CATCH-ing a Better Quality of Life
The CATCH project is a collaboration between FSL social workers, St. Joseph’s Internal Medicine Clinic (IMC) and community partner agencies whose purpose is to assist chronically ill patients access community resources to better achieve their medical goals and lessen the use of emergency and in-patient services at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (SJHMC).
Our Program Partners
The CATCH project supports Internal Medicine patients and their primary care physicians by including a clinic-based social worker to help navigate CATCH partner agencies:
- St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (SJHMC)
- SJHMC’s Internal Medicine Clinic (IMC)
- Catholic Charities Community Services
- Keogh Health Connections

Our CATCH Program Components
How will our CATCH program help you improve management of your chronic disease and improve your quality of living? To start, our program will include the following components:
Home visits
Primary Care Physicians (PCP) and the CATCH social worker visit the patient’s home to review medical objectives and other social and environmental factors that impede progress toward achieving PCP recommended medical objectives. Spending time with your PCP in your home allows for each party to better understand one another with the aim of improving well-being. Home visits are not intended to replace regular clinic appointments.
AZ State Public Resource Assistance And Referrals
Keogh Health Connection services CATCH project participants by helping identify, understand and apply for AZ State Medicaid (AHCCCS), nutritional assistance (food stamps) and even help navigate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Keogh Health Connection will help you understand the application process in order to take full advantage of available community and government resources.
Program Inclusion Criteria
If you are interested in this program, you must meet the following criteria:
- Un- or underinsured of the IMC
- At least one of these chronic diseases: COPD, CHF or DM
- Medicare B without secondary coverage
- Excessive avoidable admissions at IMC, SJHMC and/or ED
- Medical plan non-compliance
- Expected to benefit from the program
Program Exclusion Criteria
To be eligible for this program, you must not identify as the following:
- Homeless individual
- Patient with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Mercy Care Advantage patient
- Medicare patients with supplemental coverage
Contact Us Today to Get Started
At the moment, the program has room for 100 IMC patients, so if you’re interested you should give us a call at 602-285-1800. Our trained professionals will be happy to help you get started with enrollment.