QueensCare Grants $2 Million for Uninsured Care To L.A. County-USC Medical Center
Posted on: Monday, 16 July 2007, 18:03 CDT
LOS ANGELES, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- QueensCare, a charity that provides healthcare for the uninsured and low income residents of Los Angeles County, gave $2 million dollars to the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center (LAC-USC) for treatment of uninsured patients.
"In Los Angeles County, we have some of the highest numbers of uninsured residents in the nation," said DHS director and chief medical officer Bruce Chernof, M.D. "LAC-USC Medical Center cares for many of these residents at little or no charge. QueensCare's grant is vitally important, helping the hospital continue its critical services as part of the healthcare safety net of the County."
In a brief ceremony awarding the grant at the medical center, QueensCare president and CEO Terry Bonecutter remarked, "QueensCare's mission is to provide accessible healthcare for uninsured residents. LAC-USC is an important center for care for so many of our low income patients. We are happy to be able to provide inpatient care to our uninsured neighbors with this grant."
QueensCare (http://www.queenscare.org/) is a faith-based public charity that provides healthcare to the medically indigent of Los Angeles County. Preventive, primary, dental and vision care are available through a network of community clinics (QueensCare Family Clinics), and partnerships with faith- based institutions throughout Los Angeles (QueensCare Health & Faith Partnerships). Additionally, QueensCare formed a panel of specialty physicians to which clinic patients can be referred for further treatment at low or no cost. The QueensCare Pastoral Care Program ministers to people in the hospital and other healthcare settings. Finally, QueensCare grants funds to non-profit hospitals, such as LAC-USC, and other non-profit healthcare agencies who treat the medically underserved.
The QueensCare seamless healthcare system was formed in 1998 as a result of the sale of Queen of Angels/Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.
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QueensCare
CONTACT: Judy Smith, +1-626-836-3300, ext. 15, judy@smithasbury.com; orMichael Wilson, +1-213-240-8059, micwilson@ladhs.org, both for QueensCare
Web site: http://www.smithasbury.com/http://www.queenscare.org/
Source: PRNewswire
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