HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES

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KCSC promotes the health and wellbeing of Asian immigrants through two community health clinics, one in Fairfax County, VA and the other in Montgomery County, MD.  KCSC also provides health education through seminars, lectures and workshops, and advocates to improve the community health care systems.

KCSC, in collaboration with Mobile Medical Care and the Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, operates the KAMMSA Community Clinic for uninsured Montgomery County residents. Specializing in serving Korean Americans and immigrants, the clinic has been in operation since 2003. KAMMSA Clinic is open every Friday from 1pm to 4pm at the Shady Grove Adventist Medical Center. Patients receive care from a volunteer medical team (physicians, nurse practitioners, and interpreters), and referrals are made, as needed, to the local medical partners such as Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, Washington Adventist Hospital, and Suburban Hospital (additional fees may apply for referral appointments). By appointment only. The clinic cannot accommodate walk-ins. Copay is $25 to $ 40 per visit.

Eligibility criteria
1. Must be Montgomery County residents
2. Must be 18 and older
3. Must be uninsured. If you have Medicaid, MCO (Managed Care Organization) you must choose an insurance provider such as Amerigroup, Priority Partners, Maryland Physician Care, and Medstar.
4. Income level should be at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level (in 2020, annual income must be less than $65,500 for a family of 4).

The Grace Community Clinic provides free medical services for low-income, uninsured people. Since 2013, doctors with Christian faith have volunteered their time to make this clinic possible. The Grace Clinic provides bilingual/bicultural internal medicine services on every Sunday from 3:00pm to 4:30pm in Centreville Virginia by volunteer medical doctors and nurse practitioners. Patients can meet with an internist for medical consultations and prescriptions. Services are provided by appointment only.

Eligibility criteria
1) Must be VA residents
2) Income level should be at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level (currently, $65,500 for a family of four)
3) Must be uninsured
4) Eligibility does not depend on immigration status

With the support of the Asian American Health Initiative of Montgomery County, KCSC holds several Hepatitis B education, screening, and vaccination events annually. 2016 Hepatitis B Prevention events schedule and location will be announced through Korean newspapers.

Contact: Yesle Soh, 240-683-6663

Funded by Susan G. Komen and supported by George Washington University’s Cancer Center, KCSC has provided free mammogram, clinical breast exams, cancer awareness education, prevention, and treatment services for Korean American women since 2009. Mammograms are available for uninsured and low-income women, aged 40 and older, who reside in Maryland and Virginia. Women who have previously been treated for breast cancer or have breast implants are not eligible. Also, women who have had a mammogram in the past 12 months are not eligible to participate in the free mammogram events. However, for those who do not qualify for the free mammogram events, KCSC provides a referral service to Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC), where women can receive a mammogram and pap test for free or at low cost. Also, KCSC provides free clinical breast exams with the help of oncologists at KCSC’s annual health fairs held every fall.

Contact: Yesle Soh, 240-683-6663 

Medical Seminars in Collaboration with KAMA

Hepatitis B Seminars

Breast Cancer Early Detection Seminars

Myopia Awareness Seminars

Dementia & Alzheimer’s Disease Workshops and Screenings

Problem Gambling Prevention and Healing Seminars