HRHCare to Assume Leadership in Amityville

Amityville-SignageHRHCare to Assume Leadership of Major Community Health Center in Amityville 

Transition Gives Residents Access to More Affordable Health Care Services 

Amityville, NY (April 30, 2014) – Hudson River HealthCare (HRHCare), a not-for-profit, Federally Qualified Health Care (FQHC) system offering a range of medical services at its facilities throughout New York State, announced today Suffolk County has approved HRHCare to assume control of the Maxine Postal Tri-Community Health Center in Amityville, New York. Under HRHCare’s leadership, the facility will provide more than 12,500 existing patients with access to care that is more affordable, as well increase the number health services to include dental and mental health care.

“We are excited to expand HRHCare’s primary care services to the residents of Amityville and the surrounding communities,” said Anne Kauffman Nolon, MPH, President and CEO of HRHCare. “Suffolk County has done exemplary work providing affordable health services to the Amityville community, and we look forward to furthering their efforts by adding new programs and establishing a means to make health care more affordable to the community.”

HRHCare, which currently operates three facilities throughout Suffolk County, will quickly establish its unique holistic approach to health care, accommodating patients’ financial, cultural, language and scheduling needs.

Along with accepting most forms of insurance carriers as well as Medicare and Medicaid, HRHCare uses a sliding scale co-pay system based on income to make it more affordable for patients to receive necessary health care services. According to Suffolk County officials, the transition to HRHCare and its sliding scale system is expected to lessen the copays to $15 to $35. HRHCare also employs a multilingual staff, and will keep the facility open for extended evening and weekend hours for added patient convenience.

“Transitioning to HRHCare will allow residents in the Amityville area to receive access to improved affordable health care while saving Suffolk County taxpayers $4.5 million over the next five years,” said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone. “HRHCare shares Suffolk County’s mission of providing affordable health care to those most in need. Importantly, the agreement will bolster federal benefits and state aid payments, provide federal coverage for malpractice cases and give the health center access to federal programs and give health center patients access to FQHC comprehensive model of primary care, behavioral health and dental all in a single facility. We look forward to what is to come from HRHCare.”

The HRHCare Maxine S. Postal Tri-Community Health Center at Amityville is located at 1080 Sunrise Highway, Amityville, NY 11701. HRHCare is maintaining the name of the health center in recognition of Maxine S. Postal and her desire to give voice to those who needed to be heard. For more information about the facility or to make an appointment, please call 1-844-HRH-CARE (1-844-474-2273) or visit the HRHCare website, hrhcare1.wpengine.com.

About HRHCare 

Hudson River HealthCare, Inc. (HRHCare) is a nonprofit, New York State licensed, Federally Qualified Health Center. Founded in 1975 to provide care to the medically underserved population of Peekskill, NY, HRHCare has grown to include:

  • 26 health centers and mobile health systems delivering care throughout a 10 county region of New York to a culturally and racially diverse patient population of nearly 100,000, with more than 400,000 patient visits annually.
  • A full range of services including family/internal medicine, women’s health care, pediatrics, dentistry, behavioral health care, optometry, podiatry, and nutritional counseling.
  • An innovative organization structure that works to improve the health of communities through a network of partnerships: with businesses, social service organizations, housing cooperatives, food banks, farm workers alliances and community organizations.

For full information: www.HRHCare.org, or 1-844-HRH-CARE (1-844-474-2273).

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