Fresh Start Health is a Kentucky outpatient provider built on a simple but powerful conviction: quality care should be accessible to everyone, and a person’s health is best served when medical, mental, and behavioral needs are treated together rather than in isolation.
What began with an outpatient clinic in Ashland in 2019 has grown into a regional network, now including rural health clinics in Grayson, Vanceburg, and its newest facility in Morehead—opened following a ribbon cutting in March 2025.
At the center of the Fresh Start Health model is a true continuum of care. Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and licensed counselors provide mental and behavioral health services ranging from medication management to ongoing therapy, supporting patients facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and other conditions that too often go untreated in rural communities.
Their addiction medicine team offers medication-assisted treatment and recovery support for substance use disorders, pairing clinical care with the long-term structure recovery requires. Alongside this, Fresh Start also provides primary care services for everyday and chronic medical needs—allowing patients to receive coordinated care for conditions like hypertension, diabetes, and routine preventive health in the same setting where they receive mental health or recovery support.
Just as important as the services themselves is how Fresh Start removes barriers to access. The organization provides transportation assistance for patients who might otherwise struggle to attend appointments—a critical resource in many rural areas where a missed ride can mean a missed treatment opportunity. Care is delivered without judgment and without separate program fees, with an emphasis on meeting patients wherever they are in their health journey.
The Morehead clinic at Fresh Start Health – Morehead Clinic represents the newest extension of that mission. By bringing psychiatry, counseling, addiction medicine, and primary care together under one roof, the Morehead location expands access to integrated care for Rowan County and surrounding communities—offering residents a single, dependable place to turn for support, recovery, and long-term health.
For More Information on Fresh Start Health, visit their website at Fresh Start Health | Opioid Addiction Care | Opioid Recovery ,. Also visit their Facebook page.