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The Calcasieu Parish Medical Society is a non-profit organization representing the health care community in Southwest Louisiana. The Calcasieu Medical Society Foundation is the fund-raising arm of that organization.
This Foundation held the first A Black Tie Affair fundraiser in 2006 to support the Calcasieu Community Clinic. The clinic, which is housed at McNeese State University, is financially dependent upon the community in which it serves.
Since that time, A Black Tie Affair has grown into one of the region's most successful social events. Held annually, it continues to raise money for the Calcasieu Community Clinic and other health-related causes within our community.
It's an elegant, fun-filled night of fine dining, entertainment and dancing, all for a good cause.
Board of Directors for the Calcasieu Medical Society Foundation:
Kristy Armand
Dr. Yoko Broussard, Vice President
Suzanne Emerson
Janie Fruge
Robby Guillory
Cyrena Hight
Dorothy McDaniel
Jim McGough
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Dr. John Noble, Jr., President
Kayla Rigney
Dr. Van Snider
Janet Stoma
Elizabeth Temple
Dr. Barbara Tomek
Dr. John VanHoose
Linda Wranosky, Secretary/Treasurer
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What is the Calcasieu Community Clinic?
The Calcasieu Parish Medical Society, in effort to address the needs of the low-income working uninsured opened the Calcasieu Community Clinic in February 2001. The Clinic is modeled after many ‘free clinics' nationwide and uses volunteer physicians, pharmacists, nurses, dentists, optometrists and lay persons to staff its Thursday night clinic. The Clinic is a non-profit corporation, governed by a Board of Directors with a small paid staff to oversee the operations of the Thursday night clinic as well as administrative hours Monday – Friday.
Services provided at Calcasieu Community Clinic on Thursday evenings:
General Medical Care, treatment of seasonal as well as some long-term illnesses and conditions (ie: Diabetes and Hypertension), non-narcotic prescription medication, limited gynecology services and orthopedic services.
Services provided on a referral basis for eligible Clinic patients:
Limited Dental Services, Vision exams and eye glasses, laboratory services, referrals to specialist physicians, mammograms, x-ray, CT-scan, ultrasounds and other diagnostic services.
Who is eligible:
Adults aged 19-64, working at least 20 hours per week with verifiable household income which falls at or below 200% of Federal Poverty Guidelines (family of three: $37,060). Applicants must present photo ID, Social Security Card, recent Federal Income Tax Return and three pay stubs for initial screening. Patients must bring pay stubs to every visit to ensure ongoing employment is maintained.
During the year 2011 we held 92 clinics, delivered 1667 visits, filled 1729 prescriptions for 217 (unduplicated) clients for a total value of services delivered of $408,476.41.
In its first eleven years of operation, the clinic has held 658 clinics, provided 18,211 medical, dental, diagnostic and vision visits, filled 26,383 prescriptions, over 2 million dollars in prescription medication, which has provided 3.9 million dollars in medical, dental, diagnostic and vision services to 2475 unduplicated residents of Imperial Calcasieu.
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