Intuitive Eating: Guidance from
By Annie Schwartz, MS, RDN, LDN Typically, New Year’s resolutions revolve around a renewed resolve to embark on a new diet or exercise regimen, but as the reality of our busy lives sets in, our resolve inevitably breaks down over time, and we’re back to our old...SAD? CHP Nutrition Tips for Seasonal Affective Disorder
By Chrissy Garner MS, CNS, LDN, CPT The “winter blues,” also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is a type of depression that’s related to changing seasons and longer nights. Typically, symptoms begin to worsen around the fall and peak during the winter....CHP Launches Dental Practice Expansion
Community Health Programs is launching a $6 million, multi-year expansion of its dental care services, in order to serve more area residents who rely on MassHealth (Medicaid) coverage to pay for their oral health care. Just over 25,000 Berkshire County residents...
Open Enrollment Ends Jan. 23; CHP Available to Assist
The deadline for enrollment in state-subsidized ACA health insurance plans is Jan. 23, and the Community Health Program enrollment team is available to assist customers with the enrollment process. Unlike in previous years, the Open Enrollment period will not be...CHP Names Director of Dental Medicine
Community Health Programs has named John W. Brazill, D.M.D. as director of dental medicine. Dr. Brazill will oversee CHP’s dental practices in North Adams, Pittsfield and Great Barrington. He will also see patients at CHP North Adams Family Dental. A dentist for more...
Donor Spotlight: Foundations of Support
Peter Spina of Denver and sister Michelle Schmidt of Boston. Both grew up in Lenox, and their family foundation is a generous CHP contributor. Peter Spina and his sister Michelle Schmidt have left the Berkshires to live in Denver (Peter) and the Boston area...
Mission Moment: Dental Health for a New Family in Town
In mid-2020, a Boston area family relocated to the Southern Berkshires, where they found a rare affordable apartment. At the time, schools were closed to in-person learning, and the family—with five children—had no local connections or support network. Then, through...
Physician Joins CHP Berkshire Pediatrics
Dr. Laura Need has joined the pediatric care team at CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield. A graduate of Harvard Medical School and Wellesley College, Dr. Need practiced at Yogman Pediatric Associates P.C./Mount Auburn Pediatrics in Cambridge before moving to the...
CHP Offers 11/18 Developmental Screening for Young Children
CHP Family Services invites parents with young children to participate in the Ages and Stages Questionnaire, a free developmental screening tool for children up to age 6. The ASQ will be offered Nov. 18, 10:30-noon at the Stockbridge Library. To register, email...
Get Covered, Stay Covered: CHP is Ready to Assist ACA Consumers During Open Enrollment, Nov. 1-Jan. 23
Beginning Nov. 1, the Open Enrollment season begins for Massachusetts residents covered by ACA health insurance plans. The Community Health Programs insurance enrollment team is available to assist consumers with questions, plan changes or new enrollments. Open...RFP: Community Health Programs Mobile Health Unit
Purpose Community Health Programs (CHP) requests proposals from qualified contractors for the design, construction, staff training and delivery of one (1) new Mobile Health Unit (MHU). CHP intends to award a one-time contract to the Contractor whose proposal is...
Salisbury Bank Contributes $10,000 to CHP for Nutrition, Emergency Assistance
Salisbury Bank has donated $10,000 to support Community Health Programs’ food distribution programs and to bolster CHP’s funds for families and individuals facing financial emergencies. CHP Senior Vice President for Family Services Michelle Derr said, “This gift from...
Dentist Joins Great Barrington Family Dental
CHP welcomes Dr. Taphaphene Young to the dental team at Great Barrington Family Dental, where she is caring for patients of all ages. Dr. Young received her doctorate of dental medicine from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, a...
CHP Names August 2021 Employee of the Month: Heidi Fabiano, HR Administrator at CHP Administrative Offices
Community Health Programs has named Heidi Fabiano, HR Administrator at CHP Administrative Offices, as its August 2021 employee of the month! Heidi clearly has a vision to standardize operations for staff, administration and employees. She clearly...In the News: Farm to ‘Able’
Farm to ‘Able’: CHP Nutrition Club provides access to local people with an eye toward pregnant, new moms and people with diabetes Berkshire Eagle, Sept. 1, 2021, by Francesca Paris Read online or below “At CHP in Great Barrington, qualifying clients...CHP Hosts ‘All Vaccine’ Clinic 8/28 at Great Barrington Health Center
Community Health Programs hosts an “all vaccine” clinic on Saturday, Aug. 28, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Great Barrington Health Center, 444 Stockbridge Road. This clinic will offer Covid-19 vaccines for anyone, free of charge. For existing CHP patients from any of our CHP...
Nutritionist Joins CHP at Lee, Great Barrington Practices
Community Health Programs has named Annie Schwartz, MS, RDN, LDN, to its nutrition team. She is seeing clients at CHP Lee Family Practice and Great Barrington Health Center. She has a particular interest in working with people seeking to resolve disordered...
Donor Spotlight: Jack Polizzi of T.P. Saddleblanket
Years ago, the T.P. Saddleblanket shop in Great Barrington hired a young woman, an immigrant from Hong Kong, as a tailor and pattern maker. She was excellent at her job, but English was not her first language. When she needed dental care, she was unsure how to...
CEO Message: On Track at Family Services
Friends, This summer, we have some important reasons to celebrate, and to thank you for your ongoing financial support for CHP. CHP is on track for in-person services for some of our most important clientele: children and families. Our Family Services facility in...
Patient Appreciation: Emerging from Covid-19 with a CHP Tag Team
The isolation of Covid-19 was hard on Isabelle Conlon. An engineering student at Northeastern University in Boston, she headed home in the spring as the pandemic set in, to live with her parents in Lenox. She was safe at home with family, but still, Covid tripped an...
CHP On the Road: The Essence of Community Health
CHP has been a rolling health care operation since 1975. We haven’t run out of gas yet. By Kathleen Floyd, FNP If our community had been faced with a Covid-19 crisis in the 1970s, local community health leaders would have been the first to mobilize. They would have...Employee of the Month: Amanda Gaudette, Lead Medical Assistant at CHP Pittsfield Neighborhood Health Center
Community Health Programs has named Amanda Gaudette, Lead Medical Assistant at CHP Pittsfield Neighborhood Health Center, as its July 2021 employee of the month. When it comes to dedication to her job, there is no one like Amanda. Her supervisor states that she comes...
CHP Names Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to Berkshire Pediatrics
CHP Berkshire Pediatrics has named a psychiatric nurse practitioner to the Pittsfield practice, reflecting an expansion of CHP’s behavioral health services for children. Kimberly Loring, PMHNP-BC, has worked most recently as a psychiatric nurse practitioner at the...Employee of the Year: Marina Barahona, Practice Manager in Great Barrington
Community Health Programs has named Marina Barahona, practice manager at CHP Great Barrington Health Center, as its 2021 employee of the year. Marina joined CHP in 2014 as a receptionist. In 2019 she was named practice manager, and now oversees operations at the Great...
Psychotherapist Joins CHP Lee Family Practice
Rachel Duvall, LICSW, has been named to Community Health Programs’ behavioral health team. She will be based at CHP Lee Family Practice. Most recently employed as a psychotherapist/social worker with Counseling Center in the Berkshires in Pittsfield, Duvall provides...
Dr. Yaman Kana Named CHP Associate Dental Director
Dr. Yaman Kana has been named associate dental director at Community Health Programs. Kana will continue to practice dentistry as he assists with oversight of CHP’s dental practices in Pittsfield, Great Barrington and North Adams. He earned his doctor of dental...
In the News: Boston Globe Features CHP Mobile Health Unit
The Boston Globe prominently featured the outreach work of CHP Mobile Health Unit prominently in its June 12 edition, in a story covering vaccine incentives and efforts to get doses to those who need them, but have trouble getting them. With a Globe subscription, the...
Donor Spotlight: Rick Gregg
Rick Gregg’s commitment to Community Health Programs stretches back 25 years, when he became a patient of Lee Family Practice. Back then, before the independent practice merged with CHP, its doctors were caring for patients and running the business. This type of...
CEO Message: There is power in numbers when we all step up.
What a year it has been! As we reconnect with family and friends, we are all humbled by how Covid-19 has changed our experience and response to serious, contagious disease, and how as a region, we truly support each other in time of need. At CHP, we are so grateful...ParentChild+ Program: Strengthening Local Families
When Jackie Schultz and Jared Brunner and their kids moved to the area several years ago, they had no connections. They lived in an isolated town, cut off from neighbors and other parents. The couple worked opposite job shifts to care for the children, including an...In the News: ‘Berkshire vaccines go mobile’
The following article and slideshow appear in The Berkshire Eagle. By Francesca Paris Photography by Stephanie Zollshan Four minutes before the start of a pop-up vaccine clinic in a Great Barrington parking lot, Community Health Programs staff huddle inside the bright...
Op-Ed: ‘Why we can be confident in fast-tracked COVID-19 vaccines’
On the spectator sidelines of the complex 2020 horse race for a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine, medical professionals, immunologists, researchers and medical historians are more than impressed. Never has a life-saving vaccine passed so quickly from development...
Grants Help Area Residents Facing Economic Challenges
A series of new grants is bulking up CHP Family Services’ coffers to help area residents facing harsh financial challenges, including troubles caused by Covid-19. Awards from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, the Food...
Nutrition News: Understanding Insulin
Do you understand insulin and what does it do to the body? If you don’t have diabetes, insulin helps regulate blood sugar levels. After you eat, carbohydrates break down into glucose, a sugar that is the body’s primary source of energy, and glucose then...
ACA Open Enrollment Extended Through 5/23; CHP Can Help
With the state’s extension of the Open Enrollment period for health insurance sign-up until May 23, Community Health Programs’ insurance counselors remain in high gear to help with applications to the MA Health Connector program. Since the annual Open Enrollment...
Mission Moment: Helping a Family Stay Insured
Since relocating from North Carolina to Dalton 10 years ago, Mecca Brophy and her family have faced some challenges with job security and health insurance. Through a food bank referral, Mecca found her way to CHP, where health insurance experts assist people in...
Donor Spotlight: Adrian Van Zon is Stocking Up on Generosity
Adrian Van Zon remembers when Community Health Programs was in its early years as Children’s Health Programs, in the 1970s and 80s. He was an early supporter of CHP’s work caring for children, and he was inspired by its visionary early founders. “It was such a useful...
Our 2021 Plan: Hope and Recovery
Friends, On a February day, we can cut branches from a forsythia bush, bring them indoors to a water vase, and watch them blossom into a spray of yellow and the promise of a new season. This month offers another reason for hope: the promise of a shot in the arm. It...
On the Air: Dr. Stephen Alsdorf on WAMC’s Medical Monday
WAMC’s Medical Monday program featured CHP’s Dr. Stephen Alsdorf on Feb. 1. With program host Ray Graf, Dr. Alsdorf fielded call-in questions for about an hour, on topics ranging from healthy lifestyle habits to Covid-19 vaccines, Covid recovery and much...
Pediatrician Joins CHP Berkshire Pediatrics
Keturah Baker, M.D., has joined the pediatric team at CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield. She completed her pediatric residency in 2020 at Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin, where she was pediatric chief resident and earned distinction as Resident of the Year. She...
Chez Nous Community Night Supports CHP Jan. 28-29 with Takeout Proceeds
Chez Nous bistro’s Community Night, on Jan. 28-29, will support Community Health Programs with 20 percent of takeout order proceeds. Orders must be placed in advance, and can be picked up between 5:00 and 6:30 p.m. both nights. Chez Nous owners and chefs Rachel...
Dentist Joins CHP Family Dental Center in Great Barrington
Lina El-Kashef, D.D.S, has joined the dental medicine team at CHP Family Dental Center in Great Barrington. A 2019 graduate of the Texas A & M College of Dentistry, she most recently worked in private dental practices in Texas before relocating to the Northeast...
CHP Now Leads Berkshire Baby Box Program
The volunteer founder and president of the Berkshire Baby Box program has passed off her successful new-parent outreach program to Community Health Programs, as of Jan. 1. The transition comes after distribution of more than 1,000 baby boxes to Berkshire families over...
Open Enrollment Season: Tips for Staying Insured in 2021
If you don’t have health insurance through your job, Open Enrollment season is just for you. If you need to renew an existing plan, Open Enrollment season applies to you as well. CHP can help. To help understand your 2021 ACA insurance options, listen to William...
Listen: CHP Physician Talks Telemedicine, Vaccines and More on ‘Medical Monday’ Program
Family practice physician Dr. Jeremy Stoepker had another appearance on WAMC’s ‘Medical Monday recently. He talked with host Ray Graf about telemedicine, access to behavioral health care, isolation during the pandemic, vaccination issues and more during...Mission Moment Fall 2020: Health Care at Adams Hometown Market
Our Community: Special Deal at Adams Hometown Market: Health Care The Adams Hometown Market has something extra to offer: health care. On Wednesdays from 1-4 p.m., the Adams Hometown Market sets aside a parking lot area for BOB, the big orange bus, staffed by CHP...
Letter from Lia Fall 2020
Friends, Pandemic fatigue is upon us. Winter is coming and COVID-19 levels are rising in many areas. Many of us are hurting financially and emotionally. We are weary. But we can take care of one another, pull together, and stay the course. We can do the simple work of...Fall 2020 Village Food Donation Pick-up
Housatonic Food Train: Village Food Donation Pick-up Helps Fill CHP Food Shelves On the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, neighbors in Housatonic village leave groceries outside their doors for pick-up by a Housatonic Food Train volunteer. Vehicles are packed to the...Gifts & Grants Fall 2020
Insurance Enrollment Program Expansion CHP has received a grant from the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority (the “Health Connector”) for the Massachusetts Navigator Program. The grant provides $150,000 over two years, and expands CHP’s current...Donor Spotlight Fall 2020: Jane Braus
Donor Builds a Giving Spirit in her Adopted Community Jane Braus has invested much of her life’s work in supporting and volunteering for causes that inspire her. The Planned Parenthood organization and the United Nations Association have been recipients of her...2020 CHP Employee of the Year: Mary Feuer
Mary Feuer was recently named CHP Employee of the Year. For 29 years, the assistant director of CHP Family Services has rarely had a day on the job that matched any other. One day, Mary is crawling under CHP’s mobile health unit to adjust the jacks securing the...
On the Radio: Open Enrollment Talk with Rep. Smitty Pignatelli
For his weekly talk program on WSBS radio, State Rep. Smitty Pignatelli invited Octavio Hernandez of CHP to talk about the current Open Enrollment period for health insurance. LISTEN Massachusetts residents have until Jan. 23, 2021 to renew their annual health...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Are you overdue for your mammogram?
You can have a COVID-safe mammogram. If you are overdue for yours, now is the time to make your appointment. In the early months of COVID-19, mammography numbers declined dramatically in the U.S. as hospitals and health care facilities suspended elective and...CHP Names Director of Behavioral Health
Community Health Programs (CHP) has named Mary A. Fierro, PhD, LICSW, as director of behavioral health for the countywide health care network. She divides her time between administrative duties and client appointments. Fierro has most recently worked in private...
Health Insurance Enrollment Staff Expands at CHP
‘Pre-enrollment’ service through Oct. 31, 2020, helps consumers get prepared for health insurance Open Enrollment period Community Health Programs has received a state grant to expand its insurance enrollment team to assist more area residents. The two-year,...Now More Than Ever: Get Your Flu Shot
By Christopher Sprowl, MD, and Jacqueline Jones, MD With COVID-19 infections on the rise in many states, and with winter coming, we all need to roll up our sleeves for a flu shot. COVID-19 and the flu are both respiratory infections, with similar symptoms. Each, if...Halloween Sing-a-long
Halloween Sing-a-long
FNP Rita Willey Joins CHP Lee Family Practice
Family Nurse Practitioner Rita Willey has joined the clinical care team at CHP Lee Family Practice. Willey has practiced since 2012 at Fairview Medical in Great Barrington. She previously worked at Northern Berkshire Family Medicine; earlier, as a registered nurse,...Mary Feuer Named CHP Employee of the Year
For 29 years, the assistant director of CHP Family Services has rarely had one day on the job that matched any other. One day, Mary Feuer is crawling under CHP’s mobile health van to adjust the jacks securing the van wheelchair lift. Another day she is working well...
Family Nurse Practitioner Joins CHP Lee Family Practice
CHP Lee Family Practice has added a new family nurse practitioner to its clinical team. Janell Hostetler, MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC, will see patients of all ages. She received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Chamberlain University in...
Commentary: Community Health Centers Lead in Healing
By Lia Spiliotes In recent months our lives have been consumed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has stressed our nation’s health care system to the brink. The tragic police-involved deaths of Black Americans have demanded a broad reckoning about racial injustice...
Happy World Breastfeeding Week!
This week, Aug. 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week, a global campaign to support, raise awareness and engage in conversations about breastfeeding. At Community Health Programs (CHP) and Barrington OB/GYN (BOG), we strive to help our patients feel informed and supported...Medical Monday: COVID-19 and LGBTQ Health Care
Dr. Jeremy Stoepker was invited for a return visit to WAMC’s “Medical Monday” on Aug. 3, 2020 to talk about COVID-19 and LGBTQ health care. He spoke with program host Jackie Orchard and fielded calls from listeners. Dr. Stoepker is a family medicine...
Joe Kennedy, Congressman and Senate Candidate, Visits CHP
Joe Kennedy, U.S. Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate visited Community Health Programs on Monday, Aug. 3 and met with CHP leadership to learn about the health center’s role in Berkshire County, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. “CHP...Dr. Jill Samale Returns to CHP Barrington OB/GYN
Community Health Programs welcomes Dr. Jill Samale in her return to the staff of CHP Barrington OB/GYN. Dr. Samale provides comprehensive obstetrical and gynecology care to women of all ages. She is affiliated with Berkshire Medical Center and Fairview Hospital’s...New Dentist Joins CHP
A New Dentist, Yaman M. Kana, D.D.S, has joined the CHP dental staff. He is seeing patients at both CHP Neighborhood Dental Center in Pittsfield and North Adams Family Medical & Dental. Dr. Kana received his dental education at Ovidius University of Constanta in...
Taking it to the streets. CHP sees pediatric patients via a Mobile Health Unit
Your Mental Health During COVID-19: When Should You Seek Help?
By Linda Moro, LICSW Unusual stress or depression. Anxiety about leaving the house or getting sick. Increased use of alcohol or drugs while isolated at home. Obsessive-compulsive behaviors getting worse. Difficulty creating daily structure for self or family. Trouble...In the News: During COVID-19, CHP Takes Pediatric Care to the Children
During COVID-19, two mobile health units are now out on the road to care for patients remotely, and they are home to Berkshire Pediatrics’ well-baby visits, and the Berkshire Eagle paid a visit. Read the Eagle’s May 30 article, “CHP Mobile Health Van...On the Air: CHP Pediatrician on WAMC’s Medical Monday
Dr. Jackie Jones of CHP Berkshire Pediatrics appeared on WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s “Medical Monday” program on June 1. Dr. Jones and program host Ray Graf fielded phone calls about CHP’s work providing pediatric care during COVID-19, and...
Family Nurse Practitioner Joins CHP North Adams Family Medical & Dental
Family Nurse Practitioner Joins CHP North Adams Family Medical & Dental Center Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Janine L. Risser has joined the primary care team at CHP North Adams Family Medical & Dental Center. Ms. Risser began her primary care career in the...
Letter from Lia: COVID-19’s Silver Lining
Dear Friends, These last few months have upended our lives dramatically. Many of us have experienced direct impacts of COVID-19: job loss, illness, financial trouble, and food and housing insecurity. This crisis tests us, our families, friends and neighbors. Yet...
In the News: On WGBY’s Connecting Point, Lia Spiliotes Talks about CHP and Covid-19
CHP CEO Lia Spiliotes was a guest on WGBY’s Connecting Point news talk program this week, where she spoke about the impact of Covid-19 on Community Health Programs. Lia told host Carrie Saldo that CHP staff are part of the less-visible front line medical...
Silver Linings: Unparalleled Generosity and Commitment
From The Heart -Lia Spiliotes, CEO
Certified Nurse Midwife Joins Barrington OB/GYN
CHP Barrington OB/GYN welcomes a new certified nurse midwife to the Great Barrington women’s health care practice. Gretchen Chase-Rey, CNM, has worked since 2015 as a certified nurse midwife, practicing at a federally qualified health center in Flint, Michigan...Community Health Programs Shifts from Exam Room Care to Telehealth, Parking Lot Tents, Mobile Health and Home Visits
Community Health Programs, now using telehealth, drive-thru care and home visits, has transformed its health care operations throughout Berkshire County to continue caring for patients while minimizing COVID-19 virus exposure among staff and patients. Since primary...
Parent or Caregiver? Support for Coping with COVID-19
The COVID-19 virus has unsettled all of us, and children may be experiencing anxiety. If you are a parent or child caregiver, being prepared and communicating important age-appropriate information can reduce stress and help calm likely anxieties in yourself and those...Social Worker Joins Great Barrington Healthcare Team
Linda Moro, LICSW, has joined the Community Health Programs behavioral health team. She is now seeing clients at CHP’s Great Barrington Health Center and Barrington OB/GYN. Moro earned her master’s degree from Fordham University School of Social Work in New York and...
CHP Expands Physical Therapy Staff in Great Barrington
Community Health Programs has expanded its physical therapy staff in Great Barrington with the addition of Jennifer Valente, PTA. A licensed physical therapist assistant, Valente worked most recently at Berkshire Rehabilitation Skilled Care Center and the Farmington...
Mission Moment: Creating Trust in the Exam Room
Mission Moment – Jignesh Mahida
New Physician Joins CHP Berkshire Pediatrics
Janice Pride-Boone, M.D., has joined CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield, with a special interest in pediatric obesity. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a 1981 graduate of Harvard Medical School, Pride-Boone most recently worked as locum tenens physician with the...
A Message from the Heart
From The Heart -Lia Spiliotes, CEO
Donor Spotlight: The Chez Nous Family
Donor Spotlight: In a region rich with nonprofit organizations, generosity is delivered in creative and delicious ways.
Executive Speaker Series: Marylou Sudders
Executive Speaker Series Fall 2019 – Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services, Marylou Sudders
The Nutrition Club: Grant Boosts Family Services Outreach Program
Food, Farms & Nutrition: Grant Expands Access to CHP Nutrition Programs, Food and CSA Farm Shares
Heart Health: By the Numbers
By The Numbers Winter 2020 News: Heart Health in the USA
In the News: Executive Spotlight on Lia Spiliotes
By Tony Dobrowolski The Berkshire Eagle, Feb. 2, 2020 PITTSFIELD — Amelia “Lia” Spiliotes knows what it’s like to come in from the outside, on a temporary basis, to help restructure an entity that is struggling. As a senior advisor and partner at...
CHP Names Karen Johnson as HR Director
Community Health Programs welcomes Karen Johnson as director of human resources. Johnson has more than 20 years of leadership experience in human resources, primarily in the healthcare sector, most recently at First Choice Health Centers in East Hartford, Conn. She...
ACA Open Enrollment: Your Questions Answered with Octavio and Smitty
WSBS Radio: Open Enrollment Questions and Answers Questions about ACA Open Enrollment in Massachusetts? CHP’s Certified Application Specialist Octavio Hernandez was a guest today on State Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli’s Monday morning radio...
CHP Names Christa Gariepy as Director of Operations
Community Health Programs has named Christa Gariepy to the position of director of operations. Most recently the director of patient relations at Berkshire Medical Center, Gariepy has also worked as program director at Childcare of the Berkshires and at The Brien...
Get Covered. Stay Covered. Open Enrollment Through Jan. 23
The Open Enrollment period in Massachusetts for getting (and keeping) ACA insurance coverage runs through Jan. 23, and CHP can help. Making an in-person appointment with a CHP application counselor is the easiest way to get–and keep–your health insurance...
Open Enrollment: Can Massachusetts Fix a Key Problem with Massachusetts ACA Coverage?
By Lia Spiliotes Massachusetts is among the bellwether states for its ACA insurance coverage. But can our state lead in fixing the challenges for many residents who must do battle to keep ACA coverage, once they have it? This intractable puzzle is on our minds now as...Medical Monday Radio: Dr. Jeremy Stoepker on LGBTQ Health
Dr. Jeremy Stoepker recently appeared on WAMC’s “Medical Monday” program, to field questions from callers about LGBTQ health issues. His talk with Ray Graf covered a wide range of topics, and you can listen here. Dr. Stoepker is a family medicine...Open Wide: A Special Family Finds Great Dental Care
When Tim Hathaway’s dental appointment shows up on her calendar, CHP dental hygienist Kristabel Vargas lights up. He is a longtime patient, and Kristabel has a special fondness for him and for other dental patients who have special needs. Tim has Down syndrome. People...Crowd Sourcing for Good – and For CHP
“We give annually to causes that mean something to our personal network of connections.” Leisl and Kevin Moriarty of Lenox have taken a more personalized approach to their annual giving. Each year, via social media, they query friends and family from all over the...Why Giving is Good for Us — and You
While CHP depends your financial gifts to support our programs and services not covered by our main income sources, what we welcome most is the spirit behind the giving. The donor who gives $25 every single year, without fail, is as important to us as the donor who...
Nurse Practitioner, Social Worker, Join CHP Northern Berkshire Practices
Community Health Programs has expanded services at its Northern Berkshires practices with two new health care Clinicians: a social worker and an adult nurse practitioner. Thomas R. Plunkett, LICSW, is now seeing patients at CHP Adams Internists and at CHP North Adams...Haunting in the Hills
Haunted trail walk.