PATH Clinic (Primary Access to Health) / Space Coast Volunteers in Medicine

The Primary Access to Health (PATH) program is a community partnership effort between the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners, the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County (DOH-Brevard), and Space Coast Volunteers in Medicine to provide primary medical care to eligible, low-income, uninsured adult members of Brevard County.

Eligibility:

• Brevard County resident
• Family Income below 300% of the Federal poverty guidelines
• Currently not covered by Medicaid, Medicare, private health insurance, military health benefits or other insurance.
• Currently not enrolled in a similar medical program such as: hospital primary care, community health clinic, health alliance, etc.

The clinic provides the following services:

• Basic laboratory services
• Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care
• Disease management and education
• Non-emergency Acute or Chronic health conditions

The clinic does not provide the following: 

• Chronic pain management and prescription of narcotic medication
• Continued care after three consecutive missed appointments
• Disability assessments and physicals
• Emergency services
• Financial aid for medical services
• Psychiatric services and prescriptions of drugs for mental illness
• On-call services
• Phone prescriptions
• Special diagnostic tests (i.e. MRI, CT Scan, Bone Scan)
• Specialty care
• Treatment of Hepatitis B & C

The clinic is staffed by volunteer nurses, clerks and a primary care physician and is located in the Viera Clinic. Eligibility and an appointment is required. For information on eligibility and making an appointment, please visit SpaceCoastVolunteersInMedicine.org and select 'Eligibility' from the menu on the top of the website.