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"Project Access started in Buncombe County (Asheville, NC) in 1996.  The physicians of the Buncombe County Medical Society realized the need for access to the full continuum of care for all low-income, uninsured residents of the community. While physicians were already seeing patients for free in their practices or on-call in the hospital emergency room, the hassle and heartache in trying to obtain specialty procedures and medications was an obstacle that was both unnecessary and impeding to their patients health."
 -Excerpt from Physicians Innovation Network or PIN
http://www.physiciansinnovation.org/about/what_is_pa.php
 
Project Access is a non-profit collaboration of local physicians, practices, clinics, and hospitals who donate specialty care services on behalf of the uninsured.  Project Access is NOT health insurance; we do NOT reimburse
for any services rendered. 
Although Project Access patients receive the majority of their care free of charge, they must enter into a Contract of Care which includes both general and specific patient responsibilities. 
 
Appalachian Mountain Project Access is one of four Project Access programs in the State of Tennessee, 
Hamilton County Project Access
Knoxville Area Project Access
and Bridges to Care Plus
are the others.
 
In East Tennessee, we are fortunate to work with our area's two premier hospital networks Mountains States Health Alliance www.msha.com and The Wellmont Health System www.wellmont.org which provide the diagnostics, surgery space, and hospitalization required by our patients. 
 
Board of Directors
 
Dr. Dan David, Chairman
Dr. John Franko, Co-Chair
Dr. Larry Schmidt, Secretary
Ms. Elliott Moore, Treasurer
Dr. Jeff Farrow
Dr. Jerry Miller
Dr. Ben Scharfstein
Dr. Joseph Smiddy
Mr. Tony Benton
 
Executive Director
 
Aubrey Everhart, M.S.S.W.
 
Site Manager
 
Jackie Hawkins
 
Lead Care Manager
 
Brooks Grindstaff, M.S.W.
 
Care Managers
 
Josette Fee
Karina Bishop, L.M.S.W.
 
Client Support Specialist
 
Tracy Pate, B.S.
 
Office Assistant/Claims
 
Emily Jones, B.B.A.  
 
Interns 
 
ETSU School of Social Work -
Vu Vue and Allison Sherfey
 

 

 Physician Advocates

 

Dr. Paul Brown - Johnson City Internal Medicine

Dr. Jack Butterworth - Wellmont/BRMC

Dr. Dan David - ETSU Family Medicine

Dr. Jeff Farrow - Pulmonary Associates

Dr. John Franko - ETSU Physicians

Dr. Jerry Miller - Holston Medical Group

Dr. Mark Overby - Midtown Medical Center

Dr. Larry Schmidt - Gastrointestinal Associates

Dr. Tedford Taylor - First Choice Pediatrics

 

If you are an active or retired physician, and you are interested in joining us

as an Advocate or as a Board Member, call us at 232-6700.