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Ecu-Health Care
What is Ecu-Health Care?
We are a private non-profit health care access program located in room 208
of the Doctor's Building on the campus of North Adams Regional Hospital.
Our mission is to help the uninsured and underinsured residents of North
Berkshire access affordable health care.
The first component of Ecu-Health Care is helping area residents enroll in
all public and private health coverage programs. In Massachusetts this
includes: Commonwealth Care, MassHealth, The Children's Medical Security
Plan, Medicare Part-D, Prescription Advantage for seniors and the disabled,
the Medical Security Plan for the unemployed, Medicare premium assistance,
free breast and cervical cancer screenings, reduced fee dental care, and all
prescription assistance programs.
If residents aren't eligible for a public health program, we also have a
voluntary physician program where area physicians provide treatment to area
residents, who fall within income guidelines, at a significantly reduced fee.
Ecu-Health Care also provides financial counseling services for North Adams
Regional Hospital, to insure that patients are both aware of, and enroll in
all available public health programs.
It is important to know that in Massachusetts significant health reform was
implemented in October 2006. This now enables thousands of North Berkshire
residents to enroll in new health benefit programs. There is also the health
insurance mandate whereby all massachusetts residents age 18 and over are
now required to have health insurance (see our health insurance mandate
page).
Who We Serve
We serve all residents from North Adams and towns of Cheshire, Adams, Savoy,
Florida, Clarksburg, Williamstown, and New Ashford. We also serve the
residents Pownal, Stamford, and Readsboro, VT.
SHINE
On staff we
have trained SHINE (Serving Health Information Needs of Elders) counselors,
helping elders understand their health benefits and making sure they access
all available health care programs they are eligible for. We will be
assisting all Medicare beneficiaries both understand, and provide assistance
in enrolling in Medicare drug benefit, called Medicare part-D.
We encourage everyone to call us at (413) 663-8711 or email us at
ecuhealth@nbhealth for prompt assistance.
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