A private, non-profit organization, paid by Medicare, to work with healthcare providers, communities, and Medicare consumers and families in the state and region to improve healthcare. Offers technical assistance, tailored education, best practices, tools and resources to aid in healthcare improvement. Information about the quality of care provided in local nursing homes and home health agencies is available by logging onto Medicare's website and clicking on Nursing Home Compare or Home Health Compare. Or call (800) MEDICARE (800) 633-4227 for a written report.

Providing a hotline for wounded, injured or ill soldiers and their families to share concerns on quality of patient care.

Provides information about cancer to patients, families, health care providers, and researchers. Specialists respond to many cancer related topics, including cancer prevention and screening, symptoms and risk factors, treatment, tissue donation, finding cancer treatment, living and coping with cancer, cancer research, and clinical trials.

Provides information, education and support to survivors of strokes, their caregivers and professionals. Services include a website, support groups, a Stroke Family Warmline and a monthly e-newsletter.

General medical and surgical, primary, nursing home, and rehabilitative care. Behavioral health services including addictive disorder services (ADS), compensated work therapy, Residential Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD) program, Mental health intensive case management, inpatient psychiatric services, and outpatient psychiatric services. Gun locks are available through the Suicide Prevention Coordinator.