A Community Health Programs nurse practitioner has published a scholarly paper focused on a modern approach to helping adolescents and children manage their asthma. Gina Nickels-Nelson, MS, FNP, who practices at CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in...
Michelle Derr: Director of Family Services & WIC Growing Up, Giving Back at CHP When a young mom shows up at Family Services, stressed by parenting, work challenges, a grocery shortage or a housing problem, Michelle Derr can say, “I know how...
Dr. Lisa Nelson, primary care physician at CHP's Great Barrington Health Center, talked with Alan Chartock on WAMC's "Medical Monday" program in early January. Dr. Nelson's approach to medicine often begins with a look at lifestyle and its...
Community Health Programs will soon add dental care at its medical practice location at 71 Hospital Ave. The newly expanded CHP North Adams Family Medicine and Dental Center will welcome new dental patients beginning in mid-March. “We look forward...
Community Health Programs Great Barrington Health Center has been recognized by Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) for excellence in the primary care patient experience, based on patient surveys. The MHQP Patient Experience Awards...
CHP's chief medical officer responds to a columnist's view of physician shortage issues, 1/16/19. In today’s health care environment, in nearly all medical settings and not just in rural areas, primary care medicine is increasingly provided by...
CEO's Chief Medical Officer was interviewed regarding mid-winter flu and respiratory illness, in The Berkshire Eagle, 1/17/19 The flu and RSV run similar cycles and tend to hit their peak in the mid- to late winter, Lamm said. But unlike the flu,...
Commentary by CHP's CEO, Lia Spiliotes, published in Commonwealth Magazine, 1/20/19 Today, we are redefining what constitutes “good health” and “good health care.” As the “social determinants of health” move into focus, we must reach beyond vital...
By Lia SpiliotesJan. 22, 2019 Last month’s federal court ruling declaring that ACA is unconstitutional was yet another alarm-raiser for Obamacare customers around the country. Again, in the delicate realm of subsidized insurance, ACA customers were...
Deepak Nainal, DMD, MBA, has joined CHP Family Dental in Great Barrington at 343 Main Street. Nainal is a 2018 graduate of the Boston University School of Dental Medicine; he completed his residency program at the Goldman School of Dental Medicine...
1/14/19 ~ Community Health Programs insurance enrollment specialists urge area residents who qualify for ACA subsidized health plans to complete their applications by Jan. 23, the deadline for avoiding a tax penalty in Massachusetts. Despite a...
By Chrissy Garner, LDN As the clock struck midnight, and you were sipping and kissing away the last of 2018, you and millions of people were also making New Year's resolutions. Among the popular ones: eat less, move more, cut back on sweets, quit...
