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Healthstat and ACES Open Health Center for Employees

January 11th, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2021

North Haven, CT: Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES), a Regional Education Service Center, will open the doors to its new Smart Care health center at 261 Skiff Street, Hamden, near its Central Office on January 18, 2021. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will occur on February 3, 2021 at 12pm. In partnership with Healthstat, Inc., a leading provider of on-site, near site, shared-site, and virtual employer-sponsored health centers, the new facility will make high quality and affordable healthcare more accessible for over 1000 ACES employees. The dedicated health center and additional resources provided by Healthstat will provide ACES employees full access to a nationally recognized, proprietary healthcare delivery model that centers on patient engagement to improve employee health and lower healthcare costs for employers and their employees. Healthstat health centers replace traditional healthcare with minimal wait times and little to no copay. All services integrate with electronic medical records, to ensure continuity of care with on-site health center providers.
“This new on-site health center is an invaluable benefit to our staff and agency,” said Dr. Thomas M. Danehy, Executive Director at ACES. “It is the latest example of our commitment to ensuring the well-being of our staff and the resources needed to be the best and healthiest versions of themselves at work and at home.”
Staffed by Healthstat, the ACES Smart Care health center will provide convenient access to a full suite of industry-leading healthcare services, including on-site primary healthcare, wellness and preventative care, health assessment and more. Healthstat has an exclusive partnership agreement with Johns Hopkins HealthCare to implement employee health programs developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine.
“Healthstat is dedicated to inspiring healthy change by making healthcare and wellness more accessible to diverse workforces throughout the U.S.,” said Crockett Dale, CEO of Healthstat. “We’re proud to partner with ACES to support the health and well-being of their employees to ensure they achieve their full potential for health and wellness.”

ABOUT HEALTHSTAT:
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Healthstat is a leading provider of onsite and virtual primary care, health-risk intervention, chronic care management and occupational medicine in employer facilities. Healthstat offers a nationally recognized, proprietary healthcare delivery model that centers on patient engagement to improve health and productivity and lower healthcare costs for employers and their employees. In 2019, Healthstat announced a 5-year agreement with Johns Hopkins HealthCare, LLC to market, license and implement employee health programs developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine. For more information, visit www.healthstatinc.com.

About ACES: Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) is the regional educational service center for New Haven and parts of Middlesex Counties. Established in 1969, ACES strives each day to fulfill its vision of creating an equitable and socially just world, one life at a time. ACES serves its members districts and others through an ever-growing array of programs, services and schools that meet the needs of a changing educational landscape. As a school district, ACES operates three magnet and eight special education schools. ACES services range from transportation, professional development and school improvement services, technology, translation, international, security, and occupational and physical therapy. ACES operates the Open and Magnet School Parent Choice programs for New Haven County. Its programs include a federally funded Early Head Start Program and ACES ACCESS, a vocational and life skills program for developmentally and physically disabled adults ages 21 and older. For more information, go to www.aces.org.