2021 marks the 40th anniversary of Hudson Headwaters Health Network. As a part of a year-long celebration, the organization will share a retrospective of milestones while unveiling plans to secure and strengthen the next forty years of health care in the region. In 1974, Dr. John Rugge began what would become Hudson Headwaters with a
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.