Hypertension Control Champions

The Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Champions are clinicians and practices that have successfully completed the Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Challenge.

The Challenge is an opportunity for clinicians and practices to demonstrate excellence in hypertension control. Hypertension Control Champions must reach 80% control rates among their hypertensive patients.

Million Hearts® Hypertension Control Champions by State 2012 to 2022. 143 Champions across 42 states caring for over 15.5M adults

All these Hypertension Control Champions made blood pressure control a priority. They achieved improved performance by implementing health information technology, home blood pressure monitoring, and medication adherence.

Congratulations, 2022 Champions!

Million Hearts^® is recognizing 9 solo practitioners, large health systems, community health centers, and specialty groups as 2022 Hypertension Control Champions. These Champions were able to achieve blood pressure control for at least 80% of their adult patients with hypertension.

Join us in congratulating these new champions, and check back later to learn more about their stories.

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, Louisiana
Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Meridian, Mississippi
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg, Kansas*
Forest Park Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Cincinnati, Ohio
Manu Sehgal, MD, Milford, Delaware
Norton Sound Health Corporation, Nome, Alaska*
Stonecreek Family Physicians, Manhattan, Kansas
Sunrise Medical PC, Corona, New York
Valley Professionals Community Health Center – North Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana*

* Denotes a health care organization that is or includes a health center funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Apply to be a 2023 Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Champion

2023 Million Hearts Hypertension Control Challenge

Million Hearts^® is accepting applications for the 2023 Hypertension Control Challenge through April 14, 2023.

Please send any questions to millionhearts@cdc.gov.

Learn more about the Hypertension Control Challenge.

Hypertension Control Champions by State

Norton Sound Health Corporation, Nome* (2022)

Med-Cure Internal Medicine, Plc, Goodyear (2020)

Kaiser Permanente Northern California (2013)
Family Health Centers of San Diego* (2014)
Kaiser Permanente Southern California (2014)
Petaluma Health Center, Petaluma* (2015)
LifeLong Medical Care Downtown Oakland Health Center, Berkeley (2017)*
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, San Diego (2017)
Nhan Hoa Comprehensive Health Care Clinic, Garden Grove* (2018)
Alexander Valley Healthcare, Cloverdale* (2019)

Kaiser Permanente, Denver (2012)
Colorado Springs Health Partners, Colorado Springs (2014)
Denver Health Community Health Services, Denver* (2014)
- Success Story: FQHCs Remain Committed to Their Growing Populations
- Success Story: Five Health Care Organizations Address Hypertension-Related Health Disparities
New West Physicians, Golden (2017)
High Plains Community Health Center Holly Clinic, Holly* (2018)
Hinman Family Medicine, Longmont (2018)
Southern Colorado Medicine, Colorado Springs (2018)
David Yamamoto, MD, Peak to Peak Family Medicine, Arvada (2018)
La Clínica Tepeyac, Inc., Denver* (2020)

Edward Rippel, MD, Quinnipiac Internal Medicine, PC, Hamden (2019)

Delaware Primary Care LLC, Dover (2020)
Manu Sehgal, MD, Milford (2022)

Citrus Health Network, Inc., Hialeah (2017)*
Southwest Orlando Family Medicine, PL, Orlando (2017)
Mid-Florida Primary Care, Leesburg (2019)
Miami Beach Community Health Center, Miami* (2020)

Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc., Albany* (2015)
Kaiser Permanente of Georgia and The Southeast Permanente Medical Group, Atlanta (2015)

Hamakua-Kohala Health, Honoka’a* (2015)

Michael Rakotz, MD, FAHA, FAAFP, Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, Chicago (2014)
Greater Elgin Family Care Center, Elgin (2017)*
Maninder S. Kohli, MD, FACP, Hinsdale (2017)
Rush University Medical Group, Chicago (2017)
Esperanza Health Centers, Chicago* (2019)

Maple City Health Center, Goshen* (2020)
Valley Professionals Community Health Center, Bloomingdale* (2020)
Valley Professionals Community Health Center, Rockville* (2020)
Valley Professionals Community Health Center – North Terre Haute, Terre Haute* (2022)

River Hills Community Health Center, Ottumwa (2017)*
Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa, Inc., West Burlington* (2019)
Siouxland Community Health Center, Sioux City* (2020)

Jen Brull, MD, Plainville (2013)
PrairieStar Health Center, Hutchinson* (2020)
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Pittsburg* (2022)
Stonecreek Family Physicians, Manhattan (2022)

Juniper Health, Inc., Beattyville* (2018)
Mercy Health Clinics, LLC (Mercy Health–Irvine Primary Care, Mercy Health–Powell County Primary Care, Mercy Health–Lee County Primary Care), Irvine (2019)
Regional Health Care Affiliates, Inc., Providence* (2020)

The Baton Rouge Clinic, AMC, Baton Rouge (2014)
Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma (2022)

Green Spring Internal Medicine, LLC, Lutherville (2014)
- Success Story: Small Practices Make Big Impacts on Patients’ Lives Using Health IT
- Success Story: Five Health Care Organizations Address Hypertension-Related Health Disparities
Baltimore Medical System at Middlesex, Baltimore* (2015)

Atrius Health, Newton (2015)
Reliant Medical Group, Worcester (2015)
Lynn Community Health Center, Lynn (2017)*

East Jordan Family Health Center, East Jordan* (2014)

Essentia Health, Duluth (2014)
Luke’s P.S. Rudie Medical Clinic, Duluth* (2014)

Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Meridian (2022)

Esse Health, St. Louis (2014)
Mercy Clinic East Communities, St. Louis (2015)
Northeast Missouri Health Council, Kirksville* (2020)

Southwest Montana Community Health Center, Butte* (2014)

Siouxland Community Health Center, South Sioux City* (2020)

Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Keene (2013)

Zufall Health Center, Dover* (2015)
Erwin Mermelstein, MD, East Brunswick (2017)
North Hudson Community Action Corporation Health Center, West New York (2017)*
Hunterdon Cardiovascular Associates, PA, Flemington (2019)

Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque (2014)

Broadway Internal Medicine, PC, Queens (2013)
AHRC Health Care, Inc., dba ACCESS Community Health Center, New York* (2015)
Unity Family Medicine– Bernard’s, Rochester* (2015)
Westmed Medical Group, Purchase (2015)
Anming Luo Physician, PC, Brooklyn (2017)
Charles King Chan, MD, New York (2017)
Michael Richter, MD, Queens (2017)
Jia Hong, MD, Flushing (2018)
Patel Medical Center, Brooklyn (2018)
Mark Tsinker, MD, Bay Parkway Medical, PC, Brooklyn (2018)
Shelly Shi, MD, New York (2018)
Terence Chun Hung Hsuih, MD, 8th Avenue Medical Office, Brooklyn (2018)
Paul Mantia, MD, Elmhurst (2019)
Gonzalo Urbano, MD, Brooklyn (2019)
Daysi Baez, MD, PC, Rego Park (2020)
Bon Secours Charity Health System Medical Group, PC, Suffern (2020)
Saulius J. Skeivys, MD, PC, Woodside (2020)
Sunrise Medical PC, Corona (2022)

Altru Health System, Grand Forks (2015)
Sanford Health Clinics, Sioux Falls (2017)

PriMed Physicians, Dayton (2014)
Upper Valley Family Care, Troy and Piqua (2014)
WinMed Health Services, Cincinnati* (2014)
Lorain County Health & Dentistry, Lorain (2017)*
OhioHealth Primary Care Physicians, Columbus (2017)
Forest Park Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Cincinnati (2022)

Pawhuska Indian Health Center, Indian Health Service, Pawhuska (2013)
Brett Gray, MD, Cherokee Nation Health Services A-Mo Health Center, Salina (2014)
Jeffrey James Lim, MD, FACP, Guymon (2017)

Mark Backus, MD, FACP, Bend (2014)
Oregon Health & Services University Family Medicine, Richmond, Portland* (2015)
Pacific Family Medicine, Astoria (2018)

Nilesh V. Patel, MD, FRCS(Eng), Audubon (2013)
Premier Medical Associates, Monroeville (2014)
The Wright Center for Community Health Clarks Summit Practice, Clarks Summit (2017)
Fairview Family Medicine, Fairview (2018)
Keystone Rural Health Consortia, Inc., Emporium* (2018)
Millcreek Medical Arts, Erie (2018)
Burstein Medical Associates, Philadelphia (2019)
Larry S. Hahn, DO, Pinnacle Physicians Group, Feasterville-Trevose (2019)

Thundermist Health Center, Woonsocket* (2015)
WellOne Primary Medical and Dental Care, Pascoag (2017)
University Internal Medicine, Inc., Pawtucket (2019)

Lexington Family Practice, Lexington (2014)
Reginald Parker, MD, Northlake Family Medical Practice, Columbia (2014)

Arsalan Shirwany, MD, FACC, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Germantown (2014)
Daniel Otten, MD, FACC, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Germantown (2014)
Holger Salazar, MD, FACC, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Germantown (2014)
Jennifer Morrow, MD, FACC, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Germantown (2014)
Methodist Medical Group–Primary Care, Memphis (2014)
Jason Infeld, MD, FACC, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Germantown (2015)
Rural Medical Services, Inc., Newport (2017)*
Mountain People’s Health Councils, Oneida* (2018)
Chota Community Health Services, Madisonville* (2020)

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic–Cypress, Houston (2014)
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic–Pasadena, Pasadena (2014)
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic–Webster, Webster (2015)
Michael Andrew Cooper, MD, Flower Mound (2017)
Nusrat Khan, MD, MBA, CMQ, Medpeds Medical Clinic, PA, Weatherford (2019)

Intermountain Moroni Clinic, Moroni (2019)

Physician Associates of Virginia, PC, Salem Family Clinic, Salem (2018)
Charles City Regional Health Services, Inc., Charles City* (2019)

Peninsula Community Health Services, Bremerton* (2014)
International Community Health Services, Seattle* (2015)
Gilman Family Practice, Spokane Valley (2019)

Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2013)

Roane County Family Health Care, Spencer* (2014)

Babson & Associates Primary Care, PC, Cheyenne (2018)

Ellsworth Medical Clinic, Ellsworth (2012)
River Falls Medical Clinic, River Falls (2013)
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center–Appleton (2013)
Plymouth Family Physicians, SC, Plymouth (2017)
Marshfield Clinic Health System, Marshfield* (2019)

* Denotes a health care organization that is or includes a health center funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).