National Health Center Week highlights local affordable care
Milford. Pike County Commissioners declared this week National Health Center Week to remind residents of the affordable, accessible health care centers in Pike County.
| 10 Aug 2022 | 07:52
l. to r.: Pike County Commissioner Tony Waldron; Karen Arthur/WMCHC Pike Family Health Center supervisor; WMCHC Finance Director Robert Fortuner; Pike County Commissioner Matt Osterberg; WMCHC Director of Clinical Operations & Quality Norma Nocilla, BSHA, LPN, CPHQ; WMCHC Administrative Director Wynter Newman; and Gail Peterson, manager Pinnacle Family Health/Pike Family Health & the Tick-borne Disease & Wellness Center. Missing from photo: Pike Commissioner Ron Schmalzle and WMCHC Executive Director Frederick Jackson.
Pike County Commissioners proclaimed this week “National Health Center Week” in the county, encouraging Pike County residents to visit local health centers. The partnership between Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers (WMCHC) and communities they serve includes operation of Pike Family Health Center, Pike Pediatrics, Pike Dental Center and the Tick-borne Disease and Wellness Center, all in Lords Valley, and the Pike County Women’s Health Center in Dingmans Ferry. WMCHC operates nearly 20 sites in four counties. Other services include Behavioral Health Center, surgical and neurology services.
Community Health Centers were launched in 1965 to help increase access to primary care for vulnerable populations by reducing barriers such as cost, lack of insurance, distance, and language. They receive funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to help them fulfill their mission. Now 1,400 health centers in the U.S. provide care to more than 28 million people.
Community Health Centers were launched in 1965 to help increase access to primary care for vulnerable populations by reducing barriers such as cost, lack of insurance, distance, and language.