Berkshire Medical Center

Berkshire County Community Health Needs Assessment

BHS Urgent Care or Walk-In Care: Fast Care for Minor EmergenciesOpen daily from 8 am to 8 pm, BHS Urgent Care, 505 East St., Pittsfield, can handle your non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries. We're staffed by BMC Emergency Department providers and committed to fast, affordable care - no appointments, just stop in! You can also visit BHS Walk-In Care, in Williamstown, for fast care for minor illness or injury. 

MAKO-Assisted Arthroplasty at BMCBMC now provides the latest advance in Orthopedic Joint Replacement Surgery, with the MAKO-Assisted Arthroplasty® system.

BMC Named Inaugural Member of Dana-Farber Cancer Care CollaborativeDana-Farber Cancer Institute has announced that Berkshire Medical Center is the first member of the new Dana-Farber Cancer Care Collaborative, following review by the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. Read more. 

Breast Health Videos: Breast Density and Mammography

Dr. Lisa Loring, Medical Director of the Women's Imaging Center, discusses the issues of breast density and mammography screening recommendations in two special educational videos that can be viewed on our Breast Health page.

BHS Proudly Cares for the Northern BerkshiresBerkshire Health Systems provides a wide array of essential health services to the North Berkshire region through our North Adams Campus of BMC.

Want a cost estimate for your service? Call:

Health Take-AwayRegularly on the Berkshire Eagle's Health page, you can find a column written by a BHS health professional, focusing on ways to improve your health and well-being. Our latest column is:

All of the columns are on our Health Take-Away link.

Canyon Ranch Life Enhancement Program at BHS

The Canyon Ranch Institute Life Enhancement Program at BHS has made its mark on many members of our community. Watch their powerful stories in this video and learn about how their lives have been transformed - there are two versions, a full length video and a trailer length version. Interested in participating in the program? Print out the application here. 

Prevent Colon Cancer: Colonoscopy Saves Lives

BHS International Travel Health Services

      Continence Services at BHS      

Primary Focus of the Provider

• Substance Abuse Treatment Services

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Type of Care

• Substance abuse treatment
• Detoxification
• Methadone maintenance
• Methadone detoxification
• Buprenorphine maintenance
• Buprenorphine detoxification
• Buprenorphine used in treatment
• Methadone
• Accepts clients on opioid medication
• SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

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Facility Type

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Treatment Approaches

• Cognitive/behavioral therapy
• Substance abuse counseling approach
• Rational emotive behavioral therapy

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Facility Smoking Policy

• Smoking not permitted

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

• Hospital inpatient
• Hospital inpatient detoxification
• Hospital inpatient treatment
• General Hospital(including VA hospital)

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Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

• Private organization
• State substance abuse agency
• State department of health
• Hospital licensing authority
• The Joint Commission

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Payment/Insurance Accepted

• Cash or self-payment
• Medicaid
• Medicare
• State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
• Private health insurance
• Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

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Emergency Mental Health Services

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Payment Assistance Available

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Language Services

• Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

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Special Programs/Groups Offered

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Ancillary Services

• Alcohol Detoxification
• Benzodiazepines Detoxification
• Opiods Detoxification
• Group counseling offered
• Family counseling offered
• 12-step faciltitation approach
• Brief intervention approach
• Motivational interviewing

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Age Groups Accepted

• Young adults

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Gender Accepted

• Female
• Male

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Exclusive Services

• Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
• Methadone clients only

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