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Network: August/September/October 2008
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| The Henson family stands inside their new home. (L-R) Michael Jr., Michael, Debra and Gabreila |  H.O.P.E. Fund Aids Employee after Tornado
Sentara Obici Hospital pharmacist Michael Henson, his wife, Debra, and their two children, Gabriela, 10, and Michael, Jr., 7, took cover in the downstairs bathroom of their Suffolk home on April 28, 2008, as a monster storm ripped through the area, literally lifting their house and twisting it on its foundation.
Although the Hensons were unharmed, and miraculously there were no fatalities from the storm, their home was one of 20 in the Lakes Edge at Hillpoint Farms neighborhood that was damaged or destroyed. Although still standing, their house was declared uninhabitable and had to be torn down. The Hensons also lost food, clothing and furniture from the power outage and water damage.
Henson said the response from the Sentara family, local agencies and friends and neighbors has been overwhelming. The H.O.P.E. (Helping Overcome Personal Emergency) Fund assisted with their mortgage payment. Pharmacy employees donated gift cards to local stores and Obici employees donated PAL time so that Henson could take off four weeks to tackle insurance and reconstruction issues and move his family to a rental property. Now Henson’s new house is rising from the same spot where his old house once stood, and the family hopes to be in it by September 2008.
“We are so grateful the H.O.P.E. Fund was there when we needed it,” said Henson.
Community Access to Care Program Expands to Norfolk
Access Partnership is pleased to announce the expansion of the Community Access to Care program for uninsured patients of Park Place Medical Center, the Peninsula Institute of Community Health (PICH) and Sentara Ambulatory Care Clinic.
The goals of the program are to facilitate appropriate access and delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic services to eligible individuals and to enroll 1,000 patients from the three primary care sites within a 12-month period. Improving access to outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services may prevent chronic medical conditions from becoming acute, thereby reducing the number of preventable inpatient admissions and avoidable Emergency Department visits.
Optima Health contributes to this program by providing TPA services for providers to submit claims so Access Partnership can capture the value of services provided to low income, uninsured residents in greater Hampton Roads. In addition, Optima’s After Hours Nurse Triage program will also be available to patients enrolled in the Community Access to Care program.
The program began as a pilot project in 2005 with 500 PICH patients receiving $401,854.48 in donated services from Sentara Hospitals and affiliated physicians. For more information, visit Access Partnership's Web site .
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| Evelyn Green-Gunter. | Breaking the Barriers of Care
Registered Nurse and Healthcare Administrator Evelyn Green-Gunther is proud to serve as director of the Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital — a place where everyone who needs health care is guaranteed to get it, regardless of their ability to pay. Many of those served at the ACC are uninsured or underinsured. To read the full article, checkout the Sentara Community Benefits Report.
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