How does this Program work?
This program offers low-cost or no-cost breast and cervical screening in clinics and hospitals in Brooklyn:
- Mammograms, clinical breast exams, pap smears and pelvic exams for women 40 and older.
Are you 40 years of age or older? Are you Uninsured? Not fully insured?
low income? If, you answered YES to these questions you may be eligible for the program.
- Pap smears, pelvic exams, and clinical breast exams for women under 40
Staff from the Brooklyn Breast Health Partnership (BBHP) can help answer your questions. For more information please call: 1-800-ACS-2345 or 718-875-1019
How is the program funded?
The program is largely funded by the New York State Department of Health, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the New York City Council.
The program makes it possible for women without insurance or from low income groups to receive: Mammograms, pap smears, pelvic exams and clinical breast exams every year.
Test results
All mammograms results will be sent to you.
Additional Help:
Brooklyn Breast Health Partnership (BBHP) staff may call you:
- To explain tests
- To offer help for getting to appointments
- To remind you of your annual appointment
What if I need more tests?
Someone from the clinic or hospital will call you:
- To let you know if you need more tests
- To make an appointment for you
You may have to go to a different Partnership clinic or a hospital for these tests:
- Please call the clinic anytime you have questions.
- These tests are paid for by this program.
- You should not be asked to pay for them, or get a bill for them. If you do – it’s a mistake. Call the clinic or call us.
BBHP staff can help – call us!
We speak Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole and Spanish.
BBHP Staff – Call us at:
(718) 237-7851 x 9126
(Eng/Spanish)
(718) 237-7851 x9139
(Eng/Haitian Creole/French)
(718) 237-7851 x9133
(English)
(718) 886-8890 (Eng/Chinese)
What if I need treatment?
- Treatment will be provided by a hospital in this Program for eligible women
- You can choose to get treatment somewhere else, and come back to the Program later.
- Getting treatment at a hospital that is not in the Program will not be paid for.
Treatment will be paid for by a new Medicaid program.
- This Medicaid is for legal residents.
- If you qualify, it covers all your medical bills – for as long as you are getting cancer treatment.
- It’s your choice whether you want to get this special Medicaid
- There is a new process to get this Medicaid. BBHP staff can help you enroll.
Call us anytime!
718/237-7851 Ext. 9126
718/237-7851 Ext. 9139
AT BROOKDALE HOSPITAL, CONTACT:
MS. A. Okon, PCAP ooordinator
STATION J, second floor, ext. 5855
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