Together, We Can Change Lives

A call or e-mail to our offices will start the process.  One of our staff will be assigned as your Community Connector.  He/she will spend time with you to learn about your community and in turn find a partner medical provider group that is a match.

You and your leadership (clergy and lay) will be provided an introduction, walked through the program, process and have opportunity to 'kick the tires' and as as many questions as you like.   In a second or third discussion you will be introduced to a third party physician who we believe will be a favorable fit to your community.

The physician will walk you through their process, review the economics involved, and together you'll determine if there is a good fit.

The third step is where we get to start learning together.  An in-person (with Zoom simulcast) meeting is set up, open to your membership with interest in the program.  They are shared an overview and opportunity to ask questions.  Following, the enrollment period begins.

It's a simple online sign-up that members of your community complete online or on paper.  As simple as signing up for a Pot-Luck Dinner!

Under the Medicare Principal Care Management Program individuals with a chronic condition that  is expected to last 30 days or longer, and places the subject (person) at risk of decompensation, greater morbidity, hospitalization or death.

Dates are identified for an on-site orientation and intake event day or days.  Here members come in an meet with a medical clinician who will collect and review the individual's medical history, the community members hey wish involved, and a "H & P" (history and abbreviated physical) is conducted and payment assignment (for Medicare).

Equipment (a communications hub and biometric devices) is introduced and demonstrated.  And monitoring begins!

Providers, family members and caregivers  the member identifies during their orientation to the service are contacted by e-mail and/or hard copy letter and invited to participate (at no cost).  Each of these stakeholders will have the ability to tailor the alerts they receive to fit their need and role/relationship with the individual(s) being monitored.

First meetings are generally scheduled within one week.  Second meetings often occur within ten days of the first meeting.  The physician partner meetings follow by a week to ten (business) days.   

Orientation (to the community of faith) and outreach occur next over a four-to-six week period.   Enrollment follows by a couple of weeks and onboarding is generally begun within ten business days of enrollment.  

There is no cost to you (the faith community organization).   The provider organizations affiliated with Faith Health Connections are funded by / through Medicare.  Specifically, a member of your community who has, for example, obesity or hypertension (high blood pressure) becomes a patient of the provider organization.  

That organization, like any doctor's office or health organization, submits charges for services directly to Medicare.   The community-member patient is responsible for the biometric device(s) determined by the provider.  Usually around $300.  Use of the monitoring system by the member/patient, their family, caregivers, and physicians / providers does not carry any monthly cost.

Our role as a non-profit is to work as a 'bridge' between communities of faith and the various provider group(s) who we identify and vet as being able to address the needs of the communities being served.

We are particularly sensitive that provider groups are good matches and appropriate cultural and demographic sensitivities.   We are keenly aware that trust issues underpin the ability to have effective matches between the providers and your community members.     

Our funding comes from fees charged to provider organizations and from private donations.  As a small organization we keep things very lean.   What's in it for us?  Making the difference!  Knowing that family members are looked after and are part of the care and support of loved one(s).   We believe in Be Your Brothers' (and Sisters') Keepers).

100% Yes.   The community of care includes whomever the individual with the disease wishes to be involved. 

Please feel free to e-mail Information@FaithHealthconnections.org with any questions, to schedule a date and time to meet by phone with one of our outreach team members.