Thank you, bankers -- and thank you, Mountain One! Community Health Programs has received a $5,000 donation from the Massachusetts Bankers Association (MBA) Charitable Foundation to support CHP’s health care and family support services in Berkshire...
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Family Services Expands Playgroups to Stockbridge Pinewoods Community
CHP Family Services will expand its family playgroups to Construct's Pinewoods residential community in Stockbridge, beginnng in February. On Wednesdays starting Feb. 7, 10-11:30 a.m., the Pinewoods community room will host a playgroup offering...
On the Front Lines of Open Enrollment
In his column for Commonwealth Magazine, CHP Enrollment Counselor William Cruz shares his perspective on the Affordable Care Act -- and the people who need it. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT is still the law of the land after a series of failed attacks in...

CHP Board Welccomes Gloria Escobar
Community Health Programs is pleased to welcome Gloria Escobar to the board of directors. Glroia came to the Berkshires from Colombia in 2000 and is now community development coordinator for Greylock Federal Credit Union and a certified credit...

Stop the Attacks on Medicaid: Op-Ed by CHP’s CEO
By Lia Spiliotes Nov. 28, 2017 It’s time for our nation’s health care leaders to stand up against those who denigrate the nation’s invaluable Medicaid program. Such talk is wrong-headed, usually untrue, and counter-productive to the provision of...
CHP Adds Three Clinicians to Staff
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Health Programs has added three new health care Clinicians to its medical and dental network in the Berkshires. Read online at iBerkshires.com
CHP’s expansion track continues with addition of pediatrics practice
On Page 18 in the October issue of Berkshire Trade & Commerce, Berkshire Pediatrics' affiliation with CHP is profiled. In addition, BTAC covers CHP's collaboration with Fallon Health and Berkshire Health Systems in one of Massachusetts' new...
For Nutrition Smarts and Cost Savings, a CHP Grocery Store Tour
It's Tuesday morning at the Great Barrington Price Chopper, and a collection of moms and toddlers are clustered by the carts outside. They’ve gathered for Cooking Matters at the Store, a free grocery store tour program of the Share Our Strength...

New Staff: Dr. Elwira Tyra Joins Neighborhood Dental
CHP Neighborhood Dental welcomes Elwira Tyra, D.D.S., to its staff in Pittsfield. She graduated from Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poland where she received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree, followed by a dental residency...
New Staff: Berkshire Pediatrics Welcomes Nurse Practitioner
CHP welcomes Gina Nickels-Nelson, family nurse practitioner, to the primary care team at CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield. She earned her M.S. in nursing at the University of Rochester, after completing her undergraduate nursing degree from...
New Staff: Welcome Dr. Claire Horth
CHP welcomes Claire Horth, M.D., family medicine physician, has joined the primary care team at CHP Community Health Center in Great Barrington. A graduate of UMass School of Medicine in Worcester, she completed her residency through Brown...