Charity Care, Medical Financial Assistance

Clinch Valley Medical Center has a Charity Discount Policy that provides free hospital care for patients who have received non-elective care, do not meet the qualifications for Medicaid and whose income is at or below 200% (in most cases) of the Federal Poverty Level. In order to qualify for this free care, you must complete a Financial Assistance Application and provide documentation to support your income.



The Charity Discount Policy is designed to allow relief of all or part of the charges that exceed a patient's reasonable ability to pay. These patients must meet certain income requirements, do not qualify for state or federal assistance and are unable to establish partial payments or pay their balance in full.



The following classes of patients may qualify for a charity discount:



        Under insured patients (i.e., those patients with some form of third party payer coverage for health care services but such coverage is insufficient to pay the current bill) when indigence is established and the out of pocket responsibility is $1,000 or higher.



        Uninsured patients (i.e., those patients with no third party payer coverage for health care services whatsoever), which have advised that they are unable to pay their account balances.



For more information, please consult our Charity Care Policy.