Please call 786-573-6004 for information on our Charity Care and Financial Assistance programs. Our financial counselors will gladly assist you with this application.
As a faith-based organization, we are serious about our mission to help those in need. We provide free care to people who have no health insurance and who qualify for our financial assistance program.
The eligibility criteria for our financial assistance program are more generous than the state’s charity care definition. The state of Florida's charity care definition is based on family income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines or charges exceeding 25 percent of family income – as long as family income is less than 400 percent of the federal poverty guidelines.
We don’t stop there. We provide free health care to people with household incomes up to three times (300 percent) the federal poverty level. For example, for a family of four, the poverty level is $20,000 a year, so a family with a household income of up to $60,000 would qualify for charity care.
The Baptist Health charity care program is run under the auspices of the Pastoral Care Department, and our Financial Assistance Program. Charity care, with a sliding scale of discounts, is available to patients whose income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty level in special cases of hardship.
The criteria we use for determining financial assistance eligibility are reviewed annually. The criteria may be revised upward or downward by the Baptist Health governing board, which consists entirely of community volunteers.
For patients who are uninsured and apply for financial assistance but do not quality for free care under our financial assistance program, Baptist Health will consider the patient’s household income, assets and other circumstances to reach a mutually agreeable payment arrangement.
To apply for free care, your doctor must be on the medical staff of a Baptist Health hospital. Your doctor must have prescribed (ordered) the healthcare service requested. Also, you must complete a Financial Assistance Application.