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 March 31, 2007
 
Provider type # of providers
submitting billing forms
Amount donated
in charges
Percentage of total
Hospitals 8 $ 42,430,895 71%
Physicians 571 $ 16,824,838 29%
TOTAL: $ 59,255,733

Since September 1, 1999:

  • 7,257 patients have been enrolled into Project Access and have accessed donated medical and dental care and services (approximately 620 active patients daily)
  • Purchased $3,031,378 in prescription medications with funding from the City and County (processed 151,574 prescription claims)
  • Leveraged $1.7 million in medications donated from pharmaceutical companies
MSSC practicing physician members currently participating:
  • 563 physicians
    • 150 Primary care physicians
    • 413 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
Other participating providers:
  • 78 pharmacies fill generic prescriptions at 15% below average wholesale price and do not charge filling fees
  • Premier Open MRI and PET Imaging
  • Other services including physical therapy, durable medical equipment, hospice care, etc.