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Staff assist with sorting through medical insurance needs. We provide Medicaid and Medicare (A,B,C,D) benefits counseling, EPIC, Lifeline telephone discount, low income subsidy, part D prescription benefits, Medicare Supplemental insurance, Employer insurance benefits, Veterans benefits, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA), Medicare Savings Program, and more.

Provides rapid HIV testing results within 20-30 minutes and gives referrals to support services as needed. Also provides AID/HIV counseling, along with educational and awareness programs.

Provides assistance enrolling eligible children, families and individuals in low or no-cost state health insurance plans including Medicaid and Child Health Plus. Assists in enrollment with small business health insurance. Additional help is provided navigating the health insurance marketplace for people not eligible for state health insurance options.

Offers outpatient evaluation and treatment services to individuals with communication, voice, or cognitive problems, including a number of different therapies for swallowing disorders.

Provides a wide range of immunizations to individuals, from newborns to adults.

Identifies the technological devises and software that best meet an individual's needs and provides training. Please call for more information.

The Open Door Program assists people living in nursing homes and intermediate care facilities receive individualized home and community based services.The Transition Center helps people living in these facilities receive home and community based services. This includes information about the services and supports available in their local community. There are transition specialists at Independent Living Centers in counties all over New York State. Suffolk Independent Living Organization houses the Open Doors Transition Center and Peer Program for all of Long Island. Transition specialists will meet with you and/or your family members to identify what services you will need and help you in getting those services.Open Door's Peer Program is a group of people who have lived in a nursing home and intermediate care facility and are now receiving services and support locally available to them. Peers visit nursing homes and developmental centers to share their experiences with residents and support people who want to move to the community.

Provides financial assistance for cancer patients that have insurance, but the insurance does not cover co-payments or other cancer-related medical costs.

Provides free, anonymous and confidential counseling and testing for HIV/AIDS, and provides confidential partner notification assistance to providers for their HIV positive and AIDS diagnosed patients.

Offers Abortion Care, Birth Control, Breast Exams, Colposcopy, Emergency Contraception, GYN Care, Gender Affirming Hormone Care, Health Counseling, HIV testing, Counseling and Education, HIV Prevention (PrEP), HPV Vaccine, Pap Tests, Pregnancy Testing and Options Counseling, Smoking Cessation, STD testing and treatment. Planned Parenthood health centers support and welcome patients of all gender identities and sexual orientations, and offer care regardless of citizenship status.

Offers prescription discount cards for people who are uninsured or under insured, which provides an average savings of 20% off the retail price of commonly prescribed drugs.

Provides comprehensive wellness services including fitness, health education programs, smoking cessation, disease and injury prevention, weight and stress management, and health and screening counseling.

Assists individuals and families in completing the Access NY Health Care Application for health insurance through Medicaid, Child Health Plus, Family Health Plus or Medicare Part D.

Offers various health related educational and wellness programs including blood pressure screening, and diabetes and stroke support groups. Also includes links to food resources, providing information about available programs to supplement food budgets including information about WIC, food pantries, and the SNAP program.

Provides outpatient services in audiology and speech-language pathology. Also has a Voice Care Center which focuses on vocal disorders caused by lesions, excessive tension, constant use by singers, teachers, salespeople, etc. neurological, paralysis, and other voice related problems.

Provides a caring community that understands the challenges of living with diabetes. Helps individuals to obtain knowledge, skills, and support to better manage prediabetes and diabetes. Programs include:

• Diabetes Prevention Program: For those with prediabetes or at high risk for type 2 diabetes. A year long program focused on implementing lifestyle changes to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
• Diabetes Counseling: For individuals with prediabetes or diabetes. Provides one-on-one visits with a diabetes care and education specialist to discuss individual needs and support.
• Diabetes Self-Management Classes: For any individual with diabetes. Classes focus on the fundamentals of diabetes self-management, covering topics such as understanding diabetes, blood sugar monitoring, nutrition and exercise, acute and chronic complications, and diabetes medications.
• Diabetes Support Group: For any individual with diabetes and those supporting them. Meets once every other month to share struggles, celebrate successes, and discuss topics related to diabetes management.

Our registered dietitians offer individualized one-on-one medical nutrition therapy for people of all ages. Services are personalized for each patient.

Offers basic nutrition education and counseling, to help promote healthy lifestyles, and condition-specific nutrition assessments to help anyone where nutrition has a direct impact on a specific illness, injury or disability.

Provides physician referrals for primary and specialized medicine.

Provides support and information for patients with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis (also known as IBD or Inflammatory Bowel Disease). These include: hospital visitor, mutual help groups, physician referral service, speakers bureau and peer counseling. Serves both Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

Assists uninsured or under-insured individuals in securing life-saving or life-sustaining medications.

Provides evaluation, fitting and training for SAEBO FLEX and SAEBO REACH orthotics that enable stroke and brain injury survivors to use their hand and arm for grasping and releasing.

Provides community clinics, in various locations throughout the county, that provide immunizations, lead testing, HIV/HCV testing and counseling, and TB Testing.

Helps individuals get names of doctors for either general or specialized care.