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APRIL 2014: IN THIS ISSUE

New same-day and walk-in appointment options at Families First (read)
Families First nationally recognized as a Medical Home (read)
Still uninsured? Check with us! (read)
Free women's cancer screenings on May 1 (read)

Easier appointments at Families First

NEW! Our Health Center now offers walk-in and same-day appointments every weekday, all day. Established patients have the option of making an appointment in advance, calling for a same-day appointment, or walking in anytime after 7:30 a.m. (If possible, do call ahead at 603-422-8208 ext. 1 to avoid having to wait.)

Our Dental Center offers same-day hygienist appointments every Friday, as well as walk-in dentist appointments one Friday a month. To make a same-day hygiene appointment any Friday, or to find out the next date for walk-in dentist appointments, call (603) 422-8208 ext. 3. Again, these appointments are for established patients only.

Medical Home recognition

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Families First is proud to have been nationally recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home at the highest level since 2011, and even prouder that we've just received renewed top-level recognition under new standards. The standards emphasize enhanced care through partnerships between patients and providers. Families First providers Ruth James, MD; Elizabeth Harrison, APRN; Eric Samuel, MD; and Eileen McCarthy, CRNP (from left to right, above) also received the recognition. Find out what this means to you as a Families First patient.

Still uninsured? Check with us!

New Hampshire will soon begin offering Medicaid coverage to adults whose income is below a certain level (for example, below about $16K a year for a single person). We'll be helping our patients and members of the public enroll when enrollment opens later this spring.

The deadline to enroll in Affordable Care Act insurance for this year was March 31, but you can still enroll if you began your application before that date, or if you have a "qualifying event" such as marriage, divorce, the birth of a child, or loss of previous insurance. We can help with this too. Call Elaine at 422-8208 ext. 188 or click for more info.

Free women's health screening, May 1

Are you and the women you care about up-to-date on screenings for breast and cervical cancer? Families First offers these life-saving tests, free, for uninsured and underinsured women who meet income guidelines. Families First patients can schedule these screenings anytime, and we offer occasional screenings for the general public; the next is May 1st. For information, call Jane Cummings, RN, at 603-422-8208 ext. 222 or send an email.

Learn more about women's health screenings.

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