Hudson Headwaters Health Network has slashed charges for patients who receive financial relief through its Sliding Fee program. Previously, patients who qualified were extended discounts, paying between $10 and $53 dollars per office visit, based on income and family size. These charges have been reduced to 0 to $20 dollars. “We think that this will
The funds will be used to establish a traveling program to bring preventive dental services to local schools, Head Start locations and Hudson Headwaters’ health centers in seven communities. These include the Essex County towns of Moriah and Ticonderoga; the Warren County towns of Queensbury and Warrensburg and the city of Glens Falls, and the
Hudson Headwaters Health Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) funded in part through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and generous community support. Hudson Headwaters Health Network is a Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n). Hudson Headwaters Health Network is granted medical malpractice liability protection through the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and are considered Federal employees with the Federal government acting as their primary insurer.