Berks Community Health

Thank you for visiting our website today. I hope that you will learn as much as you can about our services and the type of medical care we provide for the community. I encourage you to visit this website often as we will be making changes from time to time.

Berks Community Health Center (BCHC) is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center that offers quality and affordable health care to all members of the community, regardless of their ability to pay. BCHC opened its doors on June 4, 2012 thanks to the dedication of many community leaders who worked together tirelessly to develop this health facility. We exist to serve, and it is our goal to provide a variety of services for your convenience. We look forward to being your medical home, because that means you will develop long-term relationships with your doctor or nurse practitioner, and the rest of the staff, to meet your health needs.

At BCHC, we are ready to provide comprehensive primary care for you and your entire family – from newborns to senior citizens and everyone in between! In addition, we aim to positively impact your lives and health through quality support services, health education and our outreach program. In collaboration with other community agencies, BCHC will be offering your family and the community health and wellness services such as high blood pressure screening, cardiac and diabetes screening and health literacy. Check our website often for upcoming events.

BCHC is ready to be your health care partner – working together to improve your health, and that of your family, every time you come through our doors. Don’t wait until you are sick – call us to schedule an appointment today so that we will be able to take the best care of your health needs. Always remember that your health matters and keeping you healthy is our goal.

Gracias por visitar hoy nuestra página de internet. Espero que obtenga el mayor conocimiento sobre nuestros servicios y el tipo de cuidado médico que proveemos a la comunidad. Le animo a que visite frecuentemente esta página de internet, ya que frecuentemente estaremos haciendo cambios.

El Berks Community Health (BCHC) es un Centro de Salud Federalmente Cualificado, y sin fines de lucro, que ofrece cuidado de salud costeable y de calidad para todos los miembros de la comunidad sin importar su habilidad a pagar. El BCHC comenzó sus operaciones el 4 de junio del 2012, gracias a la dedicación de muchos líderes de la comunidad quienes trabajaron arduamente para desarrollar esta facilidad de salud. Existimos para servirle y nuestra meta es proveer para su conveniencia una gran variedad de servicios. Esperamos ser su hogar médico, lo cual significa que para cumplir con sus necesidades de salud, usted estará desarrollando una relación a largo plazo con su médico o enfermero práctico y con el resto del personal.

¡En el BCHC estamos preparados para proveer cuidado primario de salud para usted y toda su familia – desde los niños recién nacidos hasta ancianos y el resto de la familia! Además, nuestro objetivo es tener un impacto positivo en su vida y salud a través de servicios de apoyo de calidad, educación de salud y nuestro programa de alcance comunitario. Junto a la colaboración de otras agencias de la comunidad, el BCHC estará ofreciéndole a su familia y a la comunidad en general, servicios de salud y bienestar tales como, pruebas para revisión de: presión arterial, enfermedad cardíaca y diabetes, junto a conocimiento informativo de salud. Visite frecuentemente nuestra página de internet para que esté al corriente de nuestros futuros eventos.

BCHC está listo para ser su acompañante en el cuidado de su salud – trabajando juntos para mejorar su salud y la de su familia cada vez que entre por nuestras puertas. No espere hasta que esté enfermo – llámenos hoy y programe una cita para así poder atender mejor sus necesidades de salud. Siempre recuerde que su salud importa y nuestra meta es mantenerle en buena salud.

Mary H. Kargbo, CEO 

BCHC - a Federally-Qualified Health Center

No one is denied healthcare because of inability to pay

No se niega la atención médica debido a inabilidad de pagar

838 Penn StreetReading, PA 19602(610) 988-4838

430 N. 2ND StreetReading PA 19601610-463-3263HOURSMonday-Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

1040 Liggett AvenueReading, PA 19611(484)220-2955

838 Penn StreetReading, PA 19602(610) 988-4838

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services
• Mental Health Treatment Services
• Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
• General health services

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Type of Care

• Mental health treatment
• Substance abuse treatment
• Detoxification
• Methadone maintenance
• Methadone maintenance for predetermined time
• Methadone detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine maintenance for predetermined time
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Relapse prevention from naltrxone
• Buprenorphine used in treatment
• Naltrexone (oral)
• Vivitrol (injectable Naltrexone)
• Methadone
• Transitional housing or halfway house
• Do not treat opiod addiction
• Use methadone/buprenorphoine for pain management or emergency dosing
• Do not use medication for opioid addiction
• Accepts clients on opioid medication
• Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone
• All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program
• SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

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Facility Type

• Psychiatric hospital or psychiatric unit of a general hospital
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for children
• Residential treatment center (RTC) for adults
• Other residential treatment facility
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient mental health facility
• Community mental health center
• Multi-setting mental health facility (e.g., residential plus outpatient)

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Treatment Approaches

• Individual psychotherapy
• Couples/family therapy
• Group therapy
• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Dialectical behavioral therapy
• Behavior modification
• Integrated dual disorders treatment
• Trauma therapy
• Activity therapy
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Psychotropic medication
• Telemedicine therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Trauma-related counseling
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted
• Smoking permitted in designated area
• Smoking permitted without restriction

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Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

• Hospital inpatient
• Residential
• Partial hospitalization/day treatment
• Outpatient
• Short-term residential
• Long-term residential
• Residential detoxification
• Outpatient detoxification
• Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
• Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• Computerized treatment
• General Hospital(including VA hospital)
• Psychiatric hospital

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• State mental health authority
• Other state government agency
• Regional/district or county, local or municipal government
• Tribal government
• Indian Health Service
• State Government
• Local, county, or community government
• Department of Defense
• State substance abuse agency
• State mental health department
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• The Joint Commission
• Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation
• National Committee for Quality Assurance
• Council on Accreditation
• Healthcare Facilitiues Accreditation Program
• Other national oraganization

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• No payment accepted
• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
• IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
• Access to recovery (ATR) voucher
• State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
• State welfare or child and family services funds
• State corrections or juvenile justice funds
• State education funds
• Other State funds
• County or local government funds
• Community Service Block Grants
• Community Mental Health Block Grants
• U.S Department of VA funds
• Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

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Emergency Mental Health Services

• Crisis intervention team
• Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

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Payment Assistance Available

• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

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Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Spanish
• Native American Indian or Alaska Native languages
• Other languages(excluding Spanish)

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

• Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
• Veterans
• Active duty military
• Military families
• Clients referred from the court/judicial system
• Seniors or older adults
• Adolescents
• Pregnant/postpartum women
• Adult women
• Adult men
• Persons with HIV or AIDS
• Persons who have experienced trauma
• Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
• Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Children with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
• Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
• Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
• Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
• Transitional age young adults
• Persons with eating disorders

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Ancillary Services

• Assertive community treatment
• Intensive case management
• Case management
• Chronic disease/illness management
• Consumer-run (peer-support) services
• Court-ordered outpatient treatment
• Diet and exercise counseling
• Education services
• Family psychoeducation
• Housing services
• Illness management and recovery
• Integrated primary care service
• Legal advocacy
• Nicotine replacement therapy
• Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
• Psychosocial rehabilitation services
• Screening for tobacco use
• Suicide prevention services
• Supported employment
• Supported housing
• Therapeutic foster care
• Smoking/tobacco cessation counselling
• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Cocaine Detoxification
• Methamphetamines Detoxification
• Opiods Detoxification
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for internet use disorder
• Individual counseling offered
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• Marital/couples counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Contingency management/motivational incentive
• Motivational interviewing
• Anger management
• Martix Model
• Community reinforcement plus vouchers
• Relapse prevention
• Residential beds for clients children

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Age Groups Accepted

• Children/adolescents
• Young adults
• Adults
• Seniors (65 or older)

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
• Methadone clients only
• DUI/DWI clients
• Serve only DWI clients

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