Mar 12, 2024 | News
By Lisa Nelson, MD As a physician dedicated to improving the lives of those with chronic health conditions, I’ve witnessed firsthand the transformative healing that happens in group health visits. For people who struggle with physical conditions like diabetes, high...
Mar 11, 2024 | News
CHP Mobile Health is now offering the second updated Covid-19 vaccine to adults 65 and older, and to people of all ages with compromised immune systems. Vaccines are available with the CHP Mobile Health teams whenever they are on the road. The schedule can be found at...
Feb 29, 2024 | News
CHP Berkshire Pediatrics has received recognition from Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) for being one of the top practices in Massachusetts, based on patient experiences in primary care. The MHQP Patient Experience Awards is an annual awards program...
Feb 7, 2024 | News
It’s National Heart Month, so now is a good time to give some TLC to your body’s most important muscle. Prevention is always the first step in keeping your heart healthy, but you can also make changes to address any existing heart conditions.
Feb 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
CHP Berkshires has loosened its mask requirement for patients. As of Jan. 29, 2024, patients who are sick, or who have had Covid-like symptoms or a positive Covid test within the last 10 days, are required to wear a mask inside CHP facilities, including Mobile Health...
Feb 1, 2024 | News
Rachel Melendez-Mabee has been named to the board of CHP Berkshires. She is vice president of culture and brand and DEI officer at Greylock Federal Credit Union, and brings to the CHP board her skills in workplace diversity, training and initiatives. Previously, she...
Jan 25, 2024 | News
CHP Berkshires hosts an online talk, “Size-Inclusive Care: Better Health for All Bodies,” on Thursday, Feb. 29, from noon to 1 p.m. Register in advance for the Zoom event HERE. The talk, free and open to the public, will address how weight stigma bias can show up in...
Jan 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
As of. Jan. 29, 2024, CHP has partially relaxed its mask requirements for patients. Patients who are feeling sick or who have had Covid-like symptoms or a positive Covid test within the last 10 days are required to wear a mask. With winter respiratory illness season...
Dec 11, 2023 | News
Our event on January 3, 2024, was a great success!To view/download the event presentation, click here. For people considering quitting or cutting back their alcohol use in the New Year, Rural Recovery and CHP Berkshires are hosting a Jan. 3 hybrid event, “Sober...
Dec 6, 2023 | News
CHP Berkshires has expanded its clinical team with the addition of new providers in Pittsfield and Lee and on the CHP Mobile Health team. Marina Hoag, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, family nurse practitioner, has joined the primary care team at CHP Neighborhood Health Center in...
Nov 30, 2023 | News
With a Narcan kit on hand, anyone can intervene to help in an opioid emergency. To help reduce harm from opioid overdose in our community, CHP is offering free Narcan kits to patients who request them.
Nov 8, 2023 | News
During a visit on October 30, Andreas Kapetanopoulos, NBT Connecticut regional president, Amanda Goewey, VP, multi-site branch manager, and Aidan Gilligan, VP, commercial banking/relationship manager, met with CHP leadership to underscore the bank’s commitment to local organizations serving the Berkshire community.
Oct 5, 2023 | News
With Open Enrollment for MA Health Connector insurance beginning November 1, the CHP insurance enrollment team is preparing to assist many more area residents who will now qualify for subsidized insurance plans. The income limit for Health Connector plans has risen to...
Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
CHP Barrington OB/GYN welcomes Yi-Lo Yu, MD, to its medical staff in Great Barrington. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Dr. Yu completed her residency at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and...
Sep 26, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Large pharmacy chains are priority destinations for updated COVID-19 vaccines; smaller pharmacies and medical practices are next in line. With a second mobile medical van now on the road, CHP Berkshires’ mobile health teams are preparing to reach more Berkshire...
Sep 21, 2023 | News
A $1 million reconstruction of CHP Lee Family Practice has cleared the way for the gradual addition of primary care patients in the coming years. The renovation added new exam and consult rooms and improved workflow, allowing CHP staff to see more patients. Over time,...
Sep 13, 2023 | News
A letter the editor from CHP Berkshires Associate Medical Director Dawn Kohanski, FNP, appeared in The Berkshire Eagle and other area publications in support of the Elizabeth Freeman Center’s work on behalf of survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and...
Aug 30, 2023 | News
Carol Pirog, CHP Human Resources Assistant, has been named CHP Berkshires’ Employee of the Year. The designation comes with a $2,000 award and recognition from the CHP community for her professional excellence. Nominations from colleagues note Carol’s...
Aug 22, 2023 | News
CEO Bethany Kieley had a wide-ranging conversation with Josh Landes of WAMC Northeast Public Radio, on her her role at CHP Berkshires, the importance of mobile health in caring for our community, and CHP’s overall approach to health and wellness beyond the exam...
Aug 8, 2023 | News
The CHP Berkshires Mobile Health Team is bringing more health care and food security into the Berkshires with the addition of two new mobile health vehicles. A third, a mobile dental clinic, is on the way. These new rolling healthcare vehicles and their clinical staff...
Aug 3, 2023 | News
Community Health Programs Inc. has named Bethany Kieley as its new CEO. She joined the countywide healthcare network effective July 17. Kieley was most recently chief operations officer at Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center, a federally qualified health center serving...
Aug 2, 2023 | News
Dr. Jonna Gaberman has joined CHP Berkshires as director of adult medicine. She will also provide adult primary care at CHP Neighborhood Health Center Pittsfield. She brings extensive experience in community health care, population health, outpatient internal...
Jul 11, 2023 | News
Legislation to improve access to dental care across the state is pending in Boston, and CHP Berkshires has weighed in with its support for the creation of mid-level dental practitioners. CHP has met with our state legislative delegation and delivered letters to...
Jun 13, 2023 | News
CHP was among more than 130 statewide nominees for the 2023 awards, presented to organizations and employees that exemplify the most innovative, creative, and effective work being done throughout the Commonwealth.
Jun 12, 2023 | Newsletter Piece
As a longtime patient of CHP Lee Family Practice, Sarah K. of Otis was confident in choosing Barrington OB/GYN (BOG) for her obstetric care when she became pregnant with her first baby. In particular, she sought out Dr. Jill Samale. With Dr. Samale and the BOG team,...
Jun 12, 2023 | Newsletter Piece
This year, we are doubling down on mobile health, a staple of CHP care since the 1970s. Back then, a local doctor and some nurses drove around our rural back roads looking for signs of young children who might need medical care—the origins of CHP. Today, our...
Jun 12, 2023 | News
Community Health Programs has named Bethany Kieley as its new chief executive officer, effective July 17, 2023. She will oversee the countywide healthcare network caring for more than 30,000 patients in the region. Kieley is currently the chief operations officer at...
Jun 12, 2023 | Newsletter Piece
For a victim of sexual or domestic violence, confiding in a medical professional might feel safer than calling a domestic abuse hotline. CHP Berkshires and the Elizabeth Freeman Center have partnered to create the One Door Project to care for victims who need both...
Jun 12, 2023 | Newsletter Piece
Reasons to Give to CHP Berkshires CHP Berkshires relies on you—our friends and neighbors—to support many programs not reimbursed by insurance or other revenue, particularly our Family Services programs. Family Services supports parents, children, and families through...
May 24, 2023 | News
CHP Berkshires has expanded its primary care practice with new clinicians at practice locations in North Adams and Lee. Michelle M. Bedard, an adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner, has joined the primary care team at CHP North Adams Family Medical, where...
May 15, 2023 | News
CHP Family Services will host its Spring Fling resource fair on Saturday, June 3, showcasing family-focused activities, organizations, and programs in the area. The free event, including an education program by Wingmasters—Birds of Prey, is 11 AM-1 PM at 444...
Apr 24, 2023 | News
For the youngest children and older adults, CHP Mobile Health has newly approved COVID-19 booster shots. For adults 65 and older, CHP’s Mobile Health team provides CDC-approved boosters at least four months after the first booster was received. Most people with...
Apr 18, 2023 | News
Some victims of abuse may find it safer and easier to ask for help during a medical visit. Now, CHP Berkshires can connect these patients to domestic and sexual assault experts seamlessly.
Apr 13, 2023 | News
Tom Duchesne joins CHP Berkshires as senior vice president of operations, after most recently working for CVS Health in Rhode Island and at hospitals in Rhode Island.
Apr 3, 2023 | News
In rural and under-served corners of the Berkshires, getting fresh local food onto the family tables can be a challenge. Now, two government grants totaling more than $1.4 million are breaking through barriers to rural food access and affordability. Berkshire...
Mar 31, 2023 | News
MassHealth customers must re-enroll starting April 1, 2023, in order to keep their health benefits.
Mar 23, 2023 | News
CHP Barrington OB/GYN offers “Beyond Delivery,” a weekly group for postpartum support and, if needed, medical care. We welcome parents, children of all ages (this includes siblings), and those who are pregnant (come get ready for baby with us)! [Read about...
Mar 15, 2023 | News
Rania Markham, CHP Family Services care coordinator and a passionate advocate for families of children with disabilities, has been named a “Rising Star” by the Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Leadership Award. Markham was among 111 women nominated...
Mar 13, 2023 | News
CHP Berkshires welcomes to its nutrition team Michelle R. Sisk, RDN, LDN, CDN. In her new role, Sisk will work primarily as a culinary nutritionist with the CHP Nutrition Club, which provides nutrition services to patients of Berkshire Fallon Health Collaborative (MassHealth). She will counsel patients mainly through telehealth and will also lead culinary nutrition and education programs.
Jan 25, 2023 | News
Schedule Your CHP Mobile Health Workplace Visit! CHP Mobile Health now offers workplace visits for employers interested in promoting Covid-19 boosters and vaccines. CHP Mobile Health services also include routine health screenings, blood pressure checks, and minor...
Jan 17, 2023 | News, Nutrition
CHP Family Services and the CHP Nutrition team will host “Special Kids, Special Diet: A Virtual Workshop to Explore Ideas and Speak with a Nutrition Team” on Thursday, January 26. Noon-1:30 PM | Zoom | Registration is required. Register for the...
Dec 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
Low birth rates and changing demographics in the South County region have led to a CHP decision to end its certified nurse-midwifery staffing at Barrington OB-GYN. CHP is aware of disappointment and questions about this decision in our community. To clarify this...
Dec 21, 2022 | News
CHP’s new family nurse practitioner (FNP) residency program is breaking new ground in the field of advanced nursing practice. About half of CHP’s clinicians throughout Berkshire County are nurse practitioners who are playing a growing role in primary care...
Dec 13, 2022 | News
CHP Family Services hosts IEP: 101, an online workshop and orientation program for parents of public school children who are entitled to special needs education services, on Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. The meeting will be hosted by Rania Markham and Melanie Wickwire of CHP...
Nov 21, 2022 | News
Dawn Kohanski, FNP-BC, of CHP North Adams Family Medical, and Laura Need, MD, of CHP Berkshire Pediatrics, have joined Andrew Beckwith, CMO, to comprise the newly reorganized medical leadership at the countywide health care network. Ms. Kohanski is a seasoned nurse...
Aug 29, 2022 | News
Devyn Renzi—the newest member of CHP’s nutrition team. Devyn Renzi, CNS, LDN, has joined the CHP nutrition team and is now seeing patients at CHP practices in CHP Neighborhood Center, Lee Family Practice, and Barrington OB/GYN. She is also available via...
May 25, 2022 | News
Family Nurse Practitioner Terrance “TC” Clarke has joined CHP Lee Family Practice. He will provide primary care for adults, and he has a special interest in caring for patients who may be struggling with substance use disorders. Clarke earned his master’s...
May 25, 2022 | News
Two dentists have joined Community Health Programs dental practices in Pittsfield and North Adams. Dr. Ankineedu Babu Dasari is a dentist at CHP North Adams Family Dental, where he sees patients of all ages. A graduate of Sibar Institute of Dental Sciences in...
May 23, 2022 | Newsletter Piece
Greetings Friends, Resilience is the capacity to recover from difficulty, the ability to stand up after being knocked down. The past two-plus years have raised hard tests of our resilience. We witnessed and participated in a pandemic crisis that has taken nearly a...
May 23, 2022 | News
There’s a special family behind Ward’s Nursery – the Ward family, of course – and they are among CHP’s treasured financial supporters in the community. Greg, Eva and Sam Ward are regulars on the CHP donor rolls because they believe in CHP’s promise of accessible...
May 23, 2022 | News
Kashmira Madhuwala’s immigrant experience brought her from her home in Gujarat, India to a series of stops in Chicago and Northern Berkshire. Finally, in2012 she took a job in Great Barrington, at a motel owned by her uncle. Soon, she met and married Krunal, and they...
May 23, 2022 | News
With $70,000 in grant funding in hand, Community Health Programs has plans for a new ‘food depot” to support its food security programs based on Great Barrington. But CHP’s comparatively modest 900-square-foot food distribution building is competing with more...
May 3, 2022 | News
By Molly Rivest, DNP, FNP Read in The Berkshire Eagle Read in Commonwealth Magazine I am a former captain in the U.S. Air Force, where I worked as both a research physicist and as an advocate for sexual assault victims in the military. Today, I am a nurse practitioner...
Apr 27, 2022 | News
Sherri-Lee Ryanmann has been named as Community Health Programs’ director of behavioral health. A licensed independent clinical social worker, Ms. Ryanmann earned her master’s in social work from the State University of New York/Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public...
Apr 14, 2022 | News
With the addition of clinical space in North Adams, Community Health Programs has completed the first phase of its countywide dental expansion project, and design work is now under way for a new dental practice facility in Adams. These steps are part of CHP’s...
Apr 14, 2022 | News
The Community Health Programs board of trustees has named two new members: Arlene D. Schiff and Katherine Westgate. A resident of Lenox, Schiff is the national director of LIFE & LEGACY® a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, which assists organizations in...
Mar 9, 2022 | News
For parents of children who receive special needs instruction in public schools, working with schools to build a unique education plan for their child can be overwhelming. Community Health Programs hope to help parents understand the process with a free, virtual...
Mar 3, 2022 | News
Community Health Programs has named three new clinicians to CHP practices in Pittsfield and Great Barrington. Susan Ray-Lamond, M.D., has joined CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield. A longtime pediatrician in the Hampshire County area, she owned and operated her...
Feb 23, 2022 | News
Community Health Programs has named Dr. Alexandre Dias to the CHP dental team. He will be based at CHP Neighborhood Dental Center in Pittsfield. Dr. Dias’ appointment reflects CHP’s plan to expand its dental health network in Berkshire County, in order to...
Feb 7, 2022 | News
CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield has been selected to receive a 2021 Massachusetts Health Quality Partner (MHQP) Experience Award. Berkshire Pediatrics received the award in the category of patient-provider communications. MHQP introduced this award program in...
Feb 7, 2022 | News
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...
Jan 11, 2022 | News
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...
Dec 22, 2021 | News
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...
Dec 20, 2021 | News
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...
Dec 20, 2021 | News, Newsletter Piece
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...
Nov 8, 2021 | News
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...
Oct 25, 2021 | News
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...
Oct 18, 2021 | News
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...
Oct 16, 2021 | News, RFP
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...
Oct 5, 2021 | News
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...
Sep 27, 2021 | News
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...
Sep 2, 2021 | News
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...
Aug 23, 2021 | News
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...
Aug 23, 2021 | News
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...
Aug 20, 2021 | News, Newsletter Piece
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...
Aug 20, 2021 | News, Newsletter Piece
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...
Aug 10, 2021 | News
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...
Aug 9, 2021 | News
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...
Aug 4, 2021 | News
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...
Aug 4, 2021 | News
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...
Jun 29, 2021 | News
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...
Jun 29, 2021 | News
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...
Jun 14, 2021 | News
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...
May 28, 2021 | News
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...
May 28, 2021 | News
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...
May 28, 2021 | News, Newsletter Piece
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...
Apr 26, 2021 | News
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...
Apr 26, 2021 | News
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...
Mar 25, 2021 | News
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...
Mar 10, 2021 | News
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...
Mar 5, 2021 | News
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...
Feb 8, 2021 | News, Newsletter Piece
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...
Feb 8, 2021 | News, Newsletter Piece
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...
Feb 8, 2021 | News, Newsletter Piece
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...
Feb 2, 2021 | News
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...
Feb 1, 2021 | News
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...
Jan 25, 2021 | News
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...
Jan 14, 2021 | News
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...
Jan 4, 2021 | News
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...
Dec 21, 2020 | News
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...
Nov 30, 2020 | News
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...
Nov 9, 2020 | News
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...
Oct 26, 2020 | News
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...
Oct 15, 2020 | News
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...
Oct 13, 2020 | News
‘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,...
Oct 7, 2020 | News
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...
Sep 16, 2020 | News
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,...
Sep 14, 2020 | News
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...
Aug 24, 2020 | News
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...
Aug 11, 2020 | News
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...
May 12, 2020 | News
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...
May 4, 2020 | News
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...
Apr 30, 2020 | News
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...
Apr 23, 2020 | News
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...
Apr 1, 2020 | News
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...
Mar 19, 2020 | News
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...
Mar 10, 2020 | News
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...
Mar 10, 2020 | News
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...
Feb 24, 2020 | News
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...
Feb 3, 2020 | News
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...
Jan 6, 2020 | News
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...
Dec 16, 2019 | News
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...
Dec 10, 2019 | News
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...
Nov 26, 2019 | News
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...
Nov 11, 2019 | News
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...
Nov 4, 2019 | News
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...
Oct 1, 2019 | News
The annual “Haunting in the Hills” haunted hike, inspired by horrifying Hollywood films, takes place Friday, Oct. 18, 6:30-9:00 p.m. at Fountain Pond State Park. Several departure groups will venture into the hills if they dare during the evening, though they may not...
Sep 28, 2019 | News
Get the vaccine to protect you — and those around you. By Everett Lamm, MD With flu season around the corner, your health care Clinicians, employers, pharmacists and others are sounding the annual reminder: “Get your annual flu shot.” We encourage this for you...
Sep 24, 2019 | News
Clinic on wheels, staffed by CHP medical and outreach staff, seeks to improve access to care, patient health The Berkshire Fallon Health Collaborative (BFHC), a MassHealth Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Partnership Plan, today announced the launch of a new...
Sep 9, 2019 | News
For Dr. Jeremy Stoepker, providing informed, compassionate medical care to LGBTQ patients is more than just professional. It’s personal. It’s about family. It’s about advocacy. When Jeremy was a young child in the 1980s, in rural, conservative Michigan, his father...
Aug 9, 2019 | News
Several summer interns at Community Health Programs were recognized for outstanding service by the Berkshire Business Interns (BBI) program. A special event was held Wednesday, Aug. 7 at Norad Mill in North Adams, sponsored by BBI. CHP interns honored for their work...
Aug 5, 2019 | News
Community Health Programs (CHP) is proud to mark National Health Center Week, Aug. 4-10, by highlighting the vital impact of 1,400 community health centers in our nation’s healthcare system and our community. National Health Center Week is part of a national...
Jul 27, 2019 | News
By Ashli Minor, MS, RDN, LDN Nutritionist, Community Health Programs As summer marches on and the harvests come in, we are surrounded by a growing bounty at farmer’s markets and local produce stands. What’s the best way to shop at a farmer’s market? How do you get the...
Jul 23, 2019 | News
Posted in The Berkshire Eagle, Friday, July 19, 2019 5:15 pm To the editor: Like Berkshire Health Systems, Community Health Programs shares the physician recruitment issues that pose a challenge to medical care in our rural community. However, we are concerned that...
Jul 10, 2019 | News
By Lia Spiliotes ACROSS THE NATION, unequal access to health care raises urgent, pressing problems for individual and community health. For rural and underserved communities, the most urgent challenge for patients is our shrinking supply of primary care physicians....
Jul 8, 2019 | News
In Commonwealth Magazine, CHP’s Chief Executive Officer Lia Spiliotes comments on the impact of a physician shortage on rural communities. We must address rural physician...
Jun 25, 2019 | News
CHP Psychiatrist Dr. Leslie Fishbein traveled to Albany on Monday, June 24 for the “Medical Monday” radio call-in program with WAMC Program Host Ray Graf. Dr. Fishbein at WAMC During the hour-long program, callers had questions about everything from...
Jun 10, 2019 | News
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) has adopted a Community Health Programs physician’s resolution declaring health care to be a “basic human right.” Dr. Michael Kaplan, second from right, with U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy (center), and other...
Jun 4, 2019 | News
Dr. Jeremy Stoepker, family medicine physician, has relocated from New York City to join the primary care team at CHP Lee Family Practice. Stoepker has a special interest in LGBTQ health, alternative/complementary medicine approaches and holistic attention to caring...
May 22, 2019 | News
The CHP Annual Meeting and Stakeholders Breakfast takes place Thursday, June 13, 7:30-9:00 a.m., at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield. CHP will honor Kristine Hazzard, outgoing president and CEO of Berkshire United Way, will be honored at The event is open to...
May 15, 2019 | News
The CHP Board of Directors of Community Health Programs has named Celia Clancy of Lenox as a new member. Celia Clancy Ms. Clancy is CEO of Celia Clancy Consulting and past CEO/president of The Fitzpatrick Companies. She brings to the board her background in retail and...
May 6, 2019 | News
Leigh LoPresti, MD, family medicine physician, has joined the primary care team at CHP North Adams Family Medical and Dental Center. Dr. Leigh LoPresti Dr. LoPresti is a former chief medical officer at Battenkill Valley Health Center in Arlington, Vermont. He has...
Apr 29, 2019 | News
CHP’s annual GIANT consignment shop- just for kids, young families, expecting families, and those who love them. Save the Dates: May 30, 31 at CHP Great Barrington September 27, 28 in our NEW LOCATION- MILL & MAIN at the Dalton CRA. This...
Mar 14, 2019 | News
Greylock Federal Credit Union has generously provided support to bring pediatric behavioral health to CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield. Greylock’s gift provides funding support for a new social worker who will coordinate pediatric behavioral health for...
Feb 25, 2019 | News
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 Pittsfield, has authored...
Feb 12, 2019 | News
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...
Jan 28, 2019 | News
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 to welcoming new...
Jan 28, 2019 | News
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 is a new program...
Jan 22, 2019 | News
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 highly...
Jan 22, 2019 | News
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, there...
Jan 22, 2019 | News
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 signs, the...
Jan 22, 2019 | News
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 asking: Should I...
Jan 22, 2019 | News
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 Clinic. He also...
Jan 14, 2019 | News
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 recent federal court...
Jan 2, 2019 | News
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 smoking,...
Dec 3, 2018 | News
A CHP insurance enrollment counselor interviewed on the air, 11/20/18 “Healthcare Enrollment Efforts Continue Before Massachusetts’ January Deadline” Two key health care enrollment dates are coming up soon. December 15th marks the deadline for federal...
Nov 20, 2018 | News
“I want to plan an active part in my health care.” Karen feels strongly that good health and wellnessare achieved through self-awareness and “lots of little things we do for ourselves.” Her health care Clinicians at CHP recognize that too, and help...
Nov 20, 2018 | News
“I learned everything about how to eat, how to exercise…Now I can sleep.” Dick worked on a farm all his life, rising early and working hard. He loved the farming life, and it kept him healthy and fit. Since retirement at 65, however, his fitness...
Nov 20, 2018 | News
“Everyone was so supportive and fantastic in preparing me for what I could expect.” For the birth of her first baby, Laurie had some checklist items for pre-natal and delivery care: She wanted the care of certified nurse-midwives, she wanted a hospital...
Nov 16, 2018 | News
Jennifer Goewey of Sheffield has been named to the CHP board of directors. Goewey is the shelter director at the Elizabeth Freeman Women’s Center, where she has also worked as a domestic violence and sexual assault counselor and advocate. She is the former executive...
Nov 7, 2018 | News
Nutritionist Christina Garner has joined the CHP Neighborhood Health Center medical practice. Christina is a clinical nutritionist and wellness educator with expertise in medical nutrition counseling, fitness and health education. She places emphasis on integrative...
Nov 6, 2018 | News
Community Health Programs offers in-person assistance during the Massachusetts Health Connector’s open enrollment period, which began Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 23, 2019. “Health insurance renewal is not automatic for people covered through the MAHealthConnector,...
Oct 29, 2018 | News
CHP’s Chief Medical Officer writes about the importance of the flu shot. With flu season around the corner, your health care Clinicians, employers, pharmacists and others are sounding the annual reminder: “Get your annual flu shot.” We encourage this for you,...
Oct 29, 2018 | News
Community Health Programs has named Nurse Practitioner Alison M. Flynn to the primary care team at the CHP Neighborhood Health Center practice in Pittsfield. An adult nurse practitioner, Flynn is a 2010 master’s degree graduate of the Sage Colleges, and she earned her...
Oct 29, 2018 | News
CHP Berkshire Pediatrics welcomes Jamie L. Berkowitz, physician assistant, to its pediatric primary care team in Pittsfield. Berkowitz holds a master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She has a second master’s...
Oct 23, 2018 | News
Alfred “A.J.” Enchill Jr. has been named to the Community Health Programs Board of Trustees. His appointment was confirmed by the CHP board at its October meeting. A.J. Enchill Enchill is district aide to State Sen. Adam Hinds, based in Pittsfield, where he focuses on...
Oct 12, 2018 | News
Community Health Programs opposes the Question 1 ballot initiative, with its strict mandates for nurse-patient ratios in hospitals and costly fines for staffing shortfalls. The impacts of Question 1 reach well beyond the hospital setting and threaten health care...
Oct 8, 2018 | News
Community Health Programs has received a $285,000 federal grant for expanded treatment of behavioral health disorders that can place patients at risk of substance abuse. The grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is part of a $396...
Sep 28, 2018 | News
Pittsfield, Mass. (Sept. 28, 2018) – Dr. Ronald Maitland, clinical director of the dental residency program at CHP Neighborhood Dental, has been honored by New York University for his contributions to dental education over more than five decades. Dr. Ronald Maitland...
Sep 12, 2018 | News
CHP on Wheels, CHP’s mobile health van, will be in downtown Lee on Friday, Sept. 14 from 5-8 p.m. as part of the Taste of Lee event. No appointments are necessary for routine blood pressure checks. CHP staff will be on hand to provide information about WIC...
Sep 11, 2018 | News
Community Health Programs (CHP) has named Elizabeth “Betsy” Strickler as chief communications officer for the CHP countywide health and medical network. She will lead strategic marketing, communication and fundraising initiatives for the organization. Strickler has...
Sep 10, 2018 | News
Community Health Programs CEO Lia Spiliotes spoke with Bob Dean, host of Berkshire Matters, on Pittsfield Community Television. Lia describes how Community Health Programs is a medical practice network like any other in the Berkshires — with additional services...
Aug 20, 2018 | News
Back to School: Tips to Give Children and Teens, a Healthy Start “Back-to-school” is just around the corner for our Berkshire County children, but a new school year can challenge the whole family’s health. But your children’s health can remain strong during the...
Aug 14, 2018 | News
Did you know that Community Health Programs provides vision care? And that CHP on Wheels — our mobile health van — has ophthalmology equipment that makes our vision care services available at our different practice locations in Great Barrington, Lee and...
Aug 13, 2018 | News
World Breastfeeding Week prompted a CHP Family Services celebration of the benefits of breastfeeding on Thursday, Aug. 2. Our guests, their babies and other children joined our staff to mark the occasion and connect with other nursing moms. Thanks to the CHP Family...
Aug 7, 2018 | News
By Lia Spiliotes Aug. 7, 2018 This past year, with strong bipartisan support, Congress invested nearly $10 billion in the nation’s 1,400 community health centers, recognizing that a strong community-based system of care — where people have certain access to...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
Dr. Andrew Beckwith, obstetrician/gynecologist with CHP Barrington OB-GYN, spoke at length with host Alan Chartock on WAMC’s Medical Monday program, on topics ranging from pregnancy to menopause. Listen here, as Alan and Andrew talk women’s...
Jul 30, 2018 | News
In a world filled with inequality, crises and poverty, breastfeeding can be a building block for lifelong health for babies and mothers. Even an hour or a day of breastfeeding after birth delivers benefits to mother and baby; nursing exclusively for six months offers...
Jul 24, 2018 | News
Dr. Sandeep Kumar has joined the medical staff at CHP Berkshire Pediatrics in Pittsfield. Dr. Kumar is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Dr. Kumar was most recently a senior associate consultant at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Minnesota, and he...
Jul 23, 2018 | News
CHP Family Services and South Berkshire WIC will host a celebration of World Breastfeeding Week on Thursday, Aug. 2, from 10-noon. Breastfeeding women, expectant mothers and their children are invited to the free event, from 10 a.m.-noon, at CHP Family Services, 442...
Jul 12, 2018 | News
Family practice physicians Dr. Stephen A. Alsdorf and Dr. Lisa Nelson have joined the primary care medical team at CHP Great Barrington Health Center. Drs. Nelson and Alsdorf, who care for children, teens and adults, practiced most recently at Family Practice...
Jun 29, 2018 | News
Community Health Programs has earned a perfect compliance score from the federal agency that provides critical funding for federally qualified health centers. The Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) delivered its findings following an onsite review in...
May 9, 2018 | News
Community Health Programs Children’s Attic Consignment Sale takes place May 19 and 20 at the CHP campus at 444 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington. Families seeking affordable clothing for their fast-growing children are invited to shop. The sale takes place Saturday,...
Apr 24, 2018 | News
By Lia Spiliotes April 24, 2018 I am the mom of an adult son with autism, and it’s meaningful to me that April is Autism Awareness Month. I appreciate this annual recognition of people who live with autism’s challenges and rewards: adults and children...
Apr 18, 2018 | News
Did you leave your CHP appointment with a prescription for a health-enhancing hike? No problem — CHP has a hiking path right outside the door of its Great Barrington Health Center! Thanks to a 2016 collaboration between CHP, Berkshire Natural Resources Council,...
Apr 12, 2018 | News
CHP’s chief executive officer, Lia Spiliotes, talked recently on “Berkshire Senior TV,” a Pittsfield Community Television program hosted by Elder Services of Berkshire County. Watch here. Lia joined John Lutz, executive director of Elder Services, to...
Apr 11, 2018 | News
Susan Greenberg-Yarmush, certified nurse-midwife (CNM) with CHP Barrington OB-GYN, had a radio conversation on the WSBS 860-AM program “Ask the Nurse,” with host Cynthia Henry, herself a retired CNM. You can download the program here to listen to their...
Mar 14, 2018 | News
For International Women’s Day on March 14, Greylock Federal Credit Union staff showed up at CHP Family Services in Great Barrington, to help spiff up the building serving families in the South County region. Volunteers reorganized the children’s clothing...
Mar 13, 2018 | News
CHP is excited about this upcoming event addressing aging well in the Berkshires! What: Berkshire Supergenarians: A Forum for Seniors When: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 , 8:30 a.m.-noon at the Berkshire Museum. About: If you’re a Supergenerian, in your 7th, 8th, 9th, or...
Mar 6, 2018 | News
I couldn’t have asked for a better experience with the staff at Fairview and with CNM Lisa Fraine. They all made what could have been a very scary experience, smooth and calm and their teamwork was incredible! I’m so glad Lisa was the one to deliver our...
Feb 21, 2018 | News
Three of our top primary care Clinicians are now accepting new adult patients at CHP Neighborhood Health Center in Pittsfield! Family Nurse Practitioner Rebecca Gamache is focused on health promotion and disease prevention, and she has a strong passion for holistic...
Feb 20, 2018 | News
Are you a Community Health Programs patient who uses MassHealth for your health care? If so, on March 1, 2018, Berkshire Fallon Health Collaborative, or BFHC, will be your new health plan. The good news is that all CHP doctors and nurse practitioners are part of BFHC,...
Jan 23, 2018 | News
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 creativity,...
Dec 27, 2017 | News
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 Congress....
Oct 19, 2017 | News
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...
Oct 19, 2017 | News
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 organization,...
Oct 5, 2017 | News
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 program at Collegium...
Oct 5, 2017 | News
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 Northern Michigan...
Oct 5, 2017 | News
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 University at Memorial...
Sep 19, 2017 | News
In its print publication for October 2017, Berkshire Trade & Commerce has published news about the annual reorganization of Community Health Centers’ board of directors.