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Click the image to download the latest newsletter from the Community Heath Center of the New River Valley. You’ll learn about Medicaid expansion, recent awards and honors, new telehealth services, help with covering the cost of prescriptions and more!

CHCNRV is a 2019 HRSA Quality Improvement Awards Recipient.

The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHCNRV) was awarded the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 2019 Quality Improvement Award along with other health centers across the Nation.  The award recognizes the work that health centers do to address health priorities as they provide quality, value-based community care.  Along with the designation, the CHCNRV… Continue Reading

CHCNRV receives $167,000 grant to Combat the Opioid Crisis

The Community Health Center of the New River Valley was recently awarded $167,000 as part of an Integrated Behavioral Health Services (IBHS) program grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enable community health centers, rural organizations and academic institutions to establish and expand access to integrated substance use disorder and… Continue Reading

Social Media and Mental Health for Young Adults

By: Maya Stephens Social media continues to have an ever-growing presence in our day-to-day lives, especially among youth and teens. In 2018, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were the most popular social media sites among those 18-24 years.[1]With few signs pointing to the trend of social media’s popularity slowing down or stopping, people are… Continue Reading

Welcome, Dr. Guerra!

We are pleased to announce the addition of Pete Guerra, MD to our Christiansburg staff. Specializing in Family Medicine, Dr. Guerra received his medical degree from University of Central Florida College of Medicine where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He then completed his residency at Southern Regional Area Health Education Center, Cape Fear Valley Hospital… Continue Reading

Community Health Center of the New River Valley Introduces New Pharmacy Program

The Community Health Center of the New River Valley (CHC) in Christiansburg has become the first federally-qualified health care center in Virginia to partner with Richmond-based Rx Partnership (RxP) to provide affordable generic medications to qualified, low-income, uninsured residents through RxP’s Access to Medication Program (AMP). The AMP program reduces overall costs and creates efficiencies by centralizing pharmacy services… Continue Reading