South End Community Health Center

Healthcare with Heart

aka SECHC   |   Boston, MA   |  www.sechc.org
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Mission

South End Community Health Center (SECHC) is a comprehensive health care organization for all residents of the South End and surrounding communities. We are committed to providing the highest quality, coordinated health care that is both culturally and linguistically sensitive to every patient, regardless of ability to pay.

Ruling year info

1969

President & CEO

Mr William Walczak

Main address

1601 Washington Street

Boston, MA 02118 USA

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EIN

04-2456134

NTEE code info

Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic (E32)

Community Mental Health Center (F32)

Human Services - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. (P99)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Our community served is largely: 1) low income - 95% live below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level, 2) underinsured - 63% are covered by Medicaid, 11% are uninsured, and 6% are covered by Medicare, and 3) immigrant and/or best served in another language - 62% of our patients identify as Hispanic/Latinx. Our patients also manifest challenging social determinants of health such as high unemployment; homelessness and housing insecurity; underperforming education systems; food insecurity and poor nutrition; lack of exercise opportunities, and many others. As a result of all the above factors, including co-morbidities such as depression, substance abuse, diabetes and hypertension, our community experiences health disparities.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Health and Wellness

SECHC’s multicultural, multilingual and highly trained staff of 180+ serves over 19,000 patients accounting for 80,000 annual visits with an operating budget of $16.5 million. Our main clinic, located just steps from the South End’s Blackstone and Franklin Squares at 1601 Washington Street, is a 48,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility. SECHC’s Dr. Gerald Hass Center on Shawmut Ave. is Boston’s first full-time elementary school-based health center offering medical, behavioral and dental services to the local community and students of the Blackstone Innovation Elementary School.

SECHC’s high quality services and programs include primary care and prenatal medicine, behavioral health, dental and eye care. SECHC’s Quality Improvement program has been recommended as a national model by HRSA. Our specialty care services include addiction medicine/office based addiction treatment, civil surgeon/immigration physicals, diabetes management, family planning, HIV/AIDS & HCV testing and care, midwifery, neurology, nutrition, OB/GYN, pediatric asthma/pulmonology, pediatric dermatology, podiatry, and sexual health/STIs. SECHC also offers a variety of innovative programs, including Pediatric, Adult and Senior Wellness; Baby Café; Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby; Cooking Classes; Homeless Care; Earned Income Tax Clinics; and Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Our behavioral health department convenes individual and family support group meetings throughout the year.

Extending our longtime commitments to the integration of medical care and mental health services, and the education and training of healthcare professionals, SECHC launched New England’s first joint residency in Family Medicine and Psychiatry with BMC in 2018.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Our primary goal is Improve health outcomes in our community

South End Community Health Center is organized as a patient centered medical home. As such, our highly trained staff of 180 functions as a cohesive team in partnership with the patient to improve patient health and wellness. Care and services are culturally and linguistically sensitive for all, regardless of ability to pay.

We follow the United States Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020 goals and objectives, which can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/hp2020.htm. Our health center's electronic health record system supports our continuous quality improvement program, which insures strategic alignment across our organization and achievement of these goals.

South End Community Health Center employs a highly trained multicultural staff of 180.
1. A culture of respect and commitment to quality community-based patient care is shared by all.
2. A robust quality/performance improvement program and plan insures that we focused on our goals and monitor progress towards achieving them.
3. A state-of-the-sart electronic health record supports system-wide alignment.

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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South End Community Health Center

Board of directors
as of 07/02/2019
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Mr. David Gleason

IT For Progress

Term: 2008 -


Board co-chair

Ms. Erika Wilkinson, Esq.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Term: 2013 -

Catherine Armstrong

Uncommon Schools

Gerald Denis, PhD

Boston University School of Medicine

John Fitzgerald

Retired

David Goldenheim

Audax Private Equity

Mark Lippolt

Hammond Residential/Coldwell Banker

Mayra Negron-RIvera

Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA)

Edith Parekh, RN, MPH

Retired

Mercedes Ridao, RN

Retired

Jonathan Santiago, MD

Boston Medical Center

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes