Press Release

Release Date: January 15, 2010
HRCHC Contact: Communications Department
Telephone: (207) 861-3466
Email: Communications@HealthReach.org

Bingham Medical Practice welcomes Debbie Guilmette, FNP

BINGHAM & WATERVILLE -- Bingham Area Health Center extends a warm welcome to Deborah Guilmette, FNP who will be joining the practice in February. Guilmette is a family nurse practitioner trained and skilled in a broad spectrum of medicine to care for people of all ages from newborns to retirees. She brings extensive hospital nursing experience as well several years of nurse practitioner practice in a busy urgent care setting. She also brings experience in teaching nursing students.  

"I am looking forward to working with individuals and families in the family practice environment and watching families grow over the years," shares Guilmette who was raised and trained in Maine. She received Associate and Bachelor of Nursing degrees from University of Maine in Augusta and Fort Kent and a Master of Nursing degree from Husson University in Bangor. She is a member of the Maine Nurse Practitioner’s Association and board certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Guilmette’s areas of clinical interest includes cardiology. She co-authored an article on preventing heart failure in women with hypertension that was published in the June 2008 issue of The American Journal for Nurse Practitioners.

"Working at the health center will enable me to care for patients of all ages with a variety of needs, rather than being limited to one clinical area or age group," states Guilmette. The health center offers wellness exams and sports physicals and the providers treat all types of ailments including flu, sinus infections, work related injuries, sprains, common medical emergencies and chronic conditions.

Guilmette joins Dr. Amethyst Arceo, DO in providing care to 1,800 area residents each year from many towns in Upper Kennebec Valley. These include Bingham, Caratunk, Embden, Moscow, Pleasant Ridge, Solon, The Forks, and West Forks. In addition, Lawrence Jacoby, DMD, MPH and Jacquelyn Arsenault-Watson, RDH provide dental services to the community.

Bingham Area Health Center is a practice of HealthReach Community Health Centers, a system of eleven federally qualified health centers and two dental practices in Central and Western Maine. Dedicated providers deliver high quality health care to citizens in over 80 rural communities. To ensure access for everyone, HealthReach accepts major insurances and Medicare and MaineCare, offers an Affordable Care Program based on family size and income to uninsured and underinsured residents, and assist patients in enrolling in programs that help pay for health care and medications. A private, non-profit organization celebrating a 35-year history, HealthReach is funded by patient fees, grants and individual donations.