Palmetto Infusion Services investing in state free clinics

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Palmetto Infusion Services is partnering with the S.C. Free Clinic Association, investing $600,000 annually in an effort to raise more than $3 million in grants to be shared among the organization’s 41 clinics in 25 counties.

“It has always been a huge goal of ours to improve the quality and access of health care to South Carolina’s medically underserved,” Palmetto CEO David Goodall said in a news release. “We searched high and low, and this was the best place for us to leverage our dollars and ensure that it was distributed to qualifying people throughout the entire state of South Carolina.”

In 2018, the S.C. Free Clinic Association provided more than $152 million worth of direct and indirect services to medically underserved patients in the state, according to its website.

“We are extremely excited about our new partnership with Palmetto Infusion and look forward to working with them,” chairwoman Patsy Whitney said. “This is the first time that we have partnered with a private company to this extent, and we are anticipating a very high return on Palmetto’s investment.” 

Each state free clinic is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit with its own governing board and eligibility requirements.