Tennessee

Overview:

• Non-profit, 501(c)(3) medical clinic founded in 2010, offering no-cost medical care to local residents
• Part-time staff includes an Executive Director, two Nurse Practitioners, a Medical Assistant, and an Office Manager
• Physicians and Nurses volunteer
• There are around 2,000 patient encounters each year
• The clinic is open for walk-ins and scheduled appointments
• The majority of patients are uninsured
• Donations from patients make up 11% of the annual budget
• The clinic serves both as an urgent care center and a primary care clinic
  
• For many patients, BSMC is the only affordable option for medical care

The clinic has a substantial pharmacy on-site:

• Medications are bought wholesale and obtained as donations from individual pharmaceutical companies and from a group called AmeriCares, which gives free meds that are near their expiration date
• All medications are provided free of charge
• Most medications, or a reasonable alternative, are available
• Prescriptions are written if need be

Resident experience:

• Because of volunteers from Erlanger and St. Thomas, BSMC was able to open for a third day each week for the first time in its history
• Residents accompany attendings from their home institution
• Internal Medicine residents from Yale will come to Grundy County for a minimum of a four week rotation, with the majority of their clinical time at BSMC