FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, July 30, 2007 |
CONTACT:
HRSA PRESS OFFICE
301-443-3376 |
HRSA Awards $5.6 Million to Help Coal Miners with Black Lung Disease
HRSA has awarded 15 grants totaling more than $5.6 million to hospitals and other health care entities to help coal miners with black lung disease.
“Black Lung Clinics Program grantees treat active or retired coal mine workers whose exposure to airborne particles resulted in respiratory and pulmonary impairments,” says HRSA Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke. “Their clinics also educate miners and their families on ways to cope with the disease and improve their quality of life.”
Through grants to state health departments, health care organizations and hospitals, the program coordinates services that include:
- outreach;
- primary and specialty care, including screening, diagnosis, treatment and pulmonary rehabilitation;
- patient care coordination and case management, including individual patient care plans and referrals; and
- patient and family education, health counseling, and benefits counseling for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Coal Mine Worker’s Compensation Program.
In 2006, Black Lung Clinics Program grantees, with oversight from HRSA’s Office of Rural Health Policy, provided these services – which are not reimbursable, for the most part, by private insurance or Medicaid or Medicare -- to 27,745 individuals.
A table of current grantees follows:
Black Lung Clinics Program Awards FY 2007
| Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
| Birmingham Health Care for the Homeless Coalition |
Birmingham |
Ala. |
$171,906.00 |
| National Jewish Hospital & Research Center |
Denver |
Colo. |
$376,905.00 |
| Shawnee Health Service |
Carterville |
Ill. |
$697,740.00 |
| Cook County Hospital |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$238,622.00 |
| Mountain Comprehensive Health Corp. |
Whitesburg |
Ky. |
$465,094.00 |
| Coal Miners Respiratory Clinic of Greenville |
Greenville |
Ky. |
$280,591.00 |
| Miner's Colfax Medical Center |
Raton |
N.M. |
$255,193.00 |
| Ohio Department of Health |
Columbus |
Ohio |
$528,531.00 |
| Centerville Clinics Inc. |
Fredericktown |
Pa. |
$264,459.00 |
| Altoona Hospital |
Altoona |
Pa. |
$205,522.00 |
| Alveoli Corporation |
Canonsburg |
Pa. |
$116,752.00 |
| Regional Education and Community Health Services |
LaFollette |
Tenn. |
$150,065.00 |
| St. Charles Health Council Inc. |
St. Charles |
Va. |
$452,771.00 |
| West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources |
Charleston |
W.Va. |
$1,206,209.00 |
| Northwest Community Action Program |
Worland |
Wyo. |
$238,136.00 |
| TOTAL: |
|
|
$5,648,496.00 |
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