IMI pays for the prescriptions of qualified clients up to $125.00 per client per month.
Guidelines For Assistance:
- Residents of Wichita Falls or Iowa Park, TX
- Chronic illness requiring maintenance medication
- Difficulty paying for prescriptions each month
If you think you might qualify for IMI’s RX Project, or if you have questions about Medicare Part D coverage, please call 940.322.1365 to schedule an interview with our RX counselor at 1101 11th St, Wichita Falls, TX
These items are required for acceptance into the project:
- Have an interview at Interfaith Ministries
- Proof of all income
- A list of monthly expenses
- Bank statements for any bank accounts
- Social Security Card and picture ID
- Pharmacist or doctor printout of all prescriptions
Purpose: The project pays a portion of the monthly prescription bills of individuals with chronic illnesses, whose fixed incomes are insufficient to meet their needs.
Qualifications: Individuals are chronically ill and/or disabled with incomes that are insufficient to meet their basic needs, and receive all the assistance from government and private sources for which they are eligible. The severity of the illness is considered, along with the total of other fixed expenses in the household.
Scope of Assistance: As many as 125 persons can receive assistance on an ongoing basis. Maximum amount of assistance is $125 per month.
Funding: The Prescription Project is funded completely by designated gifts. Local foundations, individuals, civic groups and churches in the community support the program. Twelve percent of each donation to the Prescription Project is directed to covering operating costs of Interfaith Ministries and the Prescription Project.
Operations: The project allocates up to $125 per month to each client, whose monthly prescription bills average $200 to $300. Prescription Project clients telephone Interfaith when they need prescriptions filled, and orders are forwarded to a local pharmacy, which provides prescriptions at a reduced rate to Interfaith Ministries and provides home delivery if needed. The pharmacy also takes advantage of free prescription programs from various pharmaceutical companies to supplement the prescriptions that IMI pays for. Interfaith Ministries has made a commitment to the clients on the Prescription Project to help them as long as they are in need. Requests for help to pay for life-sustaining medications come in each month.
Benefits: The medications provided are essential to the survival of the clients. Clients are less inclined to take less than prescribed amounts of medications in order to save money needed for food, utilities or rent. The Prescription Project benefits the community by reducing emergency room and hospital costs for clients whose health remains stable.
Who benefits from the Prescription Project?
- Elderly persons who are not disabled and are not eligible for Medicaid. Their fixed incomes are not sufficient to pay for all their medications
- Elderly and younger persons who are disabled, and take more prescriptions than the three that Medicaid supplies. Their fixed incomes are not sufficient to pay for the additional medications they need
- Medically indigent persons being served by the County Human Services who take more prescriptions than the three that the County supplies. They have no way to pay for the additional medications.
- Persons who are established patients of specialists. It is often not in their best interest to leave the doctor who is familiar with their condition to become a patient at the Community Health Care center just to get some prescriptions at a lower cost.
