New administrator

New administrator

SHARON, PA.

The Nugent Group has hired Brad VanSickles as its new administrator of Clepper Manor.

VanSickles has more than 40 years of experience in the health care field, most recently as risk management and vice president of operations and patient safety with Grove City Medical Center, Grove City, Pa. He has a master of science degree in health and business administration.

VanSickles and his wife, Mary, live in Lake Latonka, Pa. They have two sons and five grandchildren.

Pregnancy recovery

PITTSBURGH

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, in collaboration with four local insurance companies and the Allegheny County Office of Behavioral Health, has launched a comprehensive Pregnancy Recovery Center to provide concurrent treatment for opiate dependence and prenatal care and delivery.

The program provides pregnant women who struggle with an opiate dependence the opportunity to begin treatment with buprenorphine on an outpatient basis that is integrated with their obstetric services. Like methadone, buprenorphine is a drug used to treat opioid addiction. In addition, patients will receive behavioral counseling and clinic visits as well as routine prenatal care.

For information, call 412-641-1211.

Weight-loss program

YOUNGSTOWN

Humility of Mary Health Partners will offer SlimDown, a six-week weight-management program, at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center in Boardman beginning today and at St. Joe’s at the Mall in Niles beginning Sept. 8.

SlimDown teaches participants to manage their weight by making lifestyle changes with regard to food, physical activity and behavior.

Classes run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Elizabeth Boardman Health Center and Mondays at St. Joe’s at the Mall.

The cost for first-time participants is $40. The cost for individuals who’ve taken the class before and Humility of Mary Health Partners employees is $20.

For information, call 330-480-2223.

Group therapy

BOARDMAN

Two new group therapy workshops led by Judy Shields, licensed clinical counselor, will be at the Davis Family YMCA starting Sept. 9. The first six- session workshop will be on Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon and will focus on grief support and emotional healing. The second six-session workshop will be on Fridays from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and will center on managing and reducing stress and anxiety.

Shields has worked in the counseling field for more than eight years and is a Licensed professional clinical counselor at PsyCare Behavioral Healthcare and Counseling in Liberty.

Each six-session workshop costs $90 for YMCA members and $99 for nonmembers.

To register for either workshop, contact the Davis Family YMCA at 330-480-5656. Registration ends Sept. 8.

For more information on the workshops, contact Shields at 330-506- 1002 or at jdyshields@gmail.com.

New form needed

WASHINGTON (AP)

If you got health coverage through President Barack Obama’s law this year, you’ll need a new form from your insurance exchange before you can file your tax return next spring.

The Health and Human Services Department must send out millions of the forms, which are like W-2s for people getting tax credits to help pay health insurance premiums.

The form is called 1095-A, and it’s supposed to be delivered by Jan. 31.