vhc annual report 2011

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This was a year of great challenge in the health care industry and atVolunteer Health Corps. We have persevered, triumphed and havedenitely emerged a stronger organization.During the year, we experienced an upsurge in referrals from theER which caused clinic wait list problems. We were challenged to

streamline our intake process and increase throughput. Our dedicatedvolunteer physicians slogged through the backlog of patients in order toget control, and our valiant volunteers gave as much as was requiredto help our vulnerable patient population. Our patients continue to besome of the most grateful patients our doctors have ever seen.

Our clinics were closed for a month in the summer because of liabilitycoverage issues. Our physicians safety and protection are foremost inour vision and working without coverage was certainly not acceptable.This was solved in short order thanks to the work of our administrativeteam.

According to the United Health Foundations Health Report* - Louisianaranks 49th, and many of the statistics relate directly to those whom weare trying to help:

A Letter from the President

PRESIDENTS LETTER

* United Health Foundation http://statehealthstats.

americashealthrankings.org/#/state/US/LA/2011

Diabeteshasincreasedfrom6.6%to10.3%oftheadultpopulation.

LAranks43rdincardiacdiseaseinadultsanddeathfromcardiacdiseaserankus45th.

LAranks46thinproperdietamongadults.

LAranks44thinworkdayslosttopoorphysicalhealth.

LAranks48thintermsofyearslosttopoorphysicalhealthdays.

LAranks35thinimmunizationcoverage.

LAranks36thintermsofhealthcoverage.

These statistics affect not just an individual but the entire community. Thank you for

choosing to be a part of the solution.

In 2011 the Surgeon Generals ofce designated the Volunteer Health Corps the local Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), andas such we are submersing our staff into disaster management training. As to the ranking that leaves Louisiana 36th interms of health care coverage, we are dedicated to treating that population with minimal waits, minimal stigma and maximumcompassion.

Thanks to all of you who possess the core values and passion that calls you to share your talent with Volunteer Health Corps.

We are nothing without you.

Curt Chastain, MDPresident, Volunteer Health Corps Board of Directors


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OvercrowdingInEmergencyRooms

LateDiagnosisOnTreatableConditions LongWaitsForCare

NoInsuranceCoverage

InadequateInsuranceCoverage

PoorHealthCareWorkDayAbsences

VHC is a private non-prot organization servingin a volunteer capacity as a catalyst to forgepartnerships between the private medicalcommunity and the public health sector in an effortto minimize delays in treatment, improve access to

care for urgent problems, and minimize the use ofemergency rooms for chronic health problems.

A community issue

Our Mission

MISSION STATEMENT

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Our volunteer physicians safety andprotection are foremost in our vision

VHC is estimated to have

saved Baton Rouge area

emergency rooms over$6.3 million dollars since

its inception in 2006.

* Pictured: Kaeryn Frank, an orthopedic nurse at the

VHC Wednesday evening orthopedic clinic, comes

every other week for two years now with her friend

Karen Wax.

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Sound like a personal problem? As our board presidentDr. Curt Chastain listed in his letter to the community,

Louisiana ranks 44th in work absences. This directly affectsour economy in terms of providing employers with a reliableemployment pool. VHC exists to chip away at the workexcuses: long lines, insurance requirements, long specialtywaiting lists, and no access to primary care except throughemergency rooms.

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Our patients have no primary care home, and are either

under or uninsured. East Baton Rouge Parish has a

population of 434,633. The parishs ethnic composition is

51% Whites, 44% African Americans, 3% Hispanics, and

2% Asians. The number of adults without insurance rose

over the past two years, according to the 2011 Louisiana

Health Insurance Survey the number of uninsured adultsage 19 to 64 has increased signicantly in the past two

years from 540,490 to 633,943. Uninsured adults rose

from 20.1 percent in 2009 to 22.7 percent in 2011.

The median household income is $46,563. 60% of the

high school population is graduating. With 25% of children

living in poverty and 45% in single parent households, East

Baton Rouge Parish more than doubles those national

benchmarks. The unemployment rate is 6.2% and the

homicide rate is 16 times the national average. The parish

has 6 times more sexually transmitted diseases than the

national benchmark and Baton Rouge, the city that makes

up the majority of the parish, is ranked 2nd in the nation

for new HIV/AIDS cases. 51% of Louisianas population is

female and 12.3% are over 65. (Source: Mayor s Healthy

City Initiative Need Assessment)

Louisiana ranks third highest in Emergency Room Visits

(Source: Louisiana Health Quality Forum). Indigent and

uninsured patients utilize emergency rooms as their access

point to primary care. By law emergency rooms must take

all comers. Ambulances can be diverted to another hospital

if the emergency room is overcrowded and the emergency

patient may have to spend an additional 15-45 minutes in

transit. This has serious implications for patient care in our

area. VHC serves as a bridge to access primary care by

seeing patients referred from area emergency rooms. Any

patient seen by our volunteer physicians means one less

patient in the emergency rooms.

VHC PATIENT OVERVIEW

PATIENT OVERVIEW

Patient Age Distribution by Clinic

General MedicineGeneral Medicine

OrthopedicOrthopedic

RheumatologyRheumatology

NumberofPatientVisits

46-55

56-65

< 20 66+

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29%

7%

1%

41%

Total Patient Visits by Clinic

Total Patient Visits by Age

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PATIENT OVERVIEW

Patient Race Distribution by Clinic

General Medicine General Medicine

Orthopedic Orthopedic

Rheumatology Rheumatology

Patient Gender Distribution by Clinic

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VHC Returns To Its Roots

VHC enters into disaster planning and managementwith this new venture as the federally mandatedCapital Area Medical Reserve Corps (MRC).We were conceived during Katrina to provide asubstantive outlet for area doctor participation in the

catastrophe cleanup treating the many displacedpatients. Now we have staff to plan and implementmedical personnel participation in future disasters.VHC is participating with the myriad organizationsthat currently mobilize in times of catastrophic events.VHC will continue to focus on making our communityhealthier. Forging partnerships is key to our missionso the extension to disaster is absolutely within thescope of our vision. More news to come on thisexciting addition to our work!

VolunteersinterestedinparticipatingintheMRCtrainingsandcommittees

pleasegoonlinetoregisterat(www.

volunteerhealthcorps.org)orcontact

MicheleBroomeatmichele@

volunteerhealthcorps.org

We Have Moved our Administrative Ofces!

Our administrative ofces have been donated foryears through the generosity of Lake After Hours, andmore specically our charter board member, KevinDiBenedetto, M.D.. Due to our growth and success wehave literally outgrown the space! With the coming of

our MRC work, we reached out to the American RedCross for training and partnership potential and struckpay-dirt! We now have a wonderful partnership andaffordable ofce space. THANKS To Bobbi Zaunbrecheand the Baton Rouge Area Red Cross!

VHCOfce,nowat4655Sherwood

CommonBlvd.,BatonRouge,LA70816

VHCeveningclinicsremainatourNorth

FosterandPerkinsRoadlocations.

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VOLUNTEERS & SUPPORTERS

ABOVE AND BEYOND

At a recent General Medicine Clinic I had theopportunity to meet a few of the stars of the VolunteerHealth Corps. There is Christoph Marques, ahandsome Frenchman who is an engineer andendlessly talented. He speaks several languages andoften helps us when we need an interpreter. He (andthis just kills me) volunteers at nearly every clinic at thefront desk.

There is also Pam Headlee who also volunteersweekly, only with a twist. She does the GeneralMedicine Clinic one week and the Orthopedic Clinic thenext. An employee of Amedisys, she comes straightfrom work and handles the check in of all our patients.I caught her slipping a very shy patient in through theback to allow her some privacy when she went to thelab to have a few tests done. The compassion in hernearly did me in!

The three doctors who came that night came in quietlyand immediately started seeing patients, straight from

How wonderful thatno one need wait a

single moment toimprove the world.

-Anne Frank

*Pictured left to right: Clinic Director Sarah Scade,and Pam Headlee, volunteer VIP.

work. I had to seek them out to thank them and theylooked almost confused. I got comments like: Welove doing this and this is fun! from these incrediblefolks.

At the Orthopedic clinic we have Gloria Wall, a weeklyvolunteer. She is a physical therapist and works withreferral patients EACH and EVERY week who wouldnever have access to that kind of care. She is alsonotorious for following up with her patients all on herown to check on their progress. Sigh. Thank youGloria.

Humbling to see such dedication. Warming to knowthese folks are in our community. And a reminder tome, an ofce slog, what an incredible mission we onstaff at VHC serve. I gotta get over there more often!

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Our Volunteers

Mr. Colton Adkins

Ms. Lisa Alleman

Ms. Ashley AmedeeDr. Craig Andrews

Ms. Tandi Ballard

Dr. Michael Blanchard

Dr. Chad Braden

Ms. Brenda Brown

Dr. Joseph Broyles

Dr. Michelle Carley

Dr. Ronald Ceruti

Dr. Curtis Chastain

Ms. Tana Clark

Dr. Elena Cucurull

Dr. Kevin DiBenedetto

Dr. Michael Duplechain

Dr. Bobby Dupre

Dr. Robert Easton

Dr. Henry Eiserloh

Ms. Catherine Falgout

Dr. Mark Field

Dr. Desha Folgar

Ms. Catherine Fontenot

Ms. Kaeryn Frank

Ms. Amanda Fuselier

Dr. Robyn GermanyMr. Jason Gharamani

Mr. Mark Grant

Mr. Joseph Gray

Dr. Craig Greene

Dr. Bryan Grifth

Dr. Ray Halliburton

Ms. Pamela Headlee

Ms. Bunnie Hines

Dr. Khanh Ho

Ms. Sharon Holder

Dr. Keith Holmes

Ms. Kelsey HundleyMs. Ali Hunter

Dr. Trenton James

Ms. Charla Johnson

Ms. Beth Jones

Dr. George Karam

Dr. Shammi KatariaMs. Kimberly Keim

Dr. Lawrence Koenig

Mr. Dwayne Labatut

Dr. Adrian Landry

Ms. Kelli Larose

Dr. William Laughlin

Judge Luke Lavergne

Dr. Frances Lawrence

Mr. Greg Leblanc

Mr. Jon Leblanc

Dr. Dean Lauret

Dr. Yushen Lee

Ms. Anna Li

Dr. Stephen Lindsey

Dr. Ann Long

Dr. Chad Loup

Ms. Sandy MacMurdo

Ms. April Madere

Mr. Christophe Marques

Ms. Danielle Martrain

Ms. Donna McInnis

Dr. Susan McNamara

Dr. Hector MenaMr. Kyle Meredith

Dr. Lawrence Messina

Ms. Susan Moncla

Dr. Mitchell Montelaro

Dr. Denzil Moraes

Ms. Cindy Munn

Dr. Paul Murphree

Dr. Gerard Murtagh

Dr. Susan Nelson

Dr. Nhung Nguyen

Ms. Diana Norton

Mr. Michael OldenburgDr. Rubin Patel

Ms. Phyllis Peltier

Dr. Nelson Perret

Dr. David Pope

Dr. Kevin Reed

Ms. Mary RhorerDr. Ricardo Rodriguez

Ms. Brielle Robin

Ms. Laura Rogers

Dr. Michael Rolfsen

Ms. Rebecca Tadlock

Dr. Todd Taylor

Mr. Russel Tipton

Ms. Claire Townsend

Ms. Pam Tremblay

Dr. Eric Waguespack

Ms. Alison Walker

Ms. Gloria Wall

Dr. Meredith Warner

Ms. Karen Wax

Dr. Patricia Depuy Whatley

Ms. Amber Whittington

Dr. Joce Wood

Your Name Here

We proudly celebrate

our fth anniversary

with thanks to the

following volunteers.

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Volunteering at Clinics

Supporting Volunteer Health Corps whether byserving as a volunteer or donating much neededdollars, is supporting the community health caresystem as a whole.


VOLUNTEER OVERVIEW

In2011

Educationiskey;volunteersseethebenetweareproviding.

Participationisminimal;volunteeronetimeayearandyouwillbeaVHCmajordonor!

Yourdollarsgodirectlytomaintainqualityvolunteerclinicsinordertoensureminimalpaperworkfordoctors.Staffhoursarededicatedalmostexclusivelytovolunteersupport.

Thank you to all who have stepped up to supportVHC and the Baton Rouge Community. A specialthanks to our foundation and healthcare partnerswho know best the issues we address.

To donate with a credit card you can go onlineto volunteerhealthcorps.org or send a checkor money order to Volunteer Health Corps 4655Sherwood Common Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA70816, or simply use the envelope we haveprovided in the fold of this report.

To register to volunteer you can ll out thevolunteer form on our website or contact SarahScade ([email protected])

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* Pictured: Kelli LaRose, a dedicated, weekly volunteer for the

Wednesday evening orthopedic and rheumatology clinic who

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Brenda Brown, R.N., BSNBaton Rouge General

Curt Chastain, MD, ChairmanOur Lady of the Lake

Kevin DiBenedetto, M.D.Lake After Hours

Mark GrantCBS Sports

Bunny Hines, L.C.S.W.Community Volunteer

Trenton James, M.D.

Retired, Baton Rouge General

George Karam, M.D.Earl K Long

Judge Luke Lavergne, RetiredFamily District Court

Fran Lawrence, Ph.D.LSU

Jon Leblanc, TreasurerPostlethwaite and Netterville

Yushen Lee, M.D.Our Lady of the Lake

Rubin Patel, M.D.Ochsner

Kevin Reed, M.D.Earl K Long

Mike Rolfsen, M.D., Vice ChairBaton Rouge Clinic

Alison Walker, SecretaryOur Lady of the Lake

2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORSCOMMUNITY HEALTH PROFOUNDLYAFFECTS ECONOMIC STABILITY

Each (free) clinic brings to its community much-needed health care services and dedicated staff andvolunteers who work diligently to address a dauntingnumber of challenges, said Tammy Allen, whoauthored the study as Project Director for AmeriCares

U.S. Medical Assistance Program. Without adequateresources, free clinics are unlikely to keep pace withthe widening expanse of patient demand.

VHC provides a safety net for a wide diversityof patients. Lack of insurance has no favoritedemographic. Patient referrals come from all areaproviders, not just the public health system. Ochsnerand Our Lady of the Lake have referred patients whoare uninsured due to transience, unemployment, lackof employer benets and of course underinsurance dueto high deductible. This is the NEW poverty, which inhealth care affects all economic strata.

Michele [email protected]

Sarah Scade

[email protected]

Kathy West

[email protected]

2011 VHC Staff

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2011 Financial Statement

GrantsContributions and giftsInterest income

Revenues

Expenses

VHC program staff salariesEKL and part-time staff supportClinic expensesOfce and administrative expenses

End of Year Cash Balance

$50,000$5,600

$192

$55,792

$82,102$24,790

$21514,056

$122,616

Donors

Visionaries

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana

Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation

Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation

Golden Circle

Moyse Family Foundation

Fellows

Mrs. Betty Simmons, in memoriam of

Joseph Simmons

Christen Elizabeth Clement Foundation

Judge Luke Lavergne

Rockit Science Agency

FriendsAlison Walker, Bunny Hines, L.C.S.W., Curt Chastain,

M.D., Dr. and Mrs. James L. Trent, Frances Lawrence,

Ph.D., Michele Broome, M.C.S.W., Kathy West, Joe

Simmons, in memoriam of Joseph Simmons, Rubin

Patel, M.D., Yushen Lee, M.D.

In Kind Services

Earl K Long, Rockit Science Agency, Point Coupee

Pecans, Kean Miller Law Firm, Lake After Hours, Baton

Rouge Business Report, Employer Support Services,Red Cross.

Merci!

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