For nearly 50 years, CHP has grown and deepened its reach throughout the Berkshires by paying attention to gaps in healthcare services. We listen to our patients, healthcare peers and community partners, and we ask: How can we help fill the cracks?
Whenever possible, we step in with solutions.
The gaps in our healthcare system are often geographic: people in more rural corners of the county don’t have healthcare services near home. Other cracks are created when the healthcare landscape changes—for instance, dentists or doctors retire and their patients lose access to care. Or patients who rely on MassHealth have trouble finding providers that accept their coverage as payment.
CHP’s longstanding commitment to closing healthcare gaps led us to open our new Adams location. Through Adams Family Services, we’re bringing food and nutrition services to our patients, and other assistance for area families who need it. With Adams Dental, we’ve brought dental care closer to home for Adams residents and our neighbors in the surrounding towns.
This is how CHP is living its mission to reach as many Berkshire residents as possible with high quality, exceptional healthcare. Behind every expansion or new practice or new service, there’s a need driving our growth.
Family Services has been based in Great Barrington for 50 years, and their work there has inspired generous financial support from the South County community of residents, businesses, and foundations. Some of these gifts help subsidize medical and dental care for patients who are uninsured or under-insured, but philanthropic support is essential to the work of Family Services, where all of our offerings are provided for free to anyone who needs them.
We have long hoped to bring more services to Northern Berkshire residents, and with our new location, we intend to be a hub of support for people in the Adams community.
My door is always open to residents, town officials, nonprofit partners, business leaders and others who would like to get to know CHP a little better as your partner in supporting the Adams community. I look forward to making an impact and meeting the people who know the Adams community best.
Thank you for your support!
Bethany Kieley, CEO