Health
We work together to promote a healthier community.
A growing number of people in Texas do not have health care coverage. Without proper care, poor health can lead to less treatable and costly complications. UWCT is working to connect people with the health care they need.
Along with our partners, UWCT is addressing the issue of health care access with a variety of strategies, including connecting people to health services through free clinics,prescription drug financial assistance.
Accomplishing these goals decreases medical costs assumed by community hospitals, insurance rate payers, and taxpayers - particularly by reducing unnecessary emergency room visits.
The impact of poor health is felt across the community as a whole and increases costs for us all. UWCT is creating solutions that help everyone thrive, creating healthier communities that improve our collective quality of life.
UWCT Impact Strategy Highlights
BridgeS to Wellness and Health
BridgeS to Wellness and Health, a collaborative strategy between Baylor Scott and White Health, UWCT, and local community clinics. BridgeS works with underinsured and uninsured clients who are unable to afford the necessary prescriptions, equipment, and transportation to maintain or improve their health status. The goal is to bridge the gap while a client awaits approval or a long-term affordable prescription coverage. A growing number of people in Texas do not have health care coverage. Without proper care, poor health can lead to less treatable and costly complications. UWCT is working to connect people with the health care they need.
The BridgeS to Wellness and Health program decreases medical costs assumed by community hospitals, insurance rate payers, and taxpayers - particularly by reducing unnecessary emergency room visits. For high-risk patients, the inability to afford prescriptions results in poor health outcomes, increased rates of re-hospitalization, and extreme financial burden.
BridgeS to Wellness and Health Information Flyer
Community Hub
Community Hub is a cooperative program with Baylor Scott and White Health Plan to remove barriers to quality health care and address social determinants of health-economic and social situations that affect health status. Case managers identify and connect patients to resources relating to housing, food, child/eldercare, transportation, utilities, employment, family/community support, birth certificates, home modifications, and other needs.
Community Hub is a program of Scott & White Health Plan (SWHP) in collaboration with United Way of Central Texas providing navigation services for SWHP RightCare members. Please contact Rachel.Clemons@uwct.org for more information.
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