Healthcare

Action Help Services brings medical care and services directly to you and your family through a mobile medical unit. Anyone who is homeless, does not have health insurance, or is homebound can receive assistance.

Phone: (978) 878-8110

Address: Bullock Building, 275 Nichols Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Community Health Connections is a primary medical, preventive and restorative dental, behavioral health and low-cost pharmacy. For Fitchburg area residents, though other eligibility criteria may apply.

Phone: (978) 878-8100

Address: 326 Nichols Road, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Healthcare for All is a service available to answer any and all questions about healthcare in Massachusetts.

Phone: (800) 472-4232

Health Connector is an online tool that helps Massachusetts residents find health insurance coverage and avoid tax penalties. Commonwealth Choice offers many name-brand health insurance options. Commonwealth Care is low or no-cost health insurance for people who qualify.

Phone: (1-877) 623-6765 / (1-877) MA-ENROLL / (1-877) 623-7773

Health Safety Net is a program for Massachusetts low- and medium-income residents of all ages who are not eligible for health insurance or cannot afford to buy it. Must be a Massachusetts resident to apply. The program helps families with limited income, or large medical bills that cannot be paid. Premiums and co-pays are determined by income eligibility.

Phone: (877) 910-2100

Address: 100 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02171

The Massachusetts Directory of Personal Care Assistants is a program of the Massachusetts PCA Workforce council. Working with Rewarding Work Resources, Inc, a nonprofit organization, the Massachusetts PCA directory, web-based service, helps Massachusetts elders, residents with disabilities of all ages, their families, and parents of children with disabilities in hiring their own PCA or direct care worker. PCA surrogates may also use the service. By calling or using online tools, this allows PCA users to access a comprehensive database of persons interested in providing personal care services.

Phone: (866) 212-9675 / (866) 212-WORK

MassHealth provides health benefits and help paying for them to qualifying children, families, seniors, and people with disabilities living in Massachusetts. We may offer benefits directly or help pay for all or part of your health insurance premiums. If you are a member, you may have access to doctor visits, dental, prescription drugs, behavioral health services, and other important health care services.

Phone: (800) 841-2900

Address: 1 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108

The team at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences answers questions about your prescription medicine and works with your doctor to reduce costs for Massachusetts residents. Free and Low-Cost Medications are available from certain pharmaceutical companies for people with disabilities and elders.

Phone: (866)-633-1617

Available to Medicare beneficiaries. Massachusetts residents with disabilities, and their families, may also be eligible for MassHealth, public health insurance that covers medical and dental care, and prescriptions. The primary factor for eligibility is income level; assets are not counted in most cases.

Phone: (800) 841-2900 / (800) 497-4648

Phone (Enrollment Center): (800) 665-9993

Making Opportunities Count’s Care AIDS Services provides comprehensive case management aimed at increasing engagement in medical care. Medical Case Management includes enrolling clients in health insurance programs with online applications for Mass Health and the HIV Drug Assistance Program.

Phone: (978) 345-4366

Address: 76 Summer Street, Suite 210, Fitchburg, MA 01420

The Montachusett Home Care Corporation (HHCC) helps elders and disabled persons who have critical unmet needs may receive homemaker and personal care services and transportation to certain medical treatments. Eligibility and service need is determined by an assessment completed by the nursing and case management staff.

Phone: (978) 534-7741

Address: 680 Mechanic Street, Leominster, MA 01453

Email: info@montachusetthomecare.com

SHINE is a state health insurance assistance program that provides free health insurance information, counseling and assistance to Massachusetts elders and individuals with disabilities in understanding their Medicare and MassHealth benefits and other health insurance options. SHINE counselors are available throughout the state at local Council on aging, senior centers, elder service agencies, hospitals and other community based agencies.

Phone: (800) 243-4636