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.

Call for Applications: 2022 Million Hearts^® Hypertension Control Challenge

Million Hearts^® is now accepting applications for the 2022 Hypertension Control Challenge through September 7, 2022.

Please send any questions to millionhearts@cdc.gov.

Learn more about the Hypertension Control Challenge.

Million Hearts Hypertension Control Champions by State, 2012-2020. 133 Champions across 40 states, caring for more than 15 million adults. A map of the United States representing the number of Hypertension Control Champions in Alabama (0), Alaska (0), Arizona (1), Arkansas (0), California (8), Colorado (9), Connecticut (1), Delaware (1), Florida (4), Georgia (2), Hawaii (1), Idaho (0), Illinois (5), Indiana (3), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (1), Maine (0), Maryland (2), Massachusetts (3), Michigan (1), Minnesota (2), Missouri (3), Montana (1), Nebraska (1), Nevada (0), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (4), New Mexico (1), New York (17), North Carolina (0), North Dakota (2), Ohio (5), Oklahoma (3), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (8), Rhode Island (3), South Carolina (2), South Dakota (0), Tennessee (9), Texas (5), Utah (1), Vermont (0), Virginia (2), Washington, DC (1), Washington State (3), West Virginia (1), Wisconsin (5), and Wyoming (1).

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. Download a one-page overview of the Hypertension Control Champions [PDF – 1 MB].

Congratulations, 2020 Champions!

Million Hearts^® has recognized 15 solo practitioners, large health systems, community health centers, and specialty groups as 2020 Hypertension Control Champions. In their work, these Champions were able to achieve blood pressure control for at least 80% of their adult patients with hypertension.

Together, the 2020 Champions cared for more than 200,000 adults. Learn more about the 2020 Champions’ successes.

Bon Secours Charity Health System Medical Group, PC, Suffern, New York
Chota Community Health Services, Madisonville, Tennessee*
Daysi Baez, MD, PC, Rego Park, New York
Delaware Primary Care LLC, Dover, Delaware
La Clínica Tepeyac, Inc., Denver, Colorado*
Maple City Health Center, Goshen, Indiana*
Med-Cure Internal Medicine, Plc, Goodyear, Arizona
Miami Beach Community Health Center, Miami, Florida*
Northeast Missouri Health Council, Kirksville, Missouri*
PrairieStar Health Center, Hutchinson, Kansas*
Regional Health Care Affiliates, Inc., Providence, Kentucky*
Saulius J. Skeivys, MD, PC, Woodside, New York
Siouxland Community Health Center, Sioux City, Iowa, and South Sioux City, Nebraska*
Valley Professionals Community Health Center, Bloomingdale, Indiana*
Valley Professionals Community Health Center, Rockville, Indiana*

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

Hypertension Control Champions by State

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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)