Who We Are


     The Lighthouse Health Access Alliance (LHAA) is a collaboration among health care providers, consumers and public agencies representing all the towns of Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in southeastern Massachusetts. Members of LHAA have volunteered thousands of hours over the last 2-3 year in intensive efforts to improve access to health services for uninsured and low-income residents of the region. Studies on insurance status, health needs and access barriers have been completed, alliances and interagency agreements put in place, and programs to expand access and increase enrollment in insurance programs have been started. Because an extremely solid foundation has been laid, LHAA is poised to use the resources of the Community Access Project (CAP) to have a significant impact on reducing the number of people who are uninsured and improving the continuum of care for throughout the region.
     The goal of LHAA is to ensure that all residents of the Cape and Islands have access to appropriate, affordable, quality health care and prevention services by eliminating barriers for people who are uninsured and building an integrated continuum of care. The project will fund interventions both within the local communities and across the region, in direct pursuit of this goal.

Interventions fall in five categories:

  1. Reduction of financial barriers faced by uninsured people by developing affordable health insurance programs and widely accepted reduced or sliding fees.
  2. Assistance for uninsured people in accessing programs, services and funding for which they are eligible and, in appropriately using services throughout the continuum of care, by providing information, outreach and advocacy.
  3. Improvements in access for uninsured people to substance abuse services and strengthening of the continuum of care in each community and across the region.
  4. Improvements in access for uninsured people to primary care services and strengthening the continuum of care in each community and across the region.
  5. Shared information and data among providers in the region to better coordinate care.