St. Francis Hospital Opens New Health Center to Expand Access to Care for the Uninsured

Roslyn, NY – As part of its ongoing mission to provide high quality healthcare to the community regardless of a patient’s ability to pay, St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center® has opened the Bishop McHugh Health Center in Hicksville. The new, 3,250 square foot facility will focus on providing primary care to the uninsured and underinsured. Its highly trained medical staff will provide physical examinations, lab work, x-rays, flu shots, appropriate immunizations, and specialty referrals as needed.

“We realize that in these tough economic times many people are going without basic medical care because they lack health insurance,” says Ruth Hennessey, EVP and Chief Administrative Officer of St. Francis Hospital. “The Bishop McHugh Health Center brings together our community health, prevention, and outreach efforts with primary care, and will provide for enhanced continuity of care.”

Patricia J. Tassinari. M.D., Director of the Center, believes it will be filling a void by providing much needed, essential medical services. “Unfortunately many uninsured patients end up in hospital emergency rooms from conditions, such as diabetes, that have escalated because they are not getting basic primary care,” says Dr. Tassinari, who has 25 years of experience in providing family medical care.

The Center also accepts all major types of insurance for patients who have medical coverage. Spanish is spoken to facilitate care for patients from Latino communities, and the Center is convenient to reach by car or public transportation. For more information about the services offered at the Bishop McHugh Health Center or to make an appointment, call: (516) 827-2727 or log on to the St. Francis Hospital website at www.stfrancisheartcenter.com.

Contact:
Paul Barry, 516-705-6657, paul.barry@chsli.org
Rosemary Gomez, 516-705-6656, rosemary.gomez@chsli.org