OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE POLICY
Pineville Community Health Center is dedicated to servicing the health care needs of its patients. To assist in meeting those needs, we have established a "Financial Assistance Policy" to provide financial relief to those patients who ask for assistance for medically necessary services and who are unable to meet their financial obligation. The Financial Assistance Policy applies to all Pineville Community Health Center's locations, employed physicians and physician extenders.
Applicants should have...
● U.S. Citizenship
● Limited or no health insurance (underinsured or uninsured)
● A household income at or below 400% of the current year's Federal Poverty Guidelines or incur a financially catastrophic balance
To uninsured patients, we offer emergency and other medically necessary services in our hospital at no charge to you if your income is at or below 150% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (the "FPG"). Patients whose income is between 150 - 300% of FPG are eligible for sliding-scale financial relief. All applicants will be screened for other sources of payment to determine what level of financial assistance may be granted. All applicants must comply with the application process or meet presumptive charity requirements in order to receive financial assistance. If you are uninsured and are not eligible for financial assistance, you may still qualify for a discount under our Self-Pay Policy. Please request to speak with a financial counselor regarding the Self-Pay Policy. The financial counselor may be reached at 606-337-3051 between the hours of 7am - 4pm.
If you have insurance, you may still qualify for financial assistance on your patient balance. The patient balance (when allowed for by the private insurer/employer plan) for emergency and other medically necessary services will be fully adjusted off if your income is at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (the "FPG"). Patients whose income is between 200 - 400% of FPG are eligible for sliding-scale financial relief. All applicants will be screened for other sources of income to determine what level of financial assistance may be granted. All applicants must comply with the application process in order to receive financial assistance.
If you have a Catastrophic Balance, which is defined as a balance due to Pineville Community Health Center which is greater than 25% of your annual family income as determined over a 12 month period, you may be eligible for financial assistance. Please ask to speak to a financial counselor for more details.
Under the financial assistance policy, you will not be billed more for emergency or other medically necessary care than the amount of the average payment percentage we are paid by Medicare.
