FirstCare* Dental

Clinic-in-the-making Update!

In the past couple of weeks we've made some progress on our start up community dental clinic at 1500 Broadway! We'll be known as UBDDS: FirstCare Dental. Great name since we're literally one of the only dental institutions for the community in that area, and we're anticipating a great deal of urgent care patients. ECMC also has had patients coming in with dental emergencies, so we are hoping to intercept those patients via referral or directly once people know who we are and what we do.

Marketing-wise we'll also be working on a presentation of sorts, to present to those interested in our start-up. Once that is underway, I'll be touching base with someone at the school who is experienced with grant writing. We'll be looking to find additional funds, being that we are a non-profit in an underserved area.

Fridays's meeting consisted of an awesome discussion of the potential services we'll be offering at FirstCare. Since we'll be primarily Medicaid based, our offered procedures will be heavily influenced by what is covered. But we will also have to strike a balance between what's covered, and the demands of patients.