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This week on CHC’s radio show, Conversations on Health Care, Co-hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter interview Dr. Erica Frank. She is a Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health where she is the Canada Research Chair in Preventive Medicine & Population Health. She is the Founder, President and Research Director at NextGenU.org– the world’s first online portal to free, accredited higher education – in the health sciences as well as other disciplines. Dr. Frank is…

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Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) has been awarded  $250,000 in funding under the Affordable Care Act as part of an initiative designed to support health centers in establishing or strengthening their behavioral health services. and had a particular focus on advancing the model of integrated behavioral health and primary care.  CHC will use these funds towards advancing the agency to a fully integrated care model, and also to implement a new method of screening for substance abuse. CHC provides behavioral…

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On October 7th of last year, The Community Health Center, Inc.’s Weitzman Institute (WI) launched the Rewards to Quit research study which is being conducted by the Connecticut Department of Social Services. This study offers a 50% chance for all qualified enrollees to earn up to $350 while receiving free smoking cessation services, a new alternative to tackle the ongoing battle with cigarette addiction. Worldwide, tobacco use causes more than 5 million deaths per year, and according to the Centers…

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Community Health Center, Inc. in Partnership with Horizons-NCCS Provides Kids with Health and Wellness Education, and a Healthy Dose of Milk Mustaches Too! New Canaan, CT, July 18, 2014: On Wednesday, July 16th, staff members from Community Health Center Inc.’s (CHC) Norwalk, Stamford and Danbury locations hosted a health fair for students attending the Horizons Summer Program at New Canaan Country School.  The goals of the event were to educate students about health and wellness and allow them to interact…

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Today, Community Health Center, Inc.’s CEO and President Mark Masselli commented on a bipartisan deal in Washington to improve health care opportunities for America’s Veterans. “It is great to see the progress that can be achieved when Democrats and Republicans work together to address important health care issues.  The new legislation will enable CHC to play a key role in providing health care to veterans who can’t access VA services because of distance and wait times. We will be there…

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