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• Charity Care: Offers financial help to patients who cannot pay all or part of their medical bills. 50-100% of the bill may be paid.

• Pharmacy Assistance Fund: Provides one-time (once a year) prescription assistance to patients experiencing financial hardship. Request must not exceed $500

• Uninsured Discount: Provides a discount on medically-needed services for uninsured patients.

Provides the following services:

• Financial Assistance Program: For patients whose insurance coverage and/or ability to pay medical bills is limited. Provides a discount on bills for emergent and medically necessary care. The program may cover current and outstanding bills and may remain in effect for 12 months after enrollment.

• Uninsured Discounts: Patients without insurance coverage are eligible for a discount for medically necessary services

Patients who need to speak with a financial counselor, need cost of care estimates, or determine if they may qualify for financial assistance to pay for procedures, may reach out about options. Financial counselors can help individuals understand patients' responsibilities and may offer no interest payment plans.

Patients who need to speak with a financial counselor, need cost of care estimates, or determine if they may qualify for financial assistance to pay for procedures, may reach out about options. Financial counselors can help individuals understand their responsibilities and may offer no-interest payment plans. Other options may include:

• Partners Care Program: Individuals who are uninsured or underinsured and have incomes less than 275% of the Federal Poverty Guideline may be eligible for help to pay their medical bill

• Payment plans

• Uninsured Discount Program: Individuals who do not have health insurance and do not qualify for Medicaid or Partners Care receive a discount on medically necessary charges. Patients with insurance who receive medically necessary services that are not covered by their insurance may also be eligible.

Patients who need to speak with a financial counselor, need cost of care estimates or determine if they may qualify for financial assistance to pay for procedures may reach out about options. Financial counselors can help individuals understand patients' responsibilities and may offer no-interest payment plans. Other options may include:

• Discount Program: Contracts with Change Healthcare to assist patients with Minnesota Healthcare Program or Hennepin Healthcare Charity Care applications. Individuals who are uninsured or underinsured and have incomes less than 250% of the Federal Poverty Guideline may be eligible for getting help to pay their medical bill

• MNsure Enrollment: On the MNsure marketplace, individuals can find, compare, and choose healthcare coverage, including commercial health insurance plans and low-cost or free plans through government programs. A financial counselor can help complete the online application. If eligible for a government program such as Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care, individuals may enroll through MNsure year-round.

Financial Assistance Program: For patients whose insurance coverage and/or ability to pay medical bills is limited. Provides a discount on bills for emergent and medically necessary care. The program may cover current and outstanding bills and may remain in effect for 12 months after enrollment. Uninsured Discounts: Patients without insurance coverage are eligible for a discount for medically necessary services

Program helps qualified patients access emergency services and medically necessary care when they need help paying for these services.

Offers financial services including speaking with a financial counselor or account representative about cost-of-care estimates, and helps in determining whether an individual qualifies for financial assistance. Financial counselors or an account representative can help individuals understand patients' responsibilities and may offer no-interest payment plans. An account representative may:

• Guide through the medical billing process and determine if financing options are available

• Offer assistance in resolving unpaid balances

• Share resources to determine insurance coverage

A fund for people who have recently experienced a crisis within the last 90 days and have exhausted all other options. This fund is trying to help people out of poverty by giving out a helping hand.

Contracts with Change Healthcare to assist patients with Minnesota Healthcare Program or Hennepin Healthcare Charity Care applications. Representatives can be accessed at the Clinic & Specialty Center, Whittier Clinic, or Brooklyn Park Clinic. MNsure Enrollment On the MNsure marketplace, individuals can find, compare, and choose healthcare coverage, including commercial health insurance plans and low-cost or free plans through government programs. A financial counselor can help complete the online application. If eligible for a government program such as Medical Assistance or Minnesota Care, individuals may enroll through MNsure year-round. Uncompensated Care Enrollment If not eligible for coverage through MNsure, individuals may qualify for the Uncompensated Care discount program. The program provides discounted care based on family size and annual household income. A financial counselor can answer program questions and help complete the application. Find a list of individual Hennepin Healthcare providers covered by the HHS FAP here. The following list of Clinics/Providers are not covered by the HHS FAP. This list is subject to change. Non-Covered Clinics/Providers

• Associated Nephrology Consultants

• Colon and Rectal Surgery Associates, Ltd.

• University of Minnesota Physicians (pediatric trauma services, neuro-interventional radiologic services)

• Charity Care: Offers financial help to patients who cannot pay all or part of their medical bills. 50-100% of the bill may be paid

• Pharmacy Assistance Fund: Provides one-time (once a year) prescription assistance to patients experiencing financial hardship. Request must not exceed $500

• Uninsured Discount: Provides a discount on medically-needed services for uninsured patients

Patients who need help paying their bill or prescriptions can call to discuss special circumstances or request a payment plan

• Allina Partners Care Program: Provides assistance to patients who do not qualify for Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare in Minnesota, or BadgerCare in Wisconsin, and whose annual incomes are at or below 275 percent of the federal poverty level

• Uninsured Discount Program: Provides a discount on medically necessary hospital charges for individuals who do not qualify for Medicaid or Allina Health Partners Care

• MedCredit Financial Services: Provides a financing option to patients who can't afford to pay high monthly payments for their medical bills over a short period of time

• Prescription Assistance Program: Patients can speak to staff or contact an Allina Health health care provider to send a referral letter to the program

Patients who need help paying their bill or prescriptions can call to discuss special circumstances or request a payment plan

• Allina Partners Care Program: Provides assistance to patients who do not qualify for Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare in Minnesota, or BadgerCare in Wisconsin, and whose annual incomes are at or below 275 percent of the federal poverty level

• MedCredit Financial Services: Provides a financing option to patients who can't afford to pay high monthly payments for their medical bills over a short period of time

• Prescription Assistance Program: Patients can speak to staff or contact an Allina Health health care provider to send a referral letter to the program

• Uninsured Discount Program: Provides a discount on medically necessary hospital charges for individuals who do not qualify for Medicaid or Allina Health Partners Care

Offers options based on each household's income, assets, and other resources for patients such as:

• Gillette Assistance Program (GAP): A financial program that provides discounts on eligible cots billed by Gillette. The size of a GAP discount is based on the recipient's household size and annual income

• Setting up a payment plan with a Gillette financial advocate

LSCHC may be able to provide assistance for prescription medication

• Free samples are sometimes available, but supplies vary day to day
• Programs to help with certain medications, paperwork, and assistance
• Provide vouchers at the Essentia Health pharmacy to get reduced cost medications

Clients should call for a refill at least 7 days before running out of medicine. Clients who do not will need to pay full cost of the medicine until prescription orders can be refilled.

Patient Financial Services staff can help patients apply for the financial assistance program. Financial Assistance Program: Available for patients unable to pay for emergency and other medically necessary care. Contact about a bill, talk about the cost of care, billing collection issues, or financial assistance program.

Offers financial services, including speaking with a financial counselor, cost of care estimates, or assistance determining if an individual qualifies for financial assistance. Financial counselors can help individuals understand patients' responsibilities and may offer no interest payment plans. Other options may include:

• Discount Program: Individuals who are uninsured or underinsured and have incomes less than 250% of the Federal Poverty Guideline may be eligible for help to pay their medical bill

Patients interested in knowing the cost of care, estimates of procedures, are interested in applying for financial assistance to help pay for procedures, or have questions about a bill, can contact the billing and financial department. Program options include:

• Financial Assistance: Based on income, resources, and ability to pay for those uninsured, underinsured, or whose insurance coverage status is not known

• Payment Plans: Offers flexible payment options to help patients manage out-of-pocket expenses, regardless of insurance status. Monthly payment plans are interest-free and payments must be 4% of the patient's total balance.

Offers a discount program for eligible patients and a payment plan option for any balance not covered by the discount. The program cannot be used for dental and pharmacy bills and charges. Program assistance is based on:

• Assets, such as property or savings accounts
• Family size
• Income
• Liabilities, such as bills or regular payments due

Individuals may apply even if they have insurance coverage.

Offers financial services, including speaking with a financial counselor or account representative about cost-of-care estimates, and helps in determining whether an individual qualifies for financial assistance. Financial counselors or an account representative can help individuals understand patients' responsibilities and may offer no-interest payment plans. An account representative may:

• Guide through the medical billing process and determine if financing options are available

• Offer assistance in resolving unpaid balances

• Share resources to determine insurance coverage

• Charity Care: Offers financial help to patients who cannot pay all or part of their medical bills. 50-100% of the bill may be paid.

• Pharmacy Assistance Fund: Provides one-time (once a year) prescription assistance to patients experiencing financial hardship. Request must not exceed $500.

• Uninsured Discount: Provides a discount on medically-needed services for uninsured patients

Provides financial assistance to persons who have health care needs and are uninsured, underinsured, ineligible for a government program, or otherwise unable to pay

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. Short-term, one-time grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis because of fire, flood, storm, illness, accident, theft, utility shut-off, eviction, foreclosure, moving expense, necessary home repairs, or need for furniture or appliance replacement or repair.

Patients who need to speak with a financial counselor, need cost of care estimates, or determine if they may qualify for financial assistance to pay for procedures, may reach out about options. Financial counselors can help individuals understand what patients' responsibility will be, and may offer no interest payment plans. Other options may include:

• Discount Program: Individuals who are uninsured or underinsured and have incomes less than 250% of the Federal Poverty Guideline may be eligible for help to pay their medical bills.

• Elevate Patient Financial Solutions: Help patients without medical insurance find resources to help pay for medical bills

Providing social services as a last resort, including:

• Clothing

• Emergency lodging (for residents of Kandiyohi County ONLY)

• Information and referral regarding food

• Prescriptions

• Rental assistance

• Utility assistance