THE ROSE
12700 N FEATHERWOOD DR NO 260, HOUSTON, TX 770344494 therose.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SAVING LIVES THROUGH QUALITY BREAST HEALTH SERVICES, ADVOCACY AND ACCESS TO CARE FOR ALL.

THE ROSE PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS PROVIDING ACCESS TO BREAST HEALTH CARE BY OFFERING DIRECT MEDICAL SERVICES AND ACCESS TO TREATMENT REGARDLESS OF THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO PAY. THE EMPOWER HER SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM ENSURES THAT UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME STANDARD OF COMPASSIONATE, HIGH QUALITY BREAST HEALTH CARE AS THE INSURED. THE EMPOWER HER PROGRAM OFFERS A CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT STARTS WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND THEN MOVES INTO PROVIDING DIRECT MEDICAL SERVICES INCLUDING MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING, DIAGNOSTIC EXAMS AND BIOPSIES AND FINALLY ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP WHEN A WOMAN IS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. SPONSORSHIP IS PROVIDED TO WOMEN MEETING LOW INCOME, UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED GUIDELINES. FOR THIS PERIOD, THROUGH EMPOWER HER, THE ROSE SERVED 5,265 UNDUPLICATED, UNINSURED WOMEN AND PROVIDED 12,839 MAMMOGRAMS, BREAST ULTRASOUNDS, PHYSICIAN CONSULTATIONS, CORE BIOPSIES, AND OFFICE VISITS. OF THE 5,265 UNINSURED PATIENTS, 519 HAD BIOPSIES. TO DIMINISH THE BARRIER OF GEOGRAPHY TO ACCESSING ROUTINE BREAST HEALTH SCREENINGS, THE ROSE'S MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY PROGRAM IS VITAL. TWO MAMMOGRAPHY COACHES TRAVEL FIVE DAYS A WEEK TO PROVIDE BREAST HEALTH SCREENINGS TO INSURED AND UNINSURED WOMEN IN 49 COUNTIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SERVED A TOTAL OF 5,852 WOMEN OF WHICH 2,576 WERE UNINSURED. SEVENTY-THREE PERCENT OF ALL UNINSURED PATIENTS NEEDING ROUTINE ANNUAL MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING DID SO VIA THE ROSE MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY PROGRAM. THIS DATA UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR ACCESS TO CARE PARTICULARLY IN RURAL AREA AND SUGGEST THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR UNDERSERVED CONSTITUENTS HAD LIMITATIONS WITH TRANSPORTATION, ACCESSIBLE AND/OR AFFORDABLE SCREENING FACILITIES IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES.WITH THE MOBILE PROGRAM, STRATEGIC COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS GREATLY EXPAND ACCESS TO BREAST HEALTH CARE SERVICES WHERE WOMEN NEED THEM THE MOST. COMMUNITY PATIENT NAVIGATORS ARE UTILIZED TO REACH RURAL COUNTIES, AND ACT AS LIAISONS TO BRIDGE THE GAPS IN HEALTHCARE BY CONNECTING PATIENTS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS TO AREA RESOURCES, ENGAGING NEW COLLABORATING PARTNERS AND APPLYING EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION MODELS THAT INCREASED ACCESS TO CARE FOR THE UNDERSERVED. FOR UNINSURED WOMEN WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER, THE ROSE PATIENT NAVIGATION PROGRAM ENSURES ACCESS TO TIMELY AND AFFORDABLE BREAST CANCER TREATMENT. OF THE 328 PATIENTS DIAGNOSED, 175 WERE INSURED AND 153 WERE UNINSURED. FOR UNINSURED PATIENTS, THE ROSE'S PATIENT NAVIGATORS SECURE TREATMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS OF DIAGNOSIS THROUGH STATE-FUNDED HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS OR THE ROSE PHYSICIAN NETWORK. WITH THE ROSE PATIENT NAVIGATION PROGRAM, OUR PATIENTS GAIN DIRECT ACCESS TO AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF PHYSICIANS AND TREATMENT AT LEADING MEDICAL FACILITIES SUCH AS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER, HOUSTON METHODIST AND HARRIS HEALTH.PATIENT NAVIGATORS ALSO PROVIDE BREAST CANCER EDUCATION TO THE PATIENT AND HER FAMILY, SUPPORT DURING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, TRANSLATION, SUPPORT GROUPS, WIGS AND PROSTHESES AND UP TO FIVE YEARS' OF SURVIVORSHIP SUPPORT POST-DIAGNOSIS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE TO TREATMENT AND REGULAR SCREENINGS. OTHER SERVICES INCLUDE TRANSLATION, SUPPORT DURING MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING NUTRITION AND EXERCISE DURING TREATMENT, ALONG WITH ACCESS TO SUPPORT GROUPS. TO FURTHER MINIMIZE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN TO UNINSURED PATIENTS, THE ROSE PATIENT NAVIGATION PROGRAM PROVIDES GAS CARDS TO OFFSET TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES TO TREATMENT AND PROCURES FREE OR LOW-COST WIGS AND PROSTHETICS. THE ROSE NAVIGATED 153 NEWLY UNINSURED WOMEN INTO TREATMENT, AND DUE TO THE INCREDIBLE SPIKE IN DIAGNOSED CASES IN FY18 AND FY19, A TOTAL OF 1062 WOMEN RECEIVED SURVIVORSHIP SUPPORT ASSISTANCE.THE ROSE WAS THE FIRST HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO IMPLEMENT A PATIENT NAVIGATION PROGRAM (IN 1999), AND THIS EVIDENCE- BASED PRACTICE IS NOW UTILIZED IN OTHER COMMUNITY CLINICS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DURING FY20, A CITY WIDE SHUT DOWN DUE TO COVID-19 COMBINED WITH THE PPE PRODUCT SHORTAGES, THE ROSE WAS CLOSED FOR SIX FULL WEEKS. UPON REOPENING, ALL SERVICES POINTS, THE TWO DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS AND THE MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY PROGRAM, BEGAN WITH LIMITED APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING. THESE TWO FACTORS, THE SIX WEEK CLOSURE AND SUBSEQUENT LIMITED APPOINTMENTS, RESULTED IN SERVING 30% FEWER PATIENTS OVERALL. THE LOWER PATIENT VOLUME INCLUDED BOTH INSURED AND UNINSURED PATIENTS WHICH IMPACTED REVENUE.

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