Bring Mobile Lung Screening to Your Community
With your invaluable support, Moffitt is pioneering innovative solutions to enhance lung screening accessibility by introducing the first mobile lung screening unit in Florida.
Moffitt Cancer Center is dedicated to screening and prevention efforts, by increasing lung screening rates across Florida. In addition to offering lung screenings at Moffitt locations, we are taking lung screenings directly to the communities, ensuring that everyone eligible has easy access to these vital services.
Community hosts like you are the cornerstone of our mission. Together, we're not just reaching those in need of lung screenings, but empowering individuals to take charge of their health with convenience and ease.
Our mobile lung screening unit is available to book at:
- Workplaces
- Community Organizations and Events
- Faith-Based, Professional and Advocacy Organizations
- Healthcare Providers
Our Mobile Lung Screening Unit operates seamlessly, offering state-of-the-art technology and expert care, ensuring accessibility and convenience. Save Lives and book the Mobile Screening Unit at your location.
Convenient. Easy. Fast. Expert Care.
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Do patients need to make an appointment, or can they just walk up?
Yes, they need an appointment. Once we confirm a date to bring the Mobile Lung Screening Unit to your location we will provide you with handouts to promote the event and give your community members instructions on how to book their screening.
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What should we expect?
Fill out the Partner Interest form to request Moffitt's Mobile Lung Screening Unity at your organization or event. Once you submit the form, our coordinator will contact you to find a date and go over logistics.
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How often should we offer lungs screenings in our community?
Once a year, it is recommended that people who are at high-risk get a yearly lung screening. We would like to partner with you to bring our mobile unit to your location annually.
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How long does it take to get a Lung CT scan?
On the mobile unit or at one of our campuses it only takes approximately 10-15 mins from patients' arrival to departure.
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Why should people get their lungs screened?
Moffitt recommends lung cancer screenings because they can help find potentially cancerous abnormalities before they cause symptoms. Routine screenings can detect even the smallest abnormalities in lung tissue. Early detection can lead to early interventions and better outcomes and a higher quality of life.
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Who is eligible for a lung screening?
Current or former smokers who have smoked for 20 years or more and those ages 50 or older who have smoked 20-pack years are considered high-risk. (To measure a pack year, multiply the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years smoked).
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Does insurance cover lung screenings?
Yes, Medicare and most private insurance plans are mandated to cover lung cancer screenings under the Affordable Care Act.
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Do you offer charity care?
Yes, if someone in your community answers yes to the following questions they may be eligible for a free lung screening through the Lung Screening Access Program:
- Current or former smoker that screening eligibility: over 50 year, 20 pack-year history
- Live in Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, or Polk County?
- Are uninsured?
- Not on a student or tourist visa?
- Meet the income guideline of <200% the Federal Poverty Level?
If they don't qualify for the Lung Screening Access Program, they can self-pay the out-of-pocket fee that is under $200.
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Can our community members pay by cash?
Yes, we offer Discounted Self Pay. If your community members don't have Health Insurance coverage and don't qualify for the Lung Screening Access Program but think they should get screened, they can self-pay the $170 out-of-pocket fee by calling our financial counselors at 813-745-8422