Ochsner Medical Complex - River Parishes

Ochsner Medical Complex - River Parishes

Ochsner Medical Complex - River Parishes provides mammograms in Louisiana. To obtain more details on eligibility please contact Ochsner Medical Complex - River Parishes directly by calling (985) 240-4454.

FAQs

What does the Ochsner Medical Complex - River Parishes provide?

They are a participating Center for the Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program.

What is the mission of the Louisiana Breast & Cervical Health Program?

To prevent unnecessary disease, disability, and premature death by providing quality breast and cervical cancer screenings at NO COST to uninsured and underinsured, lower-income women in Louisiana.

How to be eligible on their program?

• Eligible women are those that meet age, income, and insurance status guidelines.
• In addition, a woman must not participate in any program that provides these same services, such as Family Planning in a parish health unit.
• The screening provider determines a patient's eligibility for participation in LBCHP.

What are their eligibility guidelines?

• Age: Women must be between 21 and 64 years of age to qualify for cervical cancer screenings.
• For breast cancer screenings, women must be between 40 and 64 years old.
• A woman who by virtue of symptoms or physical findings, regardless of age, is considered to have a substantial likelihood of having breast disease is to be referred for a diagnostic mammogram.
• Income: The participant's household income must be at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level.
• The Federal Poverty Level and the LBCHP's maximum allowable income are adjusted annually.

How to find out if you qualify for a free or low-cost mammogram and Pap test and where to get screened

Please call their number call (888) 599-1073.

Do I need a Dr's referral for a free mammogram?

Do I need to make an appointment to be seen?

Do I need to be a resident of this county to get a free mammogram?

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