KEYSTONE HEALTH CENTER AWARDED "BEST PRACTICE" GRANT BY AETNA HEALTH INC.
"Keystone was chosen from over 1,100 Primary Care Physician (PCP) offices across more than 30 counties throughout Pennsylvania for their commitment to providing quality medical care to the underserved population," Dr. Kelley said. "They are extremely passionate about the community they serve, providing a wide variety of special services with compassion and dedication." The $5,000 grant, which is the largest award given in the category of "Best Practice," was awarded to Keystone on August 27, 2002. According to Joanne Cochran, Keystone Health Center's President and CEO, the grant will be used to provide services to the poor.
Aetna Health Inc., is one of the nation's leading providers of health care and related group benefits, serving 13.9 million medical members, 11.9 million dental members and 11.7 million group insurance customers. The company has expansive nationwide networks of more than 539,000 health care services providers, including over 327,000 primary care and specialist physicians and 3,300 hospitals. Keystone Health Center, a public, non-profit organization, provides high-quality medical, obstetric, gynecological and dental health care and, when needed, social services to all Franklin County residents and the surrounding areas, including the underserved populations. Presently, Keystone operates five primary care sites: Keystone Health Center family practice, Keystone Dental Center, Keystone Women's Care, Keystone Health Center-Path Valley satellite family practice, and the State Migrant Farmworker Administration office. Keystone also operates one year-round migrant and seasonal farmworker site in Berks County and one seasonal farmworker site in Adams County. Services to migrant farmworkers are also provided through outreach workers and contracted providers across the Commonwealth. For more information regarding Keystone Health Center, please visit the website at www.keystonehealth.org. For more information regarding this news release, please contact Karen Gross at (717) 975-2148, kgross@hersheyphilbin.com, or visit the newsroom at www.hersheyphilbin.com. ### |
CHAMBERSBURG, PA -- For the third consecutive year,
Keystone Health Center was awarded the "Best Practice" Grant by Aetna Health
Inc.," according to Dr. David Kelley, Aetna HealthInc.'s Medical Director for Central
and Northeastern Pennsylvania. 