CENTROMED WALZEM CLINIC
CentroMed Walzem Clinic is among the many health centers in Bexar County, Texas. It forms part of the El Centro Del Barrio Health Centers network, and it is operated all year-round. It primarily offers its services to the urban population in San Antonio and the surrounding cities (El Centro del Barrio d/b/a CentroMed, n.d.).
Vision
“CentroMed is an integrated health care system that provides accessible services of superior quality” (About us, n.d.).
Mission Statement
“CentroMed will be a leading health care provider and employer recognized for quality customer service, clinical excellence, comprehensive care, and responsiveness to community needs” (About us, n.d.).
Governance Structure -
Ernesto Gómez PhD.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Graciela Alarcon-Cigarroa, JD, LLM
General Counsel
Don Macaulay, MBA
Vice-President & Chief Operations Officer
Chuck Walzel, MBA, CPA
Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer
Anna Serrano, DrPH, MBA
Vice President & Chief Population Health Officer
Ana Maria Garza Cortez, MA
Vice-President of Development & Marketing
Raymond Wei, MS, FACHE
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Mary Curlee
Human Resources Director
Norma G. Parra, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Justin Whitney, DMD
Chief Dental Officer
Marina J. Gonzales, J.D.
Executive Manager for Special Projects
FQHC's Leadership Team
Noemi Galvan Eling, Esq.
Board Chair
Heriberto "Berto" Guerra, Jr.
First Vice Chair
Judy Treviño
Second Vice Chair
Rudy Peña ISA. G.G.
Treasurer
Maria Castro Flores
Secretary
Patricia Butler
Board Member
Juan A. Chavira, PhD., JD
Board Member
Norma Green
Board Member
Janice C. Miles
Board Member
Richard Perez
Board Member
Diana Torres
Board Member
Margarita Seaman, M.H.A., D.D.S.
Board Member
Elsa Martinez
Board Member
Luz Cano
Key Health Services and Programs Offered
Medical Services
Women, Infants and Children
Dentistry
Healthcare for the Homeless
Hygienists
Psychiatry
Behavioral Health
External Relationship
The Joint Commission
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County
The Methodist Healthcare System
Christus Santa Rosa Health System
U.S. Federal Tax Status (profit or nonprofit)
Having experienced a cut in funding, the hospital opted for incorporation as a nonprofit organization. the aim was to ensure that it could secure funding independently to help continue offering its services to the community. In effect the “federal, state, and local partnerships have provided CDB with funding and in-kind support” (Centromedsa, n.d.)
Annual Report Financials
The annual financial expenses of the year 2014/2015 stood at $3,648,246, the revenue on the other hand stood at $3,757,183. A great deal of the financing was from donations and grants. A staggering 81% ($3,047,740) was received through grants and donations (Annual Reports, 2015).
CentroMed Walzem Clinic origin
El Centro del Barrio (CDB), is an entity that began doing business as CentroMed back in the year 1971. It in the initial stages it operated as a counseling program for adolescents and children. The aim of creating the program was to facilitate the increase in the size of the Mexican American workforce to provide culturally competent services. CDB thus was created as an arm of the Our Lady of the Lake University which was being funded by the Mexican-American Mental Health Education Project (About us, n.d.).
However, over time there was the realization that an innumerable number of clients of the CDB had undiagnosed medical conditions. There was an evident and clear shortage of affordable, geographically accessible and culturally-competent health care. This then created the need for primary care services, thus prompting the opening of the first clinic in the 1979. Subsequent expansion and upgrades were made owing to the ever increasing demand from the community (About us, n.d.).
References
About us. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2016, from https://www.centromedsa.com/about-us.html
Annual Reports. (2015). Retrieved February 11, 2016, from https://www.nhchc.org/about/who-we-are/annual-reports/
Centromedsa. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2016, from https://www.centromedsa.com/
El Centro del Barrio d/b/a CentroMed. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2016, from https://www.nhchc.org/directory/el-centro-del-barrio-dba-centromed/
