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03/31/2025

WE SEE YOU! WE LOVE YOU! At NPS Healthcare, you can always be your authentic self, even when you can't be in other places. 🏳️‍⚧️🩵🩷🤍🏳️‍⚧️

Today, on Trans Visibility Day, we celebrate the lives and accomplishments of the many trans Americans who have contributed to our society's progress and honor the struggles that our trans friends and family face each and every day.

Please know that you will be seen, heard, and addressed by your preferred pronouns, and you will always feel safe at any NPS Healthcarelocation or with any of our providers.

Come say hiiiiii! NPS Healthcare at LGBT Life Center 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

03/24/2025

NPS Healthcare is seeking a motivated and experienced executive assistant. The position is open for immediate fill. To apply, send your resume, cover letter (optional), and LinkedIn to hr@npshealthcare.com.

03/18/2025

NPS HEALTHCARE CONDEMS VA'S DECISION TO END GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE

Brentwood, Tennessee, March 18, 2025 – NPS Healthcare strongly condemns the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recent decision to phase out gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender veterans not already receiving such care. This policy shift is not only a betrayal of the VA’s duty to provide comprehensive care to those who have served but also a direct affront to the well-being of transgender veterans who rely on these essential services.

As a healthcare provider with a clinic in Norfolk, Virginia, located at the LGBT Life Center, NPS Healthcare is deeply concerned about the impact this decision will have on transgender veterans in the region. Norfolk is home to Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval base, with over 82,000 active-duty military personnel and more than 29,000 civilian employees. Many of these service members and veterans depend on access to inclusive, affirming healthcare.

"The VA’s decision is a step backward in the fight for equitable healthcare for all veterans. Transgender service members have risked their lives for this country, yet the very institution tasked with their care is now turning its back on them. Denying medically necessary treatments based on political ideology rather than scientific evidence is unacceptable, " stated John D. Winnett, Co-founder & CEO. "At NPS Healthcare, we remain committed to providing inclusive, affirming, and evidence-based healthcare for all, especially those who have served our nation.”

The VA’s new policy comes in the wake of President Trump's executive order defining s*x as strictly binary, which has led to widespread rollbacks of protections for transgender individuals. However, leading medical authorities—including the American Medical Association(AMA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the World Health Organization (WHO)—have long recognized that gender-affirming care is essential to the mental and physical well-being of transgender individuals.

NPS Healthcare urges the VA to reverse this harmful policy and recommit to its mission of serving all veterans, regardless of gender identity. In the meantime, we will continue to stand as a trusted healthcare provider for the LGBTQ+ community, ensuring that transgender veterans and service members in Norfolk and beyond receive the care they deserve.

ABOUT NPS HEALTHCARE
NPS Healthcare is a leading provider of inclusive and patient-centered healthcare services. With a strong commitment to serving marginalized communities, NPS Healthcare operates clinics, including one at the LGBT Life Center in Norfolk, Virginia, and telehealth services to provide comprehensive, affirming care to all individuals regardless of gender identity or expression.

MEDIA CONTACT
Will Sawyer, JD
Vice President of Strategy & Administration
Office: (615) 831-2291, Ext. 1273
Cell: (615) 557-7802 (text preferred)
Email: wsawyer@npshealthcare.com

While the VA never offered gender-affirming surgery, it did offer treatments like hormone therapy. The agency says less than than 0.1% of the 9 million veterans it provides care for identify as trans.

02/28/2025

As we reflect during on the contributions of black Americans, we must not forget that we all stand on the shoulders of giants in healthcare.

DR. JAMES MCCLUNE SMITH
First African American to earn a medical degree, as well as the first African American to own and operate his own pharmacy

DR. REBECCA LEE CRUMPLER
First African-American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States.

DR. LONNIE ROBERT BRISTOW
First African American president of the AMA in its 148-year history.

DR. JOCELYN ELDERS
Appointed the 15th Surgeon General of the US, becoming the first African-American and the second woman in the role.

02/21/2025

Due to inclement weather, NPS Healthcare at LGBT Life Center is closed today. However, telehealth appointments are available at https://healow.com/apps/provider/hillary-hartung-3439919.

We expect to reopen for regular business hours on Monday.

02/20/2025

Due to inclement weather, NPS Healthcare at LGBT Life Center will be CLOSED today for onsite appointments. Telehealth appointments are available at https://healow.com/apps/provider/hillary-hartung-3439919.

02/19/2025

Due to inclement weather, NPS Healthcare at LGBT Life Center will be open for limited hours today, from 9 AM to 12 PM EST. If you need to change your appointment from in-person to telehealth, please call the clinic ASAP at 757-991-9008.

NPS Healthcare will continue to monitor the impending inclement weather approaching the Hampton Roads area. If the clinic closes earlier than 12 PM EST, a message will be posted as an "update" to this post.

01/22/2025

Due to inclement weather, NPS Healthcare's Norfolk Clinic at LGBT Life Center will be closed today. The clinic team is contacting patients with in-person appointments scheduled for today to transition them to telehealth and reschedule anyone who needs to be seen in person. If you need to see an NPS Healthcare clinician today, you can book a telehealth appointment with James “Keith” Sullivan, MSN, FNP-BC, at https://healow.com/apps/provider/james-sullivan-3374048 or Hillary Hartung, PA-C, at https://healow.com/apps/provider/hillary-hartung-3439919. We hope to reopen for regular business hours tomorrow from 8:30 am to 5 pm EST.

01/20/2025

Today is not just a day to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., as a brave and relentless civil rights leader. It is also the day we inaugurate Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States during our nation's 60th presidential inaugural ceremony. Political differences aside, they each represent ideologies and demonstrate starkly different philosophies on how one should serve their country.

Let this day serve as a warning to all Americans that we, the people, are responsible for speaking up when others are silent to ensure that ALL Americans, not just a few, enjoy the same rights and liberties as everyone else. We are also responsible, not just any single person or elected official, but as a collective people, for protecting our democracy and ensuring its safety for years to come for ALL Americans.

NPS Healthcare has always and will continue to serve every American, regardless of any factors that differ from others to the best of our ability and offer everyone the best pharmacy services possible.

01/17/2025

"It is not possible to be in favor of justice for some people and not be in favor of justice for all people." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., a man who committed his life to , all NPS Healthcare clinics will be closed on Monday. This is to remember the sacrifices made by MLK and honor his legacy. We encourage everyone to make on Monday.

All locations will resume regular business hours on Tuesday.

01/01/2025

Your friends at NPS Healthcare wish you a prosperous, healthy, and joyous 2025!

12/26/2024

NPS Healthcare wishes you joy and happiness during Kwanzaa and faith, unity and hope in the New Year.