The charitable care that the Tri-Cities Surgery Center provides, says Administrator Joe Ollayos, comes to the ASC from two primary sources: (1) a local charitable organization called Tri City Health Partnership (TCHP) and (2) a collaborative process the ASC has established with its joint venture partner Delnor Hospital, also in Geneva, Illinois.
According to its web site, TCHP “is staffed by dedicated physicians, nurses and other local area health care professionals, who volunteer their time to provide quality care to the community. Our services are for low-income residents of central Kane County who do not have Medicare, Medicaid/Public Aid or who are underinsured.”
“A number of our physicians participate in TCHP,” says Ollayos. “If one of our doctors participating in the program accepts a patient who needs a procedure that our surgery center provides, we will take the case and perform it at no charge.”
In collaboration with Delnor Hospital, says Ollayos, some of the physicians who treat patients at the ASC will sometimes identify an indigent patient who needs a procedure that the surgery center provides. “If the patient has been through the hardship vetting process at the hospital, and qualifies for charity care, we will take the case and perform it at no charge.”