FWC starts After-School STEM Club

FWC starts After-School STEM Club

This blog post was written by Daniel Bergmann, a HealthCorps member here at CHC who works with Nicole Elliott, another HealthCorps Member and Program Coordinator at the Family Wellness Center (FWC) to facilitate the STEM Club. Everyone was holding their breath, leaning in to get a closer look. Some leaned in a little too close. “Guys! Stop shaking the table!” There could be no room for error in this delicate operation. Fifty pennies were about to be dropped – all…

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Francois de Brantes, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute Inc.

Francois de Brantes, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute Inc.

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Francois de Brantes, Executive Director of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care costs and quality through better incentives for payment reform. Mr. de Brantes discusses the growing role of the consumer as an agent of change in the health care industry.

Affordable Care Act Recognition Brunch

Affordable Care Act Recognition Brunch

This past Saturday, the Wesleyan Young Advocates & the Community Health Center hosted an Affordable Care Act (ACA) brunch featuring Kevin Counihan, CEO of AccessHealthCT, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Mayor Dan Drew & State Representative Matt Lesser. As the first year of the ACA comes to a close, the state of Connecticut and further the nation has a lot to be proud of. Connecticut has already exceeded its goal of people enrolled into the ACA and Obama reported yesterday that the…

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Dr. Gary Puckrein, National Minority Quality Forum

Dr. Gary Puckrein, National Minority Quality Forum

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Gary Puckrein, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum, an organization dedicated to to eliminating the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness for racial and ethnic minorities and other special populations in this country.

ACA Recognition Brunch

ACA Recognition Brunch

As the final days of Open Enrollment for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) come to a close, CHC HealthCorps members and Wesleyan volunteers have collaborated with Community Health Center, Inc. to host a recognition event for both state officials and our own ACA staff members. Below are the details of the brunch event which is happening tomorrow from 11:45am-1pm in our Community Room. This event will also be the starting point for both AmeriCorps members & Wes volunteers on Saturday before they…

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CHC staff member visits Colombia

CHC staff member visits Colombia

Below is an email sent by the Access to Care Coordinator of our Fairfield County Sites, Juan David (JD) Ospina, to leadership staff after returning from a trip to South America. JD represented the Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) as he traveled back to his roots while bringing dental supplies from some of our sites. Enid Guzman, a care coordinator in Norwalk for Mobile Dental, had the idea to donate excess dental supplies that CHC had and was able to…

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