Medical Care Expense Assistance

Provides recipients of government assistance programs access to appropriate health services. Specialties include family practice, Ear Nose & Throat (ENT), dermatology, internal medicine, mental health, acute and chronic care, preventative health, pediatrics, pain management, and gastroenterology.

• Community Clinics
• General Medical Care

AUCH
Mental health: Provides PCP, therapy and APRN for an assessment fee of $40 with each follow-up visit $5. Not accepting new patients. No substance abuse.

John Nelson MD, GYN- willing to see special needs young women. 

See website or contact for additional provider names and specialties. All providers may not provide all services.

1. Supportive Services Program - ambulatory care, dental care, transportation services, case management, mental health services, substance abuse services, outreach services, and home health care.
2. ADAP (AIDS Drug Assistance Program) - helps eligible individuals pay for all or part of their HIV medications.
3. Health Insurance Continuation Program (COBRA) - can pay for COBRA payments for eligible individuals.

• Community Clinics
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests

AUCH

Provides the following family services:

• Family TIES:  Participants of Family TIES meet quarterly to provide a chance for parents of children with disabilities to network one another.  
• Respitality:  Families benefit from the generosity of hotels and restaurants that provide free accommodations and a meal for two, during a 24-hour getaway.  During this time, FFI offers care for the family member with a disability and any siblings within the home.
• Information and Referral: FFI provides information and referral services to people who want to connect with services within the community or state.  FFI also has a library of reference material (written and video) for those who need more information about cerebral palsy and related topics.
• Equipment Purchase Assistance: This program provides coordination of funding and financial assistance to purchase needed equipment and services, such as wheelchairs, communication devices and adapted bikes. 

• COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests
• Community Clinics

• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Medical Care Expense Assistance

Offers a charitable care program for patients who qualify for assistance. The Foundation may subsidize the cost of healthcare services in full or at a discount.

Healthcare services may include procedures, medications and/or equipment determined to be valuable and/or necessary to meet a patient’s medical needs.

Past due or already incurred expenses are not eligible.

Provides medical care regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. For information about Intermountain's Financial Assistance Program, view downloadable brochure (Folleto En Linea).

Provides activities and events. The Foundation also provides financial assistance to families in need under these trying conditions, when monetary support from donors and donations to the Foundation are available.

Focus areas of oral health, behavioral health and childhood obesity prevention, with interventions that treat children's health issues holistically, improve care coordination, improve care quality, reduce costs, and build community partnerships that promote collaboration and system-wide change.

The Children's Center awarded grant for Trauma Care Program February 2014

Regional support, regional resource

POPS is a team of certified prosthetists, orthotists and specially trained technicians who manufacture and fit custom-designed braces and artificial limbs.

Billing questions: 844-602-3960

Raise funds and awareness in our community to enhance the lives of special needs children. Provide easy access for parents, caregivers to get help. Create a safe, reliable, dependable, and trusted space for individuals and businesses to get involved in giving or investing time.
Enhance Life grant application on website.

Associated with Intensive Physical Therapy Institute (IPTI)

New Patient Referrals: 800-314-4283. 

The Osteogenesis Imperfecta Clinic is a quarterly, multispecialty clinic for children with OI or undiagnosed bone fragility disorders. Health care providers from orthopaedics, PT/OT, EOS radiology, social work, care management, nutrition, genetics and developmental pediatrics are each represented to assess and evaluate patients.

Clinics allow for patient families to benefit from the variety of experts, and are an opportunity for families to come together and network with other families dealing with similar challenges.

Quarterly clinic.

Help each family cope with life during childhood cancer treatments and rebuild their lives after cancer

Provides financial assistance in the form of wish granting, assistance with medical expenses, home remodeling, accessible equipment, etc. 

Amber Brosig

Provides access to an education, medical, and dental support.
AKA "lost boys"

Shannon Price, LCSW, Foundation Director

• Thanksgiving Baskets
• Court Ordered Community Service Sites
• Christmas Baskets
• Food Production/Preparation/Delivery Volunteer Opportunities
• Commodity Supplemental Food Program
• Medical Care Expense Assistance
• Food Pantries
• Utility Service Payment Assistance
• Rent Payment Assistance

Connector Service assists patients and families with scheduling and support services, including home visits by a registered nurse. Three or more chronic illnesses, such as: cerebral palsy, neurologic impairments, feeding issues, or vision/hearing impairment. A multi-disciplinary team assists children who have multiple, complex chronic illnesses. Interventions, including home visitation, help support the family so children can grow healthy in their home environments. Facilitating communication among providers is an essential objective. Shared Plan of Care.

A University of Utah continuing formal research study.
Erin Avondet, MD Pediatrician and Medical Director
Laura Holden, DNP, FNP-C
Karine Romero, RN, Care Manager
Rebecca Barker Transitionist
Comprehensive Care Clinic 801-213-3599

Any pediatric specialty except: active Hematology/Oncology, Cystic Fibrosis, Spina Bifida, Transplant, or Neurobehavior Home Clinic

A group of volunteers who bring Super Heroes to life. Our mission is simply to bring cheer and financial assistance to children in need. Provides some financial assistance to families struggling to meet medical bills and aid the healing process for children facing illness or any type of distress in their life.
Charitable fundraisers
Visits for special needs groups or hospitals
Public awareness for a good cause
Community events
And More!

• Medical Care Expense Assistance
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Disease/Disability Information

• General Medical Care

Assists children with hearing loss to achieve improved communication. Provides financial assistance for hearing aids, enclosed caption converters for television, tactile units, FM units (into which a hearing aid is plugged for amplification), computers to assist deaf children in communicating, etc.

Provides funding to individual children with health-related needs when insurance and other financial resources have been exhausted. Supports several mission-based programs designed to make a difference in the lives of individuals in our own community and around the world.

Provides flights for cancer patients and bone marrow donors and recipients that are traveling to and from nationally recognized cancer treatment centers within the United States and Canada.

Provides, information and support for parenteral nutrition consumers (HPN or home IV-fed patients) to improve their health and quality of life. Also offers a national list of Donated Equipment and Supplies and virtual support groups.

Provides long term care and a better quality of life for children with cancer and children in need, their families and communities, through financial assistance, education, medical support, therapeutic play and outreach care programs.

Services Include:

• Educational Scholarships for children with cancer
• Free Sports, Arts & Equine Therapy Programs
• Financial support: Emergency, Basic Living, Life Enhancing & Life Saving expenses included.

Provides assistance programs to help patients obtain life-saving or life-sustaining medication they could not otherwise afford. Programs provide medication, financial assistance with insurance premiums and co-pays, diagnostic testing assistance, and travel assistance for clinical trials.

Miracle-Ear® is committed to helping underserved people with hearing loss and giving them the gift of sound. Committed to excellent products, follow-up care and service.

Provides new high quality hearing aids. Each person receives: two hearing aids, custom ear molds and one year limited service. After an application fee (see Tier I and II on website) the only expenses are the cost of the hearing evaluation and batteries. These costs are not paid to HAH.

Dedicated to giving the gifts of hearing and speech; providing medical and surgical treatment, hearing technologies, speech and hearing rehabilitation, and educational support.

Grants fund effective treatments, assessments and needed life supports. Quarterly deadlines, typically $100 - $5000 awards. See website for guidelines. In addition, ACT Today! SOS for immediate and imperative needs, and ACT Today! for Military Families

Dedicated to funding in-hospital life saving medical treatment and surgeries for those who do not have medical insurance, and for which no other financial resources are available.

Application on website.

A locator tool allows cancer patients and oncology professionals to search for fertility preservation services in their area, and to submit referrals or request appointments through a secure online system.

• Medical Care Expense Assistance
• Internet Information Resources
• Disease/Disability Information

• Social Security Numbers
• Social Security Fraud Reporting
• Social Security Disability Insurance
• Medicare
• Social Security Burial Benefits
• SSI
• Social Security Retirement Benefits
• Social Security Survivors Insurance

• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Medical Care Expense Assistance
• Disease/Disability Information

• Eye Care
• Eye Screening

Helps patients suffering from chronic medical conditions who have limited financial means get access to the medications they need, pay insurance co-pays, transportation, premiums, and find the insurance coverage that's right for them.

COVID-19 UPDATE: All services are available via telephone and online. Please call with any questions.

• Medical Care Expense Assistance

• Incidental Medical Expense Assistance
• Medical Care Expense Assistance

• Eye Screening

Services locator website.

Managed by the American Optometry Association (AOA) Foundation and The Vision Care Institute.

Provides incidental medical expense assistance through free flights for children who are in need of life-changing medical care that is not found in the local communities. Adults, families, or caregivers may accompany child.COVID-19 UPDATE: Temporarily relaxing financial need requirements. Anyone facing any degree of financial uncertainty, please call for a personalized assessment.

• Incidental Medical Expense Assistance

The National Children's Cancer Society (NCCS) provides emotional, financial, and educational support to children with cancer and their families and survivors. NCCS provides a Family Support Program, Transportation Assistance Fund, and Emergency Assistance Fund to support families throughout the United States during their child's cancer treatment.

• Incidental Medical Expense Assistance

• Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
• Mercy Transportation

• Glasses/Contact Lenses

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Medical Care Expense Assistance

Provides medical grants to help children gain access to health-related services not covered, or not fully covered, by their parents' commercial health insurance plan. Children must be 16 years old or younger while meeting other grant requirements.

• Medical Care Expense Assistance

See additional criteria and exclusions on website.

Offers medical care expense assistance help and hope to underinsured people with chronic or life-threatening illnesses for whom cost limits access to breakthrough medical treatments.COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and State guidelines.

• Medical Care Expense Assistance

A grant program for equipment and services for mobility, independence and social inclusion; communication equipment and services, education, self-esteem for children and children's organizations; life-saving medical equipment, healthcare and well-being for individual children and children's health organizations. Programs: Freedom, Life-Saving, Future

Helps patients and families facing high medical out-of-pocket costs by providing financial assistance for their copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and other health-related expenses. More than 60 funds, each of which covers the FDA-approved medications that treat a specific disease, covering a wide range of serious and chronic diseases.

Provides gift certificates, through a network of community partners, lto children in need to receive no-cost eye care and glasses from a local doctor.

• Eye Screening
• Glasses/Contact Lenses

Provides every aspect of cleft care that is needed at no cost to families.

The National Academy of Social Insurance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization made up of the national experts on social insurance. Its mission is to advance solutions to challenges facing the nation by increasing public understanding of how social insurance contributes to economic security. Social insurance encompasses broad-based systems that help workers and their families pool risks to avoid loss of income due to retirement, death, disability, or unemployment and ensure access to health care. They provide information on social security, Medicare, workers' compensation and disability, unemployment insurance, and long-term services and supports.