Premier Mobile Health Services Corporation

PREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THE MEDICALLY VULNERABLE AND THOSE WHO ARE MOST AT RISK OF DEVELOPING AND EXPERIENCING LONG-TERM ILLNESSES AND HOSPITALIZATION.

SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2018 WITH A SINGLE MOBILE MEDICAL CLINIC, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN RAPIDLY WITH OUR HIGHEST RATE OF GROWTH BEGINNING IN 2022. WE NOW HAVE 2 MOBILE MEDICAL CLINICS AND HAVE OPENED OUR BRICK-AND- MORTAR WALK-IN CLINIC THAT ALSO SERVES AS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE. OUR HIGHLY SKILLED MULTILINGUAL PROFESSIONALS GREW FROM 6 TO 13 AND THE MEMBERS OF OUR VOLUNTEER RANKS GREW FROM 49 TO 84. IN 2023 OUR VOLUNTEERS DONATED OVER 2,400 SERVICE HOURS. OUR PATIENT COUNT IN 2023 WAS 2,409 WHICH REPRESENTS A GROWTH RATE OF 63% OVER 2022. OUR GENEROUS DONORS HELPED US TO CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING AND SUPPORT DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES AS FAMILIES CONTINUE TO RECOVER FROM HURRICANE IAN THAT DEVASTED OUR COMMUNITY IN SEPTEMBER 2022. WE PARTICIPATED IN 24 COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS IN 2023 WHERE WE SCREENED 512 INDIVIDUALS, PERFORMED 127 FREE SCHOOL PHYSICALS, AND ALSO PERFORMED 33 OTHER TESTS AND PROCEDURES INCLUDING HIV TESTS, PROSTATE AND BREAST EXAMS. CHILDREN HAVE RECEIVED 36 DENTAL SCREENINGS AND SUPPLIES, PLUS 54 VISION AND HEARING SCREENINGS. WE GAVE AWAY 350 BACKPACKS FILLED WITH DONATED SCHOOL SUPPLIES AT OUR BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT. WE ALSO PROVIDED 500 CHRISTMAS TOYS, 16 BICYCLES, 100 HEALTHY FOOD BOXES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FREE FLU SHOTS, HYGIENE SUPPLIES AND COUNTLESS OTHER ITEMS AT OUR BREAKFAST WITH SANTA EVENT. BECAUSE OF OUR COLLABORATION WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TOTE BAGS TO THE FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FILLED WITH SANITARY NAPKINS AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TOTALING OVER 87,000. WE ALSO HELD SEVERAL OUTREACH EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LEE HEALTH OFFERING FREE LUNG CANCER SCREENINGS. ALL OF THIS WAS DONE IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING A VERY ROBUST MONTHLY TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR OUR MOBILE CLINIC TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE IN THE UNDERSERVED AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY EFFORTS FROM THE HURRICANE WHICH EXPANDED OUR PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEREFORE, INCREASED THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS FROM COMMUNITY CENTERS, CHURCHES, AND OTHER FACILITIES TO BE ADDED TO OUR MOBILE CLINIC ROUTE. IN ADDITION, THE UNWINDING OF MEDICAID HAS CREATED A HEALTHCARE CRISIS THAT REQUIRES URGENT ATTENTION AND SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN RECEIVE THE CARE THEY DESERVE. MEDICAID PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE COVERAGE TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICAL TREATMENTS, PREVENTIVE CARE, AND MEDICATIONS. HOWEVER, AS MEDICAID PROGRAMS FACE BUDGET CUTS AND POLICY CHANGES, THERE IS A PROFOUND IMPACT ON COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS, LEAVING THEM WITHOUT ACCESS TO CRUCIAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES. MANY INDIVIDUALS ARE BEING LEFT UNINSURED AND UNABLE TO AFFORD THE HEALTHCARE SERVICES THEY DESPERATELY NEED. THIS PLACES AN EVEN GREATER BURDEN ON THE MOBILE CLINICS AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE. OUR CLINICS, ALREADY OPERATING WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, NOW FACE AN INCREASED DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES AS WE TRY TO MEET THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE GAPS IN THE SYSTEM. WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING HEALTH CARE CONVENIENT FOR OUR PATIENTS. OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND DONORS HAVE FUNDED OUR CAPABILITY TO DISPENSE CONVENTIONAL MEDICATIONS AND THE OPERATION OF A POINT OF CARE IN-HOUSE LABORATORY. THIS LABORATORY IS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR THE UNINSURED PATIENTS WE SERVE AS IT ENSURES QUICK LAB RESULTS, SO THEY NO LONGER MUST WAIT FOR THEIR TEST RESULTS TO COME BACK FOR A SECOND VISIT. WE ALSO PROVIDE PATIENT-FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE UNABLE TO PICK UP THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS AND TRAVEL TO THEIR LIFE-SAVING APPOINTMENTS, SUCH AS DIALYSIS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL MEDICAL REFERRALS. FOR ADDED CONVENIENCE, WE ALSO OFFER TELEHEALTH VISITS. OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE FREE HEALTH CARE SERVICES IS ALSO MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR 12 AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS WITH NATIONAL AND LOCAL UNIVERSITIES HELPING US PROVIDE SERVICES AT NO-COST AND LOW-COST. OUR ORGANIZATION IS A BRIDGE FOR MEDICAL RESIDENTS, NURSE PRACTITIONER STUDENTS, MEDICAL ASSISTANTS AND CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT STUDENTS, AS THEY TRANSITION INTO PROFESSIONAL CAREERS. IN 2023 WE TRAINED 13 STUDENTS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. WE WERE HONORED TO RECEIVE THE GOLD STANDARD SEAL FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FREE AND CHARITABLE CLINICS. THIS RECOGNITION IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED. THE TEAM EFFORTS HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES. THIS AWARD IS A REMINDER OF THE INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE THAT CAN BE MADE WHEN WE COME TOGETHER WITH A SHARED PURPOSE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE WORLD. OUR ORGANIZATION IS ALSO HONORED TO BE A PART OF THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY MOBILE HEALTH MAP, AS HARVARD CONTINUES TO MAKE THE CASE THAT "MOBILE HEALTHCARE IS GOOD FOR COMMUNITIES". WE BRING MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL CARE, AND BRING LOVE, HOPE, COMPASSION, AND A SENSE OF WELL-BEING TO THE INDIVIDUALS WE ARE SERVING DURING THE WORST TIME OF THEIR LIVES. OUR VAST EXPERIENCE IN CARING FOR THE MARGINALIZED AND THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA HAS PREPARED US TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND THE WAY WE ARE TODAY. PREMIER MOBILE HEALTH SERVICES REMAINS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ESSENTIAL LIFE-SAVING CARE TO THOSE AFFECTED WHILE CLOSING THE HEALTHCARE EQUITY GAP.