Health & Medical Assistance

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

Pittsburgh Region

• Allegheny County Department of Human Services
  • 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.
• 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 is a faith-based collaborative that seeks to provide non-fragmented, whole-person preventive care across medical, social, and behavioral health disciplines for at-risk and uninsured populations in urban Pittsburgh.
• Giant Eagle Pharmacy
  • Free Antibiotics
    Participating Giant Eagle Pharmacies offer up to 14-day free supply of qualifying generic antibiotics with physician's prescription.
  • $4 and $10 Generic Prescription Program
    Giant Eagle offers 30 and 90 day supplies of over 400 generic medications.
• Healthy Start
  a program of the Allegheny County Health Department, is designed to identify a broad range of community-driven strategies and interventions that reduce infant mortality and the incidences of low weight births.
• Hill House Health Center
  The Hill House Association provides free health services for those living in the Hill District and surrounding communities.
• MedExpress Urgent Care Centers
  MedExpress Urgent Care Centers provide walk-in service 12 hours a day, every day of the week. Most insurance is accepted but not required. Services include treatment for illness or injuries, x-rays, immunizations, and other health care services.
• Operation Safety Net
  a medical outreach service delivered by clinical volunteers to the street homeless population in the Greater Pittsburgh area.
• United Way of Allegheny County Help Connections Database
  An extensive directory of health and human service programs in the Pittsburgh region.
• 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 was established in 1994 to provide health care to underserved groups. The program runs five medical 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.
  • PHCUP Clinics
• UPMC for You Medical Assistance Program
  UPMC for You is one of the 3 Medicaid programs serving southwestern Pennsylvania.
• Volunteer Pilots Association
  Provides air transportation to needy people who must travel to obtain medical treatment.

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Pennsylvania

• Healthcare Access Guide
  The Pennsylvania Department of Health has compiled an “Access to Healthcare Guide” to serve as a one-stop manual for individuals who either are uninsured or underinsured in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to identify potential points of healthcare service.
• PA Enrollment Services
  Medical Assistance programs in southwestern Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Dental Association
  Their website contains a list of Free and Reduced Fee Dental Clincs
• 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.

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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.
• Cover the Uninsured
  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and fifteen major national organizations are the co-sponsors of Cover the Uninsured Week- a major public education campaign to raise awareness of the consequences of being uninsured in the United States and to seek solutions for the more than 44 million Americans who have no health insurance.