Columbia Health Care Consortium -History

June 2010 - Berkshire-Taconic Foundation helps fund Assuring Your Wishes, an on-line program that allows individuals to record and store their health care proxy in a secure environment on-line for easy retrieval by health care professionals if needed.

November 2009 - The Healthcare Consortium begins coordination of NY Connects, Columbia County, the single point-of-entry resource for long tern care servioces information and assistance.

July 2009 - The Healthcare Consortium partners with Columbia Memorial Hospital to bring mobile dental services to children and adults in Greene County.

January 2009 - The Healthy People Partnership transitions into the Cancer Services Program of Columbia and Greene.

Spring 2008 - The Healthy People Partnership combines the Breast And Cervical Cancer Screening program (Healthy Women Partnership) and the more recent Colorectal Cancer Screening program into one cancer services program serving the twin counties.

Winter 2007 - The Cancer Support Program is expanded to include separate emphasis for serving two diverse groups in the twin counties: children and adults.

January 2007 - The Healthcare Consortium is awarded the first New York State grant for Colorectal Cancer Screening and Education for Columbia and Greene counties.

October 2006 - The Healthcare Consortium is awarded a second Ovarian Cancer Awareness and Education grant.

March 2006 - The Healthcare Consortium becomes coordinator for Long-Term Care Insurance Education and Outreach.

February 2005 - The Healthcare Consortium adds Prescription Access Assistance for eligible Columbia County residents.

Mid 2004 - The Healthcare Consortium is awarded a 3-year grant from the NYS Nutrition Consortium to help identify and assist eligible individuals and families in Columbia and Greene enroll for Food Stamp Benefits.

Spring 2003 - The Healthcare Consortium is awarded 2 grants from NYSDOH Bureau of Chronic Diseases: Ovarian Cancer Awareness and Cancer Support Services to residents of the twin counties.

Winter 2003 - The Facilitated Enrollment Program began assisting residents in the twin counties to enroll in Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus and Medicaid. This program is now called "Covering the Uninsured."

Early 2003 - The Columbia-Greene Diabetes Coalition becomes the local chapter of the Greater Capital Region Coalition for Diabetes Prevention and Control with The Healthcare Consortium as coordinating agency.

Summer 2002 - The Mobile Health Partnership is created forged by a collaboration of providers and health services agencies.

Spring 2001 - The Healthcare Consortium is named coordinating and fiscal agent for the Columbia County Healthy Women Partnership. Free breast and cervical exams are avaialable to qualifying women.

January 2001 - Rip Van Winkle Tobacco-Free Coalition is born when NYSDOH awards funding to The Healthcare Consortium .

December 2000 - Received the first of 3 grants to start The Children’s Dental Health Partnership.

September 2000 - C.A.R.T.S. passes the 50,000-miles-traveled milestone--in only 1-1/2 years!.

March 1999 - The Healthcare Consortium begins operating the C.A.R.T.S. Medical Transportation Service to provide service to Columbia County residents with barriers to transportation.

Feburary 1999 - The Columbia County Health Services Directory was mailed to over 30,000 households.

January 1998 - The Columbia County Community Healthcare Consortium was formed.

July 1997 - A rural health network development grant was awarded to Columbia Memorial Hospital as lead agent.