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Morris Heights Health Center

Morris Heights Health Center logo Gabriel M. Vonleh: President & CEO of Morris Heights Health Center
Abbreviation	MHHC
Successor	Gabriel M. Vonleh (Current President & CEO)
Founder	Verona Greenland (President & CEO from 1981-2015)
Founded at	70 West Burnside Avenue Bronx, NY 10453
Legal status	501(c)3 Non-Profit
Headquarters	85 West Burnside Avenue Bronx, NY 10453
Location	Bronx, New York
Services	Primary Care, Dental, Mental Health, Specialty Services, Extended Care Services, WIC, Family Planning, Insurance Enrollment, Pharmacy, HIV Testing & Case Management, Nutrition and Health Education
Staff	550+
Website	www.mhhc.org

Morris Heights Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides primary care, specialty services, dental and behavioral health services in the Bronx, NY. MHHC operates across 30 sites including 19 school based sites healthcare services to thousands of patients all over the Bronx. Its mission is to be the vanguard for quality, affordable and accessible healthcare for all.

History

The first Morris Heights site (Women's Health Pavilion) officially opened in March of 1981.

Ms. Verona Greenland: Founder and Former President & CEO

85 West Burnside (Main Site) has always served as a social getaway in the community-- first as the RKO center, then as the Burnside Manor catering hall.

In March, 1981, Founder Verona Greenland opened the first Morris Heights Health Center (MHHC) site, with the assistance of a $25,000 Neighborhood Improvement grant on 70 West Burnside Avenue. In its first year MHHC provided health care services to over 2,000 individuals and families. MHHC is one of the first community health centers in the nation that initiated the comprehensive HIV program model on which the Ryan White HIV is predicated. MHHC is also the first Community Health Center to provide an out-of-hospital childbearing center solely run by midwives, which saw reductions in the community’s infant mortality rate; while providing a homelike birthing experience for several thousand women. Lastly, MHHC is the first Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in New York City to be accredited by the Joint Commission. MHHC recently constructed a $50 million, six-story facility at 57-69 West Burnside Avenue. Utilizing a combination of advocacy, low income tax credit and 202 funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Morris Heights Health Center was able to build a 71-unit senior housing building. Morris Heights Health Center serves approximately 52,000 patients annually and is set to open an additional site early next year. The health center’s slogan is a promise to be “The Caring Place: where the patient is at the center of everything we do. “

Accreditations

• Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) - MHHC is Health Center Program grantee under 42 U.S.C. 254b and deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n),
• The Joint Commission, National Quality Approval - MHHC is the first federally funded community health center to be accredited by the Joint Commission in New York City.
• National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Recognition - MHHC is recognized as a Level III Patient Centered Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
• Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)-Deemed - MHHC is deemed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as employees of the Public Health Service (PHS) for purposes of the FTCA medical malpractice coverage under the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Acts (FSHCAA) of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-502) and 1995 (Pub. L. 104-73).
• Health Home Member of the Bronx Accountable Healthcare Network

Sites

Burnside

Burnside Avenue Site (Main)

In May, 1987, Morris Heights Health Center (MHHC) opened its 33,000-square-foot, facility at 85 West Burnside—the headquarters of MHHC. The physical address of 85 West Burnside Avenue was first known as the RKO Theater, next as the Burnside Manor catering hall, a school, and eventually serving as MHHC’s main primary healthcare site.

Women's Health Pavilion

The first Morris Heights Health Center location opened its doors in March of 1981 at 70 West Burnside Avenue, now known as the Women’s Health Pavilion (WHP). The WHP first began as a childbearing and birthing center that served over 3,500 patients a year with the initial purpose of creating a safe place for women and their families to receive care in a home-like setting. Now, the WHP serves is a health home for thousands of women seeking healthcare.

Harrison Circle

Morris Heights Health Center: Harrison Circle Site

In 2010, the six story, 112,000-sq. foot facility opened its doors. The facility holds 71 unit housing center for seniors, and also houses Article 31 mental health services and specialty services such as mammography, cardiology and an endoscopy facility that will open during the latter part of 2016.

Walton

Walton Site

In 1997, MHHC opened a facility located at Walton Avenue and East 183rd Street. The 18,200 square feet structure was built in 1990. MHHC offers primary care, behavioral health, dental care, case management, patient navigation and other supportive services at this location.

233rd

In April 2013, Morris Heights Health Center opened MHHC @ 233rd Street, a primary care health center at 825 E 233rd Street in the Borough of the Bronx, in zip code 10466. The premises at 825 E 233rd Street operated as a health center (the former Pedro Espada Medical Center) before closing its doors in May 2012. MHHC provides primary care, behavioral health, and supportive services at this Northeast Bronx location. MHHC currently occupies approximately 8,000 square feet at this location.

St. Ann's

While the building at 625 East 137th Street was built in 1931, MHHC opened its doors for business in January 2004 at this location. The MHHC clinic occupies 5,000 square feet and offers health care services including primary care, behavioral health, dental, family planning, patient navigation and other supportive services.

Melrose

In March 2014, MHHC opened its 7th clinical site located at 779 Melrose Avenue; Bronx, NY 10451. The clinic is open to all residents of the Bronx but primarily serves community residents in the neighborhoods of High Bridge and Morrisania in the South Bronx. MHHC offers primary care, behavioral health and other supportive services in over 7,600 square feet of space.

School Based Health Centers

Morris Heights Health Center School Based Health Program operates 19 school based health centers (SBHC) in NYC Department of Education campuses located across the Bronx. Each SBHC includes a primary care provider, a social worker and a medical assistant, as well as a health educator and dentist in select locations. Services include chronic disease management, preventive healthcare, complete physical examinations, mental health services, reproductive health and health education.

Leadership

Gabriel M. Vonleh serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Morris Heights Health Center and is an accomplished Healthcare Executive with over 20 years executive leadership experience.

Prior to joining MHHC, Mr. Vonleh served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Codman Square Health Center; a Massachusetts based federally qualified health center with responsibilities for all daily operational activities, as well as Facilities and HR Management. He also served in the role of Chief Operating Officer for the state of Massachusetts Medicaid system, Mass Health -- a system that covers over one million residents throughout the state.

Mr. Vonleh is an active member on the board of Roxbury Youth Works, an organization that focuses on at-risk youth by providing services that assist them in the process of becoming productive citizens. He also founded the International Youth Partnerships, an organization that encourages youth to volunteer within their respective communities

Mr. Vonleh earned a Bachelor of Arts in business management and political science from Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts, and a Master of Arts in health administration from Suffolk University in Boston.

Services

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 • Adolescent Health Care
 • Adult Medicine
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 • Bone Densitometry
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 • Cardiology
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 • Dentistry
 • Dermatology
 • Digital X-Ray
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 • Endoscopy (Coming Soon)
 • ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat)
 • Extended Care Services
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 • Family Planning 
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 • GI (Gastroenterology)
 • G-RAF (Getting Real About Food) Adolescent
 • Gynecology
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 • Health Insurance Enrollment
 • Hepatitis C and HIV Treatment
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 • Laboratory
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 • Mammography
 • Mental Health
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 • Nutrition Program
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 • Optometry/Ophthalmology
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 • Pediatrics
 • Pharmacy (Coming Soon)
 • Physical Therapy
 • Podiatry
 • Prenatal
 • Pulmonology
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 • Sonography

References

1. http://nycitylens.com/2014/08/late-summer-scene-morris-heights-health-center/
2. https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/#
3. Stone, Susan E., and Barbara A. Anderson. Best Practices in Midwifery: Using the Evidence to Implement Change. N.p.: Springer, 2013. 93-94. Web.
4. Mason, Diana J., Judith K. Leavitt, and Mary W. Chaffee. Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier/Saunders, 2012. Print.
5. http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-initiatives/teen_pregnancy/successes/morris_heights.html
6. http://bronxscahn.org/mhhc/
7. http://www.codman.org/files/2012annualreport.pdf
8. http://www.roxburyyouthworks.org/pages/directors.html
9. http://nypost.com/2010/12/14/harrison-circle-opens-amid-fanfare/
10. http://www.massachusettscorps.com/corp/429737.html
11. "Congressional Record, V. 151, Pt. 6, April 21, 2005 to May 5 2005." Google Books. Congress, n.d. Web. 15 Aug. 2016.
12. http://www.chcchronicles.org/explore/morris-heights-health-center
13. https://www.health.ny.gov/health_care/medicaid/program/medicaid_health_homes/hh_contacts.htm
14. http://mydigimag.rrd.com/article/MHHC+Expands+its+Impact+to+the+Northeast+Community+of+the+Bronx+through+VANGUARD+HEALTH+CENTER!+/1431894/0/article.html

External Links

1. http://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/oah-initiatives/teen_pregnancy/successes/morris_heights.html