Community Partners

Northern Light Acadia Hospital is more than a hospital; we are a hub for behavioral and mental health services and expertise throughout Maine.

• Our Mission: To empower people to improve their lives.
• Our Vision: To be the psychiatric provider of choice.
• Our Values: Compassion, Accountability, Integrity, Respect

The care we provide to our patients is rooted in compassion and respect. A 100-bed, acute care, short-stay psychiatric hospital, we provide a full continuum of mental and behavioral health services for children, teens, and adults. Our interdisciplinary care teams work closely together to wrap our patients with the comprehensive care they deserve.

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center serves communities throughout central, eastern, and northern Maine.

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center and its staff of more than 450 physicians provide three-quarters of the primary-care services in the Bangor area, specialty and intensive services and is a level II trauma center.

At VRH, you are at the center of our coordinated care system, where efficient, effective services are tailored to your needs by providers you know and trust.

Our staff strives to provide compassionate, affordable, high quality care in our community. We offer a spectrum of services from urgent need and emergency services, to regular check ups and medical imaging. Through provider partnerships, we are able to offer an array of specialty services to connect you with the care you need.

North Star Health is a federally qualified health center (FQHC) proudly serving communities in southern Vermont and southwestern New Hampshire. We provide medical, behavioral health, dental and vision care and many other services to people of all ages regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, pre-eminent health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC includes Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), a 99-bed community hospital, whose providers are members of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians. SVMC’s services include an emergency department staffed by physicians, each of whom is board certified in emergency medicine; the Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center, which is accredited by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and managed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock; and a fully-digital imaging department. SVMC also includes 19 primary and specialty care practices and primary care offices in Bennington, Manchester, Pownal, West Dover, and Wilmington, VT. SVMC has four primary care practices that are NCQA-certified Patient Centered Medical Homes. Within the Bennington community there are four Spoke practices which provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.

Rutland Regional Medical Center is the second largest hospital in the state. We are a 123-bed hospital, employing over 1,500 professional and support staff including 227 providers trained in 36 specialty areas. RRMC provides preventive, diagnostic, acute, and rehabilitative services for more than 70,000 residents. RRMC serves Rutland County, portions of southern and central Vermont, and communities in eastern New York State.

RRMC’s mission is to improve the health of the Rutland Region and surrounding
communities by providing appropriate, superior, integrated, preventative, diagnostic, and therapeutic health services in a caring environment through the strength of our people, technology and relationships.

Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is a non-profit, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1997 to ensure access to comprehensive, integrated primary health care services for all to improve the health and wellbeing of patients and the Maine communities served. Sixteen practices and program service sites in the Bangor area, and in Belfast and Jackman, offer a wide range of services including family medicine, dental, pediatrics, geriatrics, mental health and substance abuse, specialty services, pharmacy and healthcare for the homeless.

PCHC is staffed by more than 700 employees who serve almost 65,000 patients annually. PCHC is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC) and has received regional and national recognition as a leader among the nation's Community Health Centers. Its practices have earned certifications from the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) for Patient-Centered Medical Home. PCHC is the largest FQHC in Maine and one of the largest and most comprehensive of the 100 FQHCs in New England.

Maine Primary Care Association (MPCA) is a membership organization representing the collective voices of Maine's Community Health Centers - referred to as Maine's health care safety net. For more than 30 years, MPCA has provided technical assistance and training, housed relevant programs and services and advocated on behalf of Maine's safety net and the thousands of patients it serves.

Within this work we hope to strengthen Maine's health centers with programs and services such as advocacy efforts, clinical quality improvement initiatives, workforce development, community outreach, health information technologies, risk management planning, strategic planning and technical assistance.

We also work to amplify messages shared among member health centers, bridge medical practices and the public health sector and provide linkages to community, state and federal partners including public health and allied agencies.

Maine Medical Center is dedicated to maintaining and improving the health of the communities it serves by:

• Caring for our community
• Educating tomorrow's caregivers
• Researching new ways to provide care

We proudly carry our unique responsibility as Maine's leader in patient care, education and research. We are dedicated to the traditions and ideals of not-for-profit healthcare. Our care is available to all who seek it.

Through the leadership of Maine Medical Center, we envision Maine becoming the healthiest state in the nation by putting patients and their families’ first, providing access to affordable care, and delivering superior service and outcomes.

Maine Behavioral Healthcare is committed to creating a seamless system of behavioral healthcare across Maine, coordinating hospital psychiatric care with community-based treatment services, and better access to medical care through integration with primary care services. Effectively coordinating client and patient care across multiple locations and treatment settings will not only provide optimal health outcomes, but serve as a national model for treating people with serious mental health issues. We are a proud member of MaineHealth, Maine's largest health system, working together to make our communities the healthiest in America.