Eligibility for Services are those who are:

  • Gainfully employed and meet the income criteria (includes dependents)
  • Full-time college students
  • Receiving disability income who do not have health insurance (includes  spouses)
  • Unemployed for less than 12 months
  • Claiming child support as sole source of income
  • Moving to Nelson County, Kentucky and awaiting Medicaid benefits

NOTE:  Any and all exceptions are made by the Medical Director, e.g. unemployed persons with serious chronic health problems)

 

Treatment Ineligibility include:

  • Insurance coverage
  • Military identification
  • Medicare, Medicaid, Worker’s Compensation
  • Unemployed longer than 12 months
  • Exceed the maximum income for household size per income eligibility criteria
  • Treated by private physicians and referred to the Nelson County Community Clinic for prescribed diagnostic studies,
    medications, or treatment

NOTE:  Persons living in the household who are not related and are not dependents will not be considered to qualify or disqualify others in the home

 

New Patients must bring:

  • Photo identification
  • Proof of residency
  • Proof of household income (1040 tax form, or 2 months income documentation)

 

The Nelson County Community Clinic does NOT provide the following services:
  • Treatment to persons residing outside Nelson County
  • Prescriptions written outside the clinic
  • Narcotics (pain medicine)
  • Physical examinations for the purpose of employment, school, athletics, workman’s compensation or disability
    claims
  • Financial responsibility for any medical expenses patients may incur as a result of recommended diagnostic
    procedures, treatment or evaluation (e.g. X-rays, CT scans, biopsies and/or surgery)