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The testing sites and three mobile units will be placed in 17 zip codes that have been hit the hardest by the pandemic
BUFFALO, N.Y. — On Wednesday, ECMC announced the establishment of a community COVID-19 testing program, which will create 27 new testing sites throughout three Western New York counties.
The 27 sites will be run by 10 community health centers and primary care practice organizations throughout Erie, Niagara and Chautauqua counties. The community health centers and primary care practice organizations have been approved to receive $2.3 million in Delivery Service Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP) funds. The testing sites have been made possible through ECMC by redirecting Medicaid funds.
The testing sites and three mobile units will be placed in 17 zip codes that have been hit the hardest by the pandemic. This includes Amherst, Buffalo, Dunkirk, Jamestown, Lockport, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda, Wheatfield and Williamsville.
“The ECMC DSRIP-funded community testing sites program is part of a multi-pronged community-based healthcare initiative designed to support Western New York’s vulnerable, at-risk residents during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Thomas J. Quatroche Jr. Ph.D., president and CEO of ECMC. “NYS Medicaid Waiver funding is being used in these vulnerable communities to increase testing and link individuals with primary care. The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting minority and economically challenged areas due to social determinants of health that have created underlining health conditions in these communities.”
The full list of testing sites can be found below.
Chautauqua County
All sites open Monday through Friday from 3 p.m to 5 p.m.
Niagara County
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