Ashley County Medical Center: Project Pink

Grant Award Amount: $12,152

Crossett Health Foundation (dba Ashley County Medical Center) would like to continue the Project Pink in an effort to increase the number of women in this rural Southeast Arkansas county who seek regular mammogram screenings and receive diagnostic mammograms, ultrasound or MRIs if indicated. It is the goal of Project Pink to increase the number of early detections, thus raising a woman’s chance of survival. Project Pink will provide free screening and diagnostic mammograms to all Ashley County women over the age of 40, and to those age 30 and above with a family history of breast cancer by covering all out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, Project Pink will provide ultrasounds and MRIs to women by covering the out-of-pocket expenses associated with these procedures. Each woman who comes to Ashley County Medical Center for a mammogram, ultrasound or MRI will be evaluated to determine how much of the costs are covered by her insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and whether she qualifies for BreastCare. Once a cost coverage amount is determined, we will then charge the remainder of the cost of the service to Project Pink. Ashley County Medical Center has proudly worked in cooperation with BreastCare in the past. Project Pink is designed to work alongside BreastCare to better serve the women of Ashley County.