Crystal Run Healthcare Announces Snow Date Saturday on March 8th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact: Mark Trocino | 845.615.6832 | mailto:marketing@crystalrunhealthcare.com

Middletown, N.Y. – March 3, 2014 – Crystal Run Healthcare has announced it will be open on Saturday, March 8th to help accommodate patients that have had to cancel or change recent appointments due to the inclement weather. To help patients affected by the recent storms, Crystal Run will hold Snow Date Saturday, offering appointments on Saturday, March 8th to help provide patients with convenient access to care. To schedule appointments, patients can call 845-703-6999 or request an appointment through the Crystal Run website. Snow Date Saturday appointments are not exclusively for canceled or rescheduled appointments from snow storms. Any patients can call to schedule an appointment for March 8th.

“Patient access is an important component of quality health care. The weather has wreaked havoc on everyone’s lives this winter. While we have remained open to serve our patients through all of the storms this winter, the weather has still been a barrier to care for many of our patients. Our Snow Date Saturday is our commitment to serving our patients and to providing them with convenient access to the highest level of care,” said Michelle A. Koury, MD, Chief Operating Officer at Crystal Run Healthcare.

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About Crystal Run Healthcare: Crystal Run Healthcare is a premier multi-specialty group practice, and is among the fastest growing medical practices in the country. Crystal Run Healthcare includes over 300 providers, in over 40 medical specialties with 15 practice locations focusing on the healthcare needs of the mid-Hudson Valley and lower Catskill region. Crystal Run has a strong commitment to primary care, employing an outstanding group of physicians representing the specialties of Internal Medicine, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Family Practice, Geriatrics and Pediatrics. The practice also includes unsurpassed sub-specialists in a wide variety of medical and surgical specialties and sub-specialties. Crystal Run Healthcare offers fully accredited digital radiology and laboratory services and is a national leader in the use and advancement of electronic health records (EHR). Crystal Run Healthcare is accredited by The Joint Commission and is designated by the NCQA as a Level 3 Patient Centered-Medical Home. The practice was among the first 27 health care organizations in the nation to participate as an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) effective April 2012. NCQA recognition of Crystal Run as an Early Adopter seeking ACO Accreditation in January 2012 culminated in December 2012 with Crystal Run Healthcare achieving NCQA Level 2 ACO Accreditation. For more information about Crystal Run Healthcare visit www.crystalrunhealthcare.com, and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook or call 845.615.6832.