The group that was to become the Hudson Headwaters Health Network started in 1974, with a single health center in Chestertown, NY.  At that time, residents of neighboring towns had little or no local access to basic health services.

Over the next few years, new health centers opened in Warrensburg, North Creek and Indian Lake. In each instance, the local health center was made possible by community support. Hudson Headwaters provided the care; the community provided the facility. Local guilds, composed of area women, held bake sales, stuffed envelopes, and helped paint and decorate their community health centers.

In 1981, these four health facilities officially became Hudson Headwaters Health Network, a Federally Qualified Health Center.  The federal program provides financial support to health centers like ours that deliver care in medically underserved areas.

To meet the continued need for local medical care, Hudson Headwaters opened centers in Bolton Landing in 1985 and Schroon Lake and Ticonderoga in 1993.  During the next decade, new health centers opened in Glens Falls, Moreau and Queensbury, followed by the Albert R. Tucker Dental Services Center in Warrensburg (2005), the Moriah Health Center (2006), the Fort Edward-Kingsbury Health Center (2010) and West Mountain Primary Care (2012). North Country Family Health joined the network in November 2012 extending our service area to the Canadian border.

In 2013, the practice, patients and providers of Glens Falls-based North Country Obstetrics & Gynecology joined Hudson Headwaters, making it our 16th health center. In fall of 2015, our 17th health center was built on the newly renamed West Mountain Health Services campus. The campus includes West Mountain Health Services (Bldg 1), (Bldg 2) and the Hudson Headwaters corporate offices.

In 2017, Hudson Headwaters opened a new state-of-the art facility to replace its North Country Family Health site in Champlain and was renamed Champlain Family Health. This also marked the beginning of a partnership with the University of Vermont Health Network to services to the region.

In 2019, Plattsburgh Family Health became our 18th health center. Our Queensbury Family Health center was relocated and renamed Pediatric and Adolescent Health. Also in 2019, Hudson Headwaters partnered with the Hadley-Luzerne School District to bring high-quality primary care to students at the new school-based health center, Hadley-Luzerne Student Health.

In 2020, the new Moreau Family Health was built and includes onsite lab and imaging services provided by Glens Falls Hospital. North Country Obstetrics & Gynecology was renovated and renamed Women’s Health. The new Ticonderoga Health Center was built as part of the University of Vermont Elizabethtown Hospital – Ticonderoga Campus to create an all-inclusive medical campus.

In the fall of 2020, the practice, patients and providers of Adirondack Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake joined Hudson Headwaters and became our 20th and 21st health centers as Tupper Lake Family Health and Saranac Lake Family Health.

In 2021, Hudson Headwaters launched its first Mobile Health center, which sees patients in Salem, Lake Luzerne, Whitehall and at SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury.

In 2022, West Mountain Health Services Bldg 1 was renamed West Mountain Specialty Care and West Mountain Health Services Bldg 2 was renamed West Mountain Family Health.

In 2023, the Network opened its 22nd brick-and-mortar health center: Glens Falls Family Health.

Hudson Headwaters’  mission has remained the same throughout: to provide the best health care, and access to that care for everyone in our communities, regardless of financial or insurance status.