MSSC - Project Access - A Community Partnership
In The Beginning
From Leadership to Professional Management
Hospitals Check In
Clinics: A Medical Home
Necessary Funding
Curative Role of Government
Pharmacists Fill a Critical Need
We Get Results
Spirit of an Entrepeneurial Community
The Prognosis
A New Level of Information Sharing/The Clinics Patient Index
A New Level of Information Sharing/The Clinics Patient Index
Project Access - A Community Partnership Project Access - A Community PartnershipProject Access - A Community Partnership
Contributions: September 1, 1999 through September 30, 2009
 
Provider type # of providers
submitting billing forms
Amount donated
in charges
Percentage of total
Hospitals 8 $ 65,393,743 73%
Physicians 571 $ 24,527,962 27%
TOTAL: $ 89,921,705

Since September 1, 1999:

  • 9,103 patients have been enrolled into Project Access and have accessed donated medical and dental care and services (approximately 900 active patients daily)
  • Purchased $3,563,774 in prescription medications with funding from the City and County (processed 209,411 prescription claims)
  • Leveraged $2,455,780 in medications donated from pharmaceutical companies (includes 1,071 enrolled patients who've received 5,474 donated prescriptions)
  • Purchased $47,223 in durable medical equipment
60% of MSSC practicing physician members currently participate:
  • 579 physicians
    • 167 Primary care physicians
    • 412 Specialists
  • Approximately 50 physicians volunteer their time at six safety net clinics
Participating hospitals:
  • Via Christi Regional Medical Center
  • Wesley Medical Center
Participating ambulatory and specialized surgery centers:
  • Cypress Surgery Center
  • Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center
  • Kansas Heart Hospital
  • Wichita Clinic
  • Kansas Spine Hospital
Participating rehabilitation centers:
  • Wesley Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Via Christi Rehabilitation Center
  • Novacare Outpatient Rehabilitation
  • Palmer Physical Therapy for Women
Other participating providers:
  • 71 pharmacies fill generic prescriptions and do not charge filling fees
  • Premier Open MRI and PET Imaging
  • Other services including physical therapy, durable medical equipment, hospice care, etc.