Healthy Connections, Inc., is delivering on its promise to mass test the state of Arkansas, testing more than 1,000 people in the first two weeks of free Covid-19 testing.
Healthy Connections scheduled a series of pop-up testing sites and has tested anyone regardless of symptoms for free. Cities tested so far have included De Queen, Malvern, Hot Springs, Hot Springs Village, Little Rock, Benton, Arkadelphia, and Gurdon. The testing tour continues next week with stops in Mena, De Queen for a second time, and Nashville. See the complete schedule at www.GetTestedFree.com.
“We were asked to increase COVID-19 testing for Arkansans and are proud to have been able to provide this much-needed service to people throughout Arkansas,” said Tony Calandro, CEO of Healthy Connections, Inc. “By taking these tests on the road, we have been able to reach areas where access to testing is not as readily available.”
The testing tour began on May 21 with a stop in De Queen. The most patients tested in a single day was 415 in Hot Springs Village on May 29.
These tests done at pop-up testing sites are in addition to the hundreds of tests performed by Healthy Connections in its clinics throughout west and central Arkansas.
The testing sites are set up as drive-through events. Patients don’t even get out of their vehicles. Patients report this new Covid-19 test is much easier and less painful than other tests previously given. No insurance information is collected and patients are through the testing area and on their way in just a few minutes.
Results from these tests are being received on average in five to seven days.
Do you want to partner with Healthy Connections to bring the testing bus to your business or your hometown? Call us at 888-710-8220.
Healthy Connections clinics are open, safe, healthy, and here for the communities they serve. The Healthy Connections community health network is a federally-qualified health center (FQHC). Healthy Connections and Evolve Behavioral Health both accept Medicaid, ARKids 1st, Medicare, and most private health insurance. There is also a sliding-fee scale for patients without health insurance who qualify. Medicaid patients may be required to switch their primary care provider to Healthy Connections before they can be seen. Learn more about Healthy Connections at www.healthy-connections.org.
Free drive-through testing this week in Little Rock, Benton, Arkadelphia, and Gurdon.
The Healthy Connections Free Covid-19 Testing Pop-up tour continues this week with stops in Pulaski and Clark counties.
The drive-through testing, which is available to anyone over 18-years-old, regardless of symptoms, will be in Little Rock on Tuesday, June 2; Arkadelphia on Thursday, June 4; and Gurdon on Friday, June 5. Testing will be offered each day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with no appointment necessary.
Through the first four tour stops, hundreds of people have been tested, including more than 400 on May 29 in Hot Springs Village. Additional stops have already been scheduled throughout Arkansas. See the complete schedule at www.GetTestedFree.com.
This test is a nasal swab but it’s not the more painful version people were getting tested with weeks ago. Most patients report only mild discomfort with this Covid-19 test.
These pop-up testing sites are testing people 18-and-older with or without symptoms and those under-18 with symptoms. Patients can also be tested in any Healthy Connections clinic both for Covid-19 and Covid-19 antibodies. Call 888-710-8220 for clinic appointments at locations in Little Rock, Hot Springs, Malvern, Arkadelphia, Mount Ida, Mena, and De Queen. Visit www.healthy-connections.org to find the location nearest to you.
Healthy Connections clinics are open, safe, healthy, and here for the communities they serve. The Healthy Connections community health network is a federally-qualified health center (FQHC). Healthy Connections and Evolve Behavioral Health both accept Medicaid, ARKids 1st, Medicare, and most private health insurance. There is also a sliding-fee scale for patients without health insurance who qualify. Medicaid patients may be required to switch their primary care provider to Healthy Connections before they can be seen. Learn more about Healthy Connections at www.healthy-connections.org.
Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) visits with Healthy Connections CEO Tony Calandro at the Hot Springs Village Covid-19 testing popup event.
The Healthy Connections Free Covid-19 Mass Testing Tour made an incredible stop in Hot Springs Village on Friday, May 29, 2020.
In a span of just under four hours, Healthy Connections was able to provide testing for 415 people at our drive-through pop-up event, which was co-sponsored by the Hot Springs Village Area Chamber of Commerce. That brings our first week’s total tested number to more than 650 people.
One of the people tested on Friday was U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), who got in line and was tested from his truck. The U.S. Congress is responsible for the funding that allows Healthy Connections to hold mass testing events like this one.
The tests are for the Covid-19 virus and are free to all patients at our pop-up events. Go to www.GetTestedFree.com for the complete schedule that includes stops next week in Little Rock (Tuesday, June 2), Benton (Wednesday, June 3), Arkadelphia (Thursday, June 4), and Gurdon (Friday, June 5). Each day tests will be given on a first-come, first-served basis for anyone who wants to be tested, regardless of symptoms.
Healthy Connections is also providing Covid-19 testing in all clinics. Call 888-710-8220 for appointments or visit www.healthy-connections.org/locations to find a clinic near you.
The Covid-19 antibody test is also being given at Healthy Connections clinics. Call 888-710-8220 for appointments.
Healthy Connections is taking Covid-19 testing on the road and will test anyone who wants to be tested.
Beginning in late May, non-profit Healthy Connections will begin FREE testing for Covid-19 regardless of symptoms on its mobile testing bus. The first four stops on the tour will be:
Covid-19 testing is no longer limited to high-risk or symptomatic patients. Testing will be done from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on each of these days on a first-come, first-served basis. No appointment is needed.
The mobile testing bus is a 40-foot-long medical unit recently acquired by Healthy Connections. Call 888-710-8220 for more information and see the updated testing schedule at www.GetTestedFree.com. Additional dates will be added soon with planned stops in Mena, De Queen, Arkadelphia, Little Rock, Benton, Mount Ida, Gurdon, and more. Contact Healthy Connections if you wish to have the testing bus visit your hometown or even your business.
The Healthy Connections Community Health Network is also testing patients for Covid-19 at all of its primary care clinic locations in Little Rock, Hot Springs, Malvern, Arkadelphia, Mount Ida, Mena, and De Queen. Appointments can be made at these locations by calling 888-710-8220.
Healthy Connections primary care, pediatrics, and women’s health clinics are open and seeing patients both in-clinic and on telehealth for all conditions. Healthy Connections dental is also seeing patients for all services in both Mena and Hot Springs. And Healthy Connections specialists, including cardiology, podiatry, chiropractic, and more, are seeing patients for all services.
Additionally, Evolve Behavioral Health and Medication Management is seeing patients in-clinic and on telehealth for mental health services. Learn more about Evolve at www.evolvebhs.com.
Healthy Connections and Evolve accept Medicaid, ARKids 1st, Medicare, and most private health insurance. There is also a sliding-fee scale for patients without health insurance who qualify. Medicaid patients may be required to switch their primary care provider to Healthy Connections before they can be seen.
Learn more about Healthy Connections at www.healthy-connections.org.
Healthy Connections is offering same-day COVID-19 testing at all of its Arkansas clinic locations.
Patients should call (888) 710-8220 for an appointment. Same-day appointments are available at all locations.
Healthy Connections can also test patients, regardless of symptoms. Healthy Connections is doing this COVID-19 testing at its clinics in Little Rock, Hot Springs, Mena, Malvern, Arkadelphia, Mount Ida, and De Queen. Call (888) 710-8220 for appointments. Visit www.healthy-connections.org for more information, including COVID-19 updates, testing locations, and more. These tests can be done regardless of patient symptoms. Healthy Connections can also work with surgical providers to test their patients before the procedure.
Nonprofit Healthy Connections strives to fill the healthcare access gaps in Arkansas. Since its founding in 1998 as a home-visiting program, Healthy Connections has provided much-needed health, dental, and social services to families from nearly every lifestyle. Healthy Connections accepts Medicaid, ArKids 1st, Medicare, and most private health insurance. There is also a sliding-fee scale for patients without health insurance, based on total family income.
Most health insurance covers COVID-19 testing at no cost to patients. Healthy Connections is waiving patient fees for COVID-19 testing for sliding-fee scale patients who qualify.
The Healthy Connections community health network offers primary care/family medicine, general dental services, and specialties including pediatrics, cardiology, podiatry, women’s health, and chiropractic. Evolve Behavioral Health and Medication Management, a division of Healthy Connections, provides mental health services.
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