Surgery On Sunday

Terri Cline, CSW, MSWClient Coordinator

Population In Need

• 750,000 Kentuckians were without health insurance in 2009.

• 53 Million Americans were without health insurance in 2009.

• More than 50% of these uninsured individuals reported not seeking care due to the costs.

• 47% postponed treatment due to costs.• 79% of all bankruptcies were due to medical

bills!

Surgery on Sunday, Inc. is 501 c 3 non-profit organization that provides free outpatient surgical services to uninsured individuals who cannot afford health

insurance and who are not eligible for federal or state programs.

How did this happen?

• Dr. Andrew Moore, Founder of SOS had thought of this concept in the early 1990’s. It was becoming harder for him to get patients done for free at the hospitals due to the incorporation of computers tracking data and the strict codes and policies that went along with billing and insurance regulations.

How Did He Do It?By surrounding himself with people who contributedtheir own expertise from all areas of life to combine with his medical and surgical expertise to get SOS started successfully.

SURGEONS ANESTHESIOLOGISTS NURSES SCRUB TECHS RADIOLOGY TECHS SOCIAL WORKERS ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL INTERPRETERSCUSTODIAL PERSONNEL GREETERS

What He Needed to Make SOS Happen..

• Surgical Space• Medical Supplies• Volunteers

Goals

• Minimize suffering• Enable clients to resume work• Curtail “band-aids” applied by ER’s• Reduce use of emergency rooms as primary

care facilities• Ultimately lessen financial burden of hospitals

Surgery On Sunday Connects Patients to the Health Care they Need

• Referring patients to free and reduced price clinics across the state and requiring that they obtain a clinic as their primary care home before becoming an SOS patient.

• Provides clients with a pre operative surgical visit, surgery, and post operative surgical visit at no cost to the patient.

• Provides required pre operative imaging due to the generosity of a community partner.

• Refers patients for post op pharmacy needs.

What Types of People/Professionals?

• Nurses• Social Workers• Attorneys• CPA/Financial Consultants• Administrators• Grant Writers• Insurance Experts• Local Medical Society• Various Non Profit Organizations

What Else, You Ask?COMMUNITY PARTNERS!!!

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

• Surgical Space• Administrative Space• Medical Transcriptionist• Pathology Group• Hospital Transfer Agreements• Blood Bank Agreement• Imaging Center• Grants and Private Donations• Attorney• CPA

Because of Volunteers and Community Partners

Surgery On Sunday has served over 4000 individuals since 2005.

Over 61,000 hours of volunteer time has been donated

In kind donations exceed 3 Million Dollarshttp://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/surgery-afford-care-medical-procedure-care-free-surgery-needy-health-11184419