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CSI initiated the new program on Oct. 1, 1996 and the funds will be used to provide patient services during the next nine months.
The Ryan White Care Act was introduced in 1990 as a means of providing primary care and support services to medically indigent HIV patients through federal funding. Over $205 million in Ryan White funding was available nationally during 1996 and was apportioned to areas hardest hit by the epidemic. Broward County's 1996 share of Ryan White funding was approximately $5.8 million. Ryan White funding in 1997 is expected to surpass $990 million nationally.
This marks the first time that CSI has applied for government funding designated for the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients. Following the success of its first application, CSI intends to expand its participation in the Ryan White program and apply for such grants for all of its sites nationally. The company can give no assurances that additional grants will be awarded.
In applying for the Ryan White funding, CSI proposed providing comprehensive ambulatory treatment services for the medically indigent HIV+ population in Broward County. Cost savings resulting from CSI's integrated care model will allow it to care for a greater number of patients for the same total dollars than could its competitors for the funding. CSI won the support of government officials and local commissioners, who saw the need to expand treatment options for this patient population in a fiscally prudent manner.
In an April 1996 report by KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, CSI was cited as providing an ideal model for HIV care. The report, "Integrated Patient Care: Managing Health Care Costs, Maximizing Health Care Value and Quality," stated that CSI's HIV disease management program, "works specifically because treatment of HIV involves a wide range of medical, pharmaceutical, research and social services, which, when integrated within a single facility, work together to help prevent progression of the disease, lower treatment costs and permit prospective cost management."
Health Professionals Inc., through its Center for Special Immunology subsidiary, owns and operates a national health care delivery and clinical research system that includes a multistate network of primary care and clinical research facilities specializing in immune system disorders, primarily HIV and AIDS.
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CONTACT: Health Professionals Inc., Fort Lauderdale Charles Chesson, PhD, 954/766-2552
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