in more than 90 communities in the U.S. By spreading the workload fairly, no single practice or physician is overburdened.
- Doctors and office practices agree to donate medical care slots to eligible PHN patients
- Volunteer doctors/practice specify how many patients per month they would agree to see (most providers agree to assist 1–2 patients per month)
- Donated care is tracked and publicly recognized as community benefit
- Patients enrolled in the Provider Health Network have access to the full continuum of care, i.e. labs, pathology, diagnostics, out-patient and in-patient hospital-based care, prescription drugs and pharmacy assistance programs, DME
Join Us!
Send us a Pledge Form:Physicians
Oral Health Providers
Therapeutic Services
Diagnostic Services
Home Health Services
For answers to other questions:
Facts for Physicians
Already a Volunteer and need forms
1. PHN Scope of Services
2. Patient Responsibilities Agreement
3. HIPAA Release Form
4. Patient Consent for Services
For more information, please contact Vickie I. Anderson, Provider Health Network Manager at 713.783.4616, or email phn@gatewaytocare.org
