Valley Project Access Program
The Valley Project Access Program is a collaborative endeavor of Griffin Hospital, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation, CS-HHC Ansonia, Yale Women's Health and Midwifery, and the Valley Physician Volunteer Network. The primary goal of this Program is to develop and manage a coordinated system for helping uninsured people who cannot afford medical care by providing free specialty care services; reduced fee inpatient, outpatient, ancillary and diagnostic services.
The program works as follows: a patient receives primary care at CS-HHC Ansonia, Yale Women's Health and Midwifery, Convenient Care at Griffin Hospital, or in a private physician's office. If the patient is uninsured; low income (below 200% of poverty); ineligible for Medicaid, health department services, or other available grant programs; and in need of specialty care services he or she will visit an eligibility specialist, receive a Project Access Card, and be referred to a specialist in the Valley Physician Volunteer Network. Half of the specialists with privileges at Griffin Hospital have volunteered to offer free services to a specified number of Project Access patients. The Project Access coordinator will assure that their referral pledge is not exceeded, and will call each patient prior to his or her first visit with an appointment reminder. If a Project Access patient requires inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic or ancillary services he or she will be referred to Griffin Hospital by their Network specialist.
CS-HHC Ansonia, a satellite location of the Cornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation, will serve as a primary enrollment and referral site for Project Access.
