The program is modeled after a similar program launched at New York City’s Woodhull Medical Center in 2005. For the Lincoln Art Exchange program, eligible artists undergo interviews and meetings with financial counselors before being enrolled into a financial aid program.
Once artists are enrolled in the program, they receive a certain amount of credits for each hour worked with patients or at a hospital event. Eligible artists run the gamut, from dancers and musicians to yoga instructors. Once the artists accrue enough credits, those credits can be put toward healthcare services, including physician visits and prescriptions.
“We have a large artist community in the Bronx and northern Manhattan who often go without care,” Lincoln Hospital Executive Director Iris Jimenez-Hernandez said in the report. “This program will change that, and it allows artists to give back to their local community.”
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