Jacksonville, Florida
41
E. Duval St. * Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone: (904) 399-2766 * Fax: (904) 549-8300
Website: http://www.vim-jax.org
E-mail:
mail@vim-jax.org
Eligibility requirements must be
met
before a clinical appointment can be made.
Call 399-2766 ext. 0 to verify eligibility.
The Volunteers in Medicine Jax (VIM-Jax) Clinic is a volunteer run medical clinic improving the health of the Greater Jacksonville community by providing free outpatient medical services to the working uninsured. The VIM-Jax Clinic serves the needs of patients that come to receive medical care as well as the needs of volunteers who require a well-organized, safe, and rewarding environment in which to volunteer. Physician, nurse and non-medical volunteers provide routine non-emergency medical services to our working uninsured who have no medical insurance and no place to go for routine medical care.
Services
The VIM-Jax Clinic
provides primary care and preventative medical services. Chronic and
acute conditions are managed through diagnosis, education, medications,
and minor procedures. No emergency services, hospitalizations, major
procedures, surgeries, or expensive diagnostic services will be
performed. Its focus will be on education, prevention and management of
routine medical problems with either inexpensive generic or contributed
medications. VIM-Jax provides diagnostic and therapeutic services for
most medical conditions that do not require surgery. The VIM-Jax Clinic
manages routine cases of Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Coronary
Artery Disease, Upper Respiratory Infections, Pneumonia, Urinary Tract
Infections, Sinus Infections, etc.
Service Eligibility
To become a patient of the VIM-Jax Clinic the following criteria
must be met:
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Residency: You must live or work in Jacksonville and work at least an average of 20 hours per week.
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Income: You must have an annual household income level of not less than $13,000 and not more than $25,530 for an individual. Add $3,500 for each dependent in the household.
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Uninsured: You must be without private or government funded medical insurance. If you quality for a government funded medical insurance program, VIM-Jax will provide temporary medical care while you enroll in the appropriate insurance program.
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