About Us
Access to Care is a model, cost-controlling primary health care program specifically targeting low-income, uninsured individuals living in suburban Cook County, Illinois and northwest Chicago. (North of North Avenue AND west of Pulaski Road)
The program is a unique public/private partnership making primary health care and the ancillary pharmacy, laboratory and radiology services available to low-income individuals. Access to Care provides affordable diagnosis and treatment for illness to individuals and families for a small co-payment per visit, procedure or prescription medication.
Access to Care contracts with local providers throughout Cook County and pays them a discounted rate to provide services. Physicians volunteer to participate and choose the number of patients they will add to their practice. They are nominally compensated.
Over 100,000 people in suburban Cook County and northwest Chicago have been served in the 20 year history of Access to Care.
The need for the services of Access to Care continues to increase. It is estimated that there are nearly 46 million Americans without health insurance. Almost 400,000 of those individuals live in suburban Cook County and Northwest Chicago. The program annually serves about 10,000 low income individuals.
Joseph P Flanagan Jr.
Chair
JP Flanagan Enterprises, Inc.
Rob Tannenbaum
Treasurer
The AXL Partners, LLC
Mark Grach MBA
Chair-Elect
Pro-Solutions, LLC
Venoncia M Bate' CHADM, MSOL
Alexian Brothers Medical Center
Ronald Bean JD
Governors State University
Steven Blaine Ph.D.
Vanguard Health System
David N Carvalho JD
Illinois Department of Public Health
Patricia Doherty-Wildner
CEDA
Jenice Ervin MSN
Park Forest Health Department
Matthew M. Fitz MD
Loyola University Medical Center
Joseph P Flanagan Jr.
JP Flanagan Enterprises, Inc.
Steve Hamman MBA
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Maurice Lemon MD, MPH
Health Management Associates
J. Paul O'Keefe MD
Loyola University Medical Center
Margaret Saunders MS, RD, LD
Community & Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc.
Jeff Schmidt
Humana, Inc.
Sidney Thomas
Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Christine R Blue BSN, RN, MHA
Park Forest Health Department - retired
Lois Coxworth-Gallagher RN, MS
The Coxworth Group
James A DeNuccio CHE, MBA
American Medical Association
The Honorable Mary McDonald
Cook County Board of Commissioners (retired)
Charles David Hughes Jr.
Community & Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc. (retired)
Victoria Bigelow
President
Kathryn R. Franklin
Chief Operating Officer
Kate D. Barnickel
Public Relations Manager
Claire Ducote
Senior Program Coordinator
Kimberly A Mertz
Senior Program Coordinator, Provider Relations/Credentialing
Susan Decker
Vendor/Client Specialist
Ronald Petersen
Network Administrator
Linda Paz
Data Entry Clerk
Daniel Washington
Director of Finance
Beatriz Ortega
Data Entry Clerk
Daniel Washington
Director of Finance