BELGRADE—Belgrade
Regional Health Center will be welcoming a new provider to the medical team
this summer. Josephine Poulin is a family nurse practitioner who obtained a
Master of Science in Nursing at Purdue Global in February 2019. She brings 16
years of nursing experience, including clinical nurse management and emergency
nursing in outpatient and hospital settings.
Josie
recently shared, “I am pleased to join the staff at Belgrade Regional Health
Center and HealthReach as a primary care provider. As a family nurse
practitioner, I look forward to providing comprehensive, continuous healthcare
to all members of the family throughout the course of their lives. It is
important that patients have access to care and receive support to ensure
services are made available. The dedication, compassion and quality of care that
HealthReach/Belgrade provides to their patients is exactly what I envision
primary care to be. I am eager to begin building meaningful relationships and
rapport with patients and their families.”
Josie will be
joining physicians Amy Madden and Michael Landrum, as well as nurse
practitioner Jennifer Caudell, who provide medical care to patients of all
ages. In addition, Kimberly Patnode and Laurie Rodrigues, clinical social
workers, assist patients with behavioral health needs, and Dianne Raymond, PhD,
PMHNP offers adult psychiatric medication management. The health center offers
primary care to over 2,000 people from the Belgrade Lakes Region and beyond.
Belgrade
Regional Health Center is part of HealthReach Community Health Centers, a
system of eleven Federally Qualified Health Centers in Central and Western
Maine. Dedicated providers deliver high-quality medical and behavioral
healthcare to citizens in over 80 rural communities. To ensure access to
everyone, HealthReach accepts Medicare, MaineCare and major insurances. In
addition, an Affordable Care Program is available to uninsured and underinsured
residents as well as assistance with applications for programs that help with
the cost of healthcare and medications, including the Health Insurance Marketplace.
A
private, non-profit with a 44-year history, HealthReach is funded by patient
fees, grants and by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award
totaling $4,053,390 with 82.5 percent financed with non-governmental sources.
The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the
official views of, nor are an endorsement by, the HRSA, HHS or the U.S.
Government.
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