The United Health Foundation will provide a three-year, $3.3 million grant to Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans to help support and expand the new Daughters of Charity Health Center-St. Cecilia.
Daughters of Charity has worked to expand access to quality healthcare, specifically in the Bywater community in the 9th Ward of New Orleans.
The newly renovated facility provides an improved setting for the medical home model of care that Daughters of Charity employs. This integrated approach, which includes a team of health professionals consisting of a physician, nurse care manager, behavioral healthcare manager and case manager assistant, focuses on caring for patients with multiple chronic conditions.
“United Health Foundation’s support has provided us with the means to fully implement the medical home model in this community,” said Michael Griffin, CEO of Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans. “Together, we have made a significant commitment to the people of this neighborhood that we will provide the highest level of care possible to everyone who walks through our doors.”
The United Health Foundation has supported Daughters of Charity Health Center-St. Cecilia as part of the foundation’s Community Health Centers of Excellence initiative since 2006. The initiative emphasizes preventive care, coordination of care and use of nationally recognized standards of treatment, tailored to the unique needs of each community.
“The people of New Orleans and especially the Bywater community in the 9th Ward face significant health and social challenges,” said Jeannine Rivet, interim president of the United Health Foundation and executive vice president of the UnitedHealth Group. “We hope this grant will make a significant difference in advancing quality and affordable care delivery in this community.”