Disclaimer & how this works

What Care Compass is

A free, mobile-friendly directory and guide that helps people find free and low-cost healthcare — clinics, prescriptions, dental, mental health, coverage enrollment, and medical-bill help — in the Philadelphia, South Jersey, Baltimore, Maryland, and Delaware region, and explains patient rights in plain English, with a community "Neighbor Notes" board.

What Care Compass is not

• Not a doctor, clinic, hospital, insurer, or law firm.
• Not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
• Not legal advice — the rights explanations are general information; details and exceptions apply.
• Not a guarantee of care, coverage, eligibility, or any bill outcome.
• Not a collector of your health or personal data — no accounts, no tracking of individuals.

Neighbor Notes (community board)

Neighbor Notes are submitted by community members and are not verified by us. Treat them as friendly leads to check, not confirmed facts. Never post private medical information about yourself or anyone else. Notes you post are stored on your own device until you send them in and we choose to publish. We may remove notes that are unsafe, harassing, spammy, or that exploit patients. Reading and posting never require an account; optional accounts may be offered later via a free community server and will remain optional.

About the rights information

The Know Your Rights page summarizes federal protections (EMTALA emergency care; nonprofit-hospital financial assistance under IRS Section 501(r); FQHC sliding-scale requirements) and coverage basics. Laws have details and exceptions, enforcement varies, and your situation may differ. For specific help, contact the hospital's patient advocate, a community health center, or free legal aid.

Where listings come from

Listings are built from official finders (like HRSA), verified nonprofit and clinic sources, and community submissions we review. Each has a last-updated date and a source link. Entries marked "Sample" are placeholders and must be replaced with confirmed resources before public promotion.

Privacy & corrections

No accounts, no ad trackers, no sale of data, and we never ask for your health details. The add/correct forms open your own email and are used only to maintain the directory. Report errors any time via correct a listing.

Liability

The site is provided "as is," without warranties. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for decisions made based on directory, rights, or community information, for the acts of any listed provider, or for the content of external sites we link to.