Founded in 1983, FHC Health Systems offers a range of behavioral health services to meet the needs of professional associations and state licensure agencies nationwide. As a privately held organization, it is engaged in the administration, design, implementation and management of several drug and alcohol testing programs through FirstLab, which is a third-party administrator. The organization provides laboratory and pharmaceutical services through Rx Innovations, which serves long-term care facilities, acute hospitals and residential treatment centers. FHC Health Systems affiliate, Corporation for Standards and Outcomes, is engaged in the management of federal, state and local government grants, as well as provides data collection services for biotechnology companies.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is operated by the government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The department focuses on the improvement of the quality of lives of the general public. It operates a range of health promotion and disease prevention programs. The department specializes in primary care and family planning services. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health also administers several wellness and violence and injury prevention programs. The department is responsible for the improvement of environmental health. It conducts drug analysis and biological threat assessments through its laboratory sciences bureau. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health additionally offers early childhood and perinatal and emergency medical care services.
Founded in 1994 as a partnership between Brigham and Women s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners HealthCare System provides advanced tertiary and community-based health care services to Boston-area residents, as well as national and international patients. Its founding medical centers and other member facilities offer services in fields such as cardiovascular care, neuroscience, orthopedics and arthritis, women s health, anesthesia, dermatology, surgery, geriatrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiology and urology. The nonprofit system s hospitals are also major teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School. Partners HealthCare System has headquarters in Boston. Its other member facilities include McLean Hospital, Newton-Wellesley Hospital and North Shore Medical Center.
ValueOptions is one of the nation's largest mental behavorial healthcare insurance providers. It works with state and county agencies and healthcare plans across the nation. For more information, call the number listed or visit the Web site.
