History
1971
What was the year that Lake County Free Clinic was established?
8am - 4pm - Mondays
8am - 5pm - Tuesdays through Thursdays
8am - 1pm - Fridays
What are Lake County Free Clinic's operating hours?
Ginny, Mandy, Danielle and Felicia
Who are the LCFC clinical staff?
Ginny Brennen - Clinical Coordinator (Full-time)
Mandy Kennedy - Clinical Assistant (Part-time, 3x/week)
Felicia Hayward - Medical Assistant (Full-time)
Danielle Savage - Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (Part-time, 3x/week
5-10% of the total budget.
How much revenue is obtained through patient donations?
2010
What year did the ACA - affordable care and patient protection act - get signed into law?
The ACA is often misconstrued as universal health care, and the end of the need for free clinics; this could not be further from the truth. While many are now insured, patients seek our care because they cannot afford to use their coverage due to provider shortages, prohibitively high deductibles, co-insurance, and/or co-pays.
Crossroads
What is the current name of the behavioral health organization that originated with Lake County Free Clinic?
Elm Street Elementary School in Painesville
Where do Lake County Free Clinic volunteers provide pediatric physicals and adult wellness screenings and information at to families attending ESL classes?
This partnership with the Family Resource Center has allowed us to strengthen the relationship with the PCS staff and families, and extend our services outside of our 'regular' hours. We hope to continue this partnership next school year.
1,112
What is the number of individual patients seen in 2017?
20,000
FTCA - The Federal Tort Claims Act.
What is the name of the federal program that provides for free clinic's to obtain malpractice insurance that protects volunteers and staff with a medical licensure, or those with governance responsibilities?
This protection allows us to assure clinical volunteers that they are "covered" and do not have to obtain their own insurance when serving with us.
Lake
Geauga
Ashtabula
Cuyahoga County
The four counties that LCFC primarily serves - however, we see anyone regardless of residency.
We are the only free clinic in Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula and Eastern Cuyahoga county. Many of our patients are transient and find themselves in our community for a work opportunity, family connections or school when they come to need our services.
A patient needs one of these before he/she can be seen.
What is an appointment?
Lake County Free Clinic is not an urgent care or walk-in facility, as our clinicians and services may vary according to provider schedules and clinic capacity.
If someone does walk-in and need is urgent, we will try and fit them in or have them seen by a nurse (if possible) or direct them to the nearest urgent care, emergency room, or other appropriate option.
83%
What percentage of free clinic patients nationwide are employed?
~ $500,000
What is Lake County Free Clinic's general operating budget?
The value of our services to patients is more than $4.5 million - that's about $10 in care for every dollar received.
Ohio House Bill 320
What Ohio House Bill....
Allowed free clinic information to be placed on the Ohio Department of Health website in order to spread awareness to those in need of our services, as well as, deem December as free clinic awareness month;
Allowed medical professional volunteers to access tuition forgiveness programs that had before been limited;
Allowed medical professional volunteers to treat Medicaid patients at no cost with medical malpractice protection under Ohio’s “Good Samaritan” law;
Created a new volunteer nurse’s license, as well as, strengthens the volunteer license of doctors and dentists?
2013
The year that LCFC started using Electronic Medical Records?
LCFC utilizes EPIC MyPractice Community.
This system is obtain at very low-cost to our organization through a strong relationship and the support of Cleveland Clinic and is quite robust. Having the same system and e-scripting functionality allows us to communicate between practices and ensure continuity of care if possible when patients come from or end up needing more advanced treatment.
The challenge of the system is that there is a larger learning-curve than paper charting or more simple EMR systems, which can be challenging for new volunteers who have not used this program or older volunteers who have limited use in EMRs.
Chronic (4) conditions that are prevalent in Lake County Free Clinic's patient population.
What are diabetes, heart disease, asthma and COPD?
Utilizing volunteers
How does LCFC increase its capacity, expand its community presence and provide compassionate, quality care meeting the whole needs of the patients?
30%
What percent of LCFC's population are Spanish-speaking?
There are more then 50 of these in Ohio.
What are the number of Free Clinics?
"To address the unmet health care needs of the residents of our community through the provision of quality medical and dental care."
What is the mission of Lake County Free Clinic?
A "free clinic" is a health care facility in the United States offering services to economically disadvantaged individuals for free or at a nominal, free-will donation. It is a vital part of social safety-net. Core staff members may hold paid positions, however, many of the staff a patient will encounter are volunteers drawn from the local medical community.
Care is provided free of cost to those uninsured or those underinsured; meaning those who have only limited medical coverage, or who have insurance, but their policies include high medical deductibles that they are unable to afford. These are the working poor that make up the majority of our patients.
Program that provides for adult and pediatric patients that qualify to obtain a no-cost (children), or reduced -cost (adult) eye exam, and a voucher for free glasses.
What is the Ohio Prevent Blindness Program?
LCFC has staff certified to provide these screenings to allow our patients to utilize this program, often without an additional appointment.
Johanna Henz
Who is the Executive Director of Lake County Free Clinic?
Adult extractions, dental exams and x-rays.
What services are CURRENTLY provided by an LCFC volunteer dentists?
Extractions are provided 2x a month by Dr. Gus Komar (Thursdays)
Adult dental exams and x-rays, referrals for hygiene (to be started in June 2018) services are provided 2x month by Dr. Andrea Londono (Mondays).
The total amount in dollars allocated in the Ohio line item budget to uninsured-care in free clinics.
What is $362,000?
OAFC is working with state legislators to advocate to increase the current $362,326 to $3 million. Free Clinics are significantly underfunded in Ohio, compared to other states.