Health & Medical Assistance

See also: Medicare, Paying for Health Care, and Health & Wellness.

Pittsburgh Region

• Allegheny County Department of Human Services
  • DHS Resource Guides
  • Health Insurance Coverage
    Information about health care and health insurance programs
  • Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP)
    The Medical Assistance Transportation Program (MATP) provides non-emergency medical transportation to Allegheny County residents of all ages for the purpose of receiving non-emergency medical services.
• Allegheny County Health Department
  The Allegheny Coutny Health Department offers clinics for immunizations, STD and HIV testing, child dental care and primary care.
  • Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program
  • Underinsured or Uninsured? A Guide to Healthcare Resources in Allegheny County
    A list of clinics and health centers that serve people without health insurance or who are minimally insured. (July 2011)
• Be Well Pittsburgh!
  This website compiles information about health resources in the Pittsburgh area in order to improve uninsured Pittsburghers' awareness of and access to health care resources.
• Coordinated Care Network
  Coordinated Care Network provides specialized 340B pharmacy services and case management services to underserved populations throughout Pennsylvania.
• Giant Eagle Health Savings Programs
  Participating Giant Eagle Pharmacies offer $4/$10 Generics.
• Health Information for Persons who are Deaf, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing of Allegheny County
  reliable advocacy, social service and behavioral health care information
• Healthy Start
  An initiative to reduce the infant mortality rate (IMR) and the number of low birth weight babies among low-income white and African-American women.
• Operation Safety Net
  a medical outreach service delivered by clinical volunteers to the street homeless population in the Greater Pittsburgh area.
• Operation Walk, Pittsburgh
  Operation Walk is a private, non-profit, volunteer medical service organization that provides free hip and knee replacements for patients in developing countries (and in the US) that have no access to life-improving care for arthritis.
• PA 2-1-1 Southwest
  Pennsylvania 2-1-1 Southwest, the free human service hotline operated by United Way, is professionally staffed 24/7 in Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Fayette and Westmoreland counties. Call 211 (or 888-553-5778) for help with human services and community resources.
• PA Enrollment Services
  Medical Assistance programs in southwestern Pennsylvania
• Primary Care Health Services, Inc.
  Serves medically underserved populations located in high need communities and charges for services on a sliding fee scale, based on patient’s family income and size. Provides comprehensive health care, including primary, oral, mental and substance abuse care, as well as supportive services (ongoing education, transportation, translation).
• University of Pittsburgh Clinical Psychology Center
  The Clinical Psychology Center at the University of Pittsburgh provides a full range of outpatient psychological services at reduced fees.
• University of Pittsburgh Program for Health Care to Underserved Populations (PHCUP)
  PHCUP runs clinics which provide basic medical care free of charge. Services include routine examinations, pregnancy testing, HIV screening, immunizations, smoking cessation programs, and diagnosis of medical conditions.
• UPMC for Kids
  Pennsylvania's Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), brought to you by UPMC for Kids, is a state and federally funded program that provides health insurance to eligible uninsured children and teens.
• UPMC for You Medical Assistance Program
  UPMC for You is one of the 3 Medicaid programs serving southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Dental Association
  Their website for the public contains a list of Free and Reduced Fee Dental Clincs.
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare: Health Care / Medical Assistance (Medicaid)
  How to Apply for Medical Assistance
• Pennsylvania Health Law Project (PHLP)
  PHLP provides free legal services and advocacy to Pennsylvanians having trouble accessing publicly funded health care coverage or services.
• Pennsylvania Insurance Department: Adult Basic Coverage for Uninsured
  A state programs that will provide health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvanians between the ages of 19 and 64 who are low-income adults who have jobs but cannot access coverage, or are between jobs.
• Pennsylvania Insurance Department: Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
  Pennsylvania's program to provide quality health insurance for children of working families who otherwise could not afford it. It is not a welfare program.
• PA Fair Care
  PA Fair Care is Pennsylvania’s health plan for uninsured adults with pre-existing conditions. This temporary plan offers transitional insurance coverage until the broader coverage provisions of federal health insurance reform come to fruition in January 2014.

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United States

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  Formerly the Health Care Financing Adminstration (HCFA), the CMS is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that runs the Medicare and Medicaid programs - two national health care programs that benefit about 75 million Americans.
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  This nonprofit organization offers information and research on medicaid and medicare.
  • Medicaid / SCHIP
    Includes the Medicaid Resource Guide as well as recent news and reports.