Media Releases

• May 5th - MPCA releases comments on the proposed designation process for HPSA/MUP and announces that it appears that no FQHC in Maine would lose its underlying HPSA/MUP designation status under the new proposed rule making (NPRM).

• February 8th - Kevin Lewis, Executive Director of Maine Primary Care Association provides testimony to preserve non-categorical funding (LD 2173, Governor’s Proposed Biennial Budget) before the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations & Financial Affairs & The Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services

• February 8th - Kevin Lewis, Executive Director of Maine Primary Care Association provides testimony to preserve non-categorical funding (LD 2173, Governor’s Proposed Biennial Budget) before the Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations & Financial Affairs & The Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services

• January 18th – Maine Primary Care Association recognizes Dr. Karen Roberts of Fish River Rural Health with the inaugural Karen J. Hallee, MD Memorial Award for New Medical Professionals

• January 14th - U.S. Rep. Tom Allen Announces the Introduction of the National Health Services Corps and Loan Repayment Programs Renewal Act

• January 9th - Living well with a chronic disease is focus of special class series
  

Community Health News

MPCA’s bi-monthly newsletter addresses the issues, priorities and achievements engaging Maine’s primary care safety net and includes spotlights on MPCA programs and community health centers across the state.

• March & April 2008 Edition

• January & February 2008 Edition

Community Health Centers in the News

• Katahdin Valley Health Center - Lisa Jacob,Dental Director, partners with local schools to create opportunities and mentorstudents interested in a career in the dental field. To read this press release in its entirety , click here.
• Katahdin Valley Health Center – KVHC is proud to announce Eliza, Currie, PA-C, as this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Rural Physician Assistant of the Year by the DownEast Association of Physician Assistants (DEAPA) KVHC Announces PA Award.

• Penobscot Community Health Care - Dr. Trip Gardner, Co-Director of Penobscot Community Health Care’s Summer Street Community Clinic, shares a moving story of his intervention with and the path towards recovery for a local resident living with untreated psychiatric conditions. To read this article, click here and visit the 2007 graduate stories of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships.