This December, staff at the Bingham Area Health Center welcome Kimberly Newby, FNP, to their professional healthcare team.
Newby earned her Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Husson University. Previously, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Maine at Fort Kent and her Associate’s degree in Nursing from the University of Maine at Augusta. Newby’s wealth of medical experience includes time spent in surgical nursing, primary care, and specialty care settings, with experience in pain management, chronic disease management, and more. Her extensive experience will make her a great addition to the Bingham team.
Of her new position with HealthReach, Newby said, “I’m thrilled to be joining the team at Bingham Area Health Center. I look forward to working with the people in the greater Bingham area on their health goals.”
Newby joins the existing Bingham clinical team – Doctor Abigail Cross; Physician Assistant, Cory Miller; Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Kelly Bell Bragg; and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Leah Agren.
Founded in 1975, Bingham Area Health Center is a part of HealthReach Community Health Centers — headquartered in Waterville, Maine. HealthReach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating eleven family medical practices and one school-based health center. The HealthReach mission is to serve the otherwise medically underserved. In 2025, HealthReach proudly marks 50 years of delivering high-quality healthcare to the rural communities of Central and Western Maine since its founding in 1975!
HealthReach services include general primary and preventative healthcare, including behavioral, substance use disorder, dental, and podiatric care services. To ensure access for everyone, HealthReach accepts Medicare, MaineCare, and major insurance providers, and there are no eligibility requirements to access care through HealthReach; all are welcome.
An Affordable Care Program is available to both uninsured and underinsured people. Assistance is available for applications to programs that help with your healthcare and medication costs, including enrollment support for Maine’s Health Insurance Marketplace.
The above is issued in furtherance of HealthReach Community Health Centers’ federally funded health center project. In 2025, HealthReach is projected to receive $4,436,654 in federal assistance, which is estimated as constituting 12 percent of project costs. Of total project costs for 2025, HealthReach estimates 88 percent to be financed with non-governmental sources.
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