For many Americans, Sundays are a day to relax with family, but for the staff of Zwanger Pesiri Radiology Group on Long Island, one Sunday a month, they are working. Because more than 300,000 are uninsured on Long Island’s Nassau and Suffolk Counties according to Medical Director and ACR member Steven Mendelsohn, MD, the group has started a program called “Give Back Sundays” in which local uninsured patients receive necessary diagnostic imaging services at no cost.
The ACR acknowledges that other practices may be offering or are considering offering similar services to uninsured patients in their areas. Have you or your practice been looking for ways to give back? Is this something you would consider doing? What are your thoughts?
not a bad idea, uninsured patients often don't receive diagnostic imaging from community clinics, although they do from county hospitals (oftentimes more than a well-insured patient). It is also a great way to gain local publicity + contracts from county hospitals ;)
I would consider it, though it will be a long long time before I actually practice :D