EASTON, Pa. \u2014 A new, full-service pharmacy will hold its grand opening this week in Northampton County.<\/p>\n
Valley Health Partners (VHP) Community Pharmacy at South Side, at 440 W. Lincoln St. in Easton, will host a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony in conjunction with the Easton Business Association at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, according to a news release.<\/p>\n
The ribbon cutting will take place at 4:15 p.m., and the facility will remain open for guided tours until 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Attendees will have the opportunity to tour the pharmacy and health center, meet members of the pharmacy team and VHP colleagues, and receive assistance with scheduling appointments. Light refreshments will be provided by the Kellyn Foundation.<\/p>\n
The new VHP Community Pharmacy at South Side \u201cexpands access to affordable, patient centered pharmacy services for residents of Easton and the surrounding region,\u201d the release states.<\/p>\n
As a full-service pharmacy, the facility offers prescription medications, direct pharmacist consultations, refill reminders, and support navigating medication affordability regardless of insurance status.<\/p>\n
\u201cStaff work closely with healthcare providers to resolve prescription issues, ensuring patients receive the medications they need without delay,\u201d the release states. \u201cBecause the pharmacy is located within the VHP at South Side health center, patients can conveniently pick up prescriptions immediately after their appointments.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pharmacy, which offers free home delivery and medication packaging services, is open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n
Valley Health Partners selected Easton\u2019s South Side based on extensive community needs assessments that identified gaps in healthcare access.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new location features multilingual staff and brings multiple services together under one roof, creating a welcoming and accessible environment for patients of all backgrounds,\u201d the release continues. \u201cThis strategic placement reflects VHP\u2019s commitment to meeting the community where it is and ensuring that high quality care is available to all.\u201d<\/p>\n
Valley Health Partners is a nonprofit community health center dedicated to delivering comprehensive, high-quality healthcare regardless of a patient\u2019s ability to pay.<\/p>\n
It has a mission of partnering with the people of our community to achieve health and wellness through the delivery of extraordinary care that is compassionate, accessible, and affordable in a family-centered and welcoming environment.<\/p>\n
Its services span primary care, pediatrics, mental health, women\u2019s health, dental and vision care, chiropractic medicine, pharmacy services, and specialized programs such as VHP Street Medicine, which supports unhoused neighbors, and VHP Veteran Health Program, which serves those who have served the nation.<\/p>\n
As a Federally Qualified Health Center Look Alike (FQHC LA), VHP accepts all major insurance plans, including Medicare and Medicaid, and offers a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients based on household size and income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EASTON, Pa. \u2014 A new, full-service pharmacy will hold its grand opening this week in Northampton County. Valley…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,43329,2181,41333,157,43330,434,38905,13255,43331,43332,43333],"class_list":["post-86624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-community-pharmacy","tag-easton","tag-easton-business-association","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-medication-packaging-services","tag-northampton-county","tag-pharmacist","tag-pharmacy","tag-pharmacy-services","tag-valley-health-partners","tag-valley-health-partners-community-pharmacy-at-south-side"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}