A Christian Ministry of Whole Person Healthcare IN THE

East Liberty Family Health Care Center

SPRING 2013

The mission of the East Liberty Family Health Care Center is to witness to God’s love, known in Jesus Christ, by empowering our patients through community centered, whole-person quality health care for all, which includes those who are uninsured, underinsured, and underserved. A Christian Ministry of Whole Person Healthcare IN THE

SPRING 2013 East Liberty Family Health Care Center From our Executive Director It’s been a very important season of change for East Liberty “To everything Family Health Care Center. there is a season, a time for In 2012, we implemented a new electronic record system every purpose called eClinicalWorks, which replaced the outdated Practice Partner system. eClincalWorks helps us to manage ap- under heaven.” pointments and schedules, streamline medical billing, store Ecclesiastes 3:1 important demographic data and much more. Staff worked very hard to implement this new system. We are grateful for their extra special efforts

We moved away from our external billing company and are now providing that service in-house. No one can manage our Accounts Receivable like we can. This move holds great potential for managing our income from patient revenue. Again, hard work, creativity, tenacity and much prayer are keys to this change.

We also had a number of moves among the physicians who serve us. In the past year, the following doctors were led by God to other places: ✦ Frances Irvin ✦ J. Todd Wahrenberger ✦ Allison Kliber ✦ Lynn Williams ✦ Wendy LeMarquand Eastminster House We praise God for each one of them and pray that God will continue to direct them in their new positions.

We are currently working with the New Space Committee, which includes representa- tives from the Center and Eastminster Presbyterian Church and is chaired by Rev. Paul Roberts. The new building for East End Cooperative Ministries, near the Center, is under construction and will be completed in several months. At that time, the Orr Compassion- ate Care Center will move from Eastminster House to the new building. We may inherit the space that they occupied on the second and third floors. We are holding regular meetings, making strategic decisions about our facility needs, and are meeting with an architect. We’ll keep you informed of our progress.

Rev. Paul Roberts We appreciate your prayers for the Center. Thank you for the many ways that you support us. Chair of the ELFHCC Board and senior pastor of Eastminster Presbyterian Church Sincerely yours,

Eileen Highmark Walk 2013

Staff, board, volunteers and friends of the East Liberty Family Health Care Center will come together once again for the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community.

This healthy and fun 5K walk will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Stage AE near . This will be the Center’s second year as a participating agency. Nearly 70 agencies will take part in this 11th annual walk which attracted more than 8,000 walkers last year.

Since February, last year’s walkers have been busy recruiting their teams, asking fam- ily and friends to sponsor them and contemplating creative ways of raising funds in support of the Center. Employees have organized revenue-raising events to help their team come out on top and to help the Center exceed last year’s total of $11,000.

Registering to walk or making a donation to the Center is easy.

1. Go to the website: walkforahealthycommunity.org.

2. Select the location.

3. Click on REGISTRATION.

4. Select our name from the nearly 70 non-profits who are listed.

5. Click on REGISTER to become a walker or to support another walker or team as a “Virtual Walker” or Click on DONATE to make a general donation to the Center.

6. Complete the information requested to make your donation.

Our friends who are not online can still support the Center by sending a check, made payable to the East Liberty Family Health Care Center, to our office at 7171 Please join us Churchland Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Please indicate “Highmark Walk” in the on May 18. check’s memo field and on the envelope.

For more information or help in making your online gift, write to Nancy Lee Cochran Together, at [email protected] or contact the Center at (412) 345-7854. we’ll walk for a We look forward to being with you! healthy community. George Steffey Prepares for the Pittsburgh Marathon Dear Employees, Donors and Friends:

Please plan to celebrate with us this spring at

The Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community

Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 8-11 a.m. and at “I am in the process of training for the Pittsburgh Marathon and I’m currently running about 40 miles a week and ran 17 miles last Saturday for my Long Slow Distance run.” Joyful Noise On your mark, get set, go! The countdown is on for the Pittsburgh Marathon and George Steffey is preparing for the race. Sunday, June 2, 2013 Seventy-year-old Steffey serves as the from 4-6 p.m. Chaplain at the East Liberty Family Health East Liberty Presbyterian Church Care Center and he will be participating We look forward to being with you! in the Pittsburgh Marathon in an effort to raise funds for the Center.

He has asked his family and friends to make pledges for each mile he runs and despite having several interruptions in his training schedule, Steffey continues to train regularly. According to Steffey, his train- ing has not been easy, but his goal is to finish the marathon, which is 26 miles and 385 yards. This would be Steffey’s first time participating in the Pittsburgh Full Marathon. Last year he participated in the Pittsburgh Half Marathon.

Sponsored by Dick’s Sporting Goods, the Marathon will be held on May 5, 2013.

Steffey has been employed at the Center for 24 years. “I help to strengthen us in our witness and build us as a community of Jesus called to ministry together by empowering the poor,” Steffey said. At a Glance Year Founded: 1982 Patients served: 8,054 Total Patient Visits: 34,617 Total Budget: $5.8 million Charity Care and other Uncompensated Care: $2 million

Our Youth Make A Joyful Noise $25 Donation – scholarships are available. Sunday, June 2, 2013 - East Liberty Presbyterian Church from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Featuring music by the award- winning Afro American Music Institute’s (AAMI) Boys’ Choir and others.

The AAMI Boys’ Choir enables boys, ages 8 and up, to experience the richness and excitement of creative expression. The choir has performed at major festivals, churches, universities, civic affairs and social organizations throughout the Metro- politan Pittsburgh area. In June 2011 the Boys’ Choir won 1st place at the National Boys Choir Convention in Louisville, KY.

Mark your calendar today and plan to join us on June 2! To make reservations, provide underwriting support or to learn more, please contact Debbie Paschall at (412) 345-7854 or [email protected]. Honors and Memorials

We are grateful for our friends who have made gifts in honor or in memory of others. These recent gifts have included: IN HONOR OF GIVEN BY IN MEMORY OF GIVEN BY Mr. Clarence Anderson’s 80th Birthday Judy and Jack Barkley Catherine Burke Mary and Daniel Forbeck Dr. Gregory Anderson Dr. Brett and Jodie Anderson Mildred Dean Mr. Stephen Hill and Ms. Dr. Diane Balestrino Ted and Nancy Schaffer Jane Benedum Judi Bobenage Peggy Lindvig Arnold Greenwald Bower Hill Community Church Stephen Paschall Mary Sweeney Drs. Eileen Boyle and David Hall Stephen Paschall Eleanor R. Johnson James and Joan McAnulty Harold and Anne Hall East Liberty Family Health Terri Hastings & Family Care Center Sobel Veltum & Associates Sidney R. Boland David I. Dumond, Sr. Hazel Dumond Johanna Dudt Harold and Linda Clark Dr. David Hall Hazel Dumond Ernest Hesse. Paul Hesse Jane Hollman Janice Zahurak Gerri Jackson T.M. Konefal Bruce and Barbara Carney Phillip David Kuhn Susan R. Mayhall Marcia and Glen Klepac Cynthia Peterson-Handley Debbie and Tom Burke Dr. Mark Meyer’s 47th Birthday Rev. and Mrs. William Meyer Barbara and Steve Mortimer George and Nancy Steffey Gwen Keough Jefferson R. McMichael Dennis and Mona Otto Dr. Lawrence Wei Douglas Ronsheim and Maureen Emerling Jerry and Jonathan Rohland Mr. and Mrs. Robert Royer Louise Symons Harold and Anne Hall

PEO Sisterhood Chapter “G” Janet Heindel, Judith Douglas, Donna Weiss Cynthia Alison Moskal Virginia Cochrane, Anne Hall, Jean Wiegand Lutz Virginia Plavetich Helen Braithwaite, Dorothy Wagner, Judy Shack Harold and Anne Hall Barbara Watson, Carol Weise, and family Nancy Morgan, Priscilla Utzig, Gretchen Woeste, Virginia Plavetich Gwendolyn Lammert, Elizabeth Lindebert, Anne Hoffman, Catherine Schaughency, Kathryn S. Atman, Mary Lee Irwin, Joan W. Keadle

Thank You, PNC Foundation! The East Liberty Family Heath Care Center thanks PNC Foundation for its special gift. The Foundation gave ELFHCC an $8,000 grant to support the Pediatric Outreach Program.

The program helps young mothers to raise healthy children and it serves 320 families with more than 700 children. Our Pediatric Outreach Coordi- nator visits young mothers in their homes to educate, encourage, support and help them manage the health and psycho-social needs of their infants and children.

ELFHCC thanks PNC Foundation for its generosity and support. Board of Directors and Officers Dr. Eileen M. Boyle, Executive Director Dr. David G. Hall,s Medical Director Rev. Paul E. Roberts, Chair Please support our Patient Care Fund. Every year we provide Pastor, Eastminster Presbyterian Church Kathy Mayle Towns, RN, Vice Chair $2 million in charity care and other uncompensated care. Your gift to the Pa- Dean of Nursing, Community College of Allegheny County tient Care Fund is much needed and appreciated. You can help us carry Georgette D. Powell, Secretary Executive Director, PA Vets All The Way Home out our God-given mission if you: IN HONOR OF GIVEN BY IN MEMORY OF GIVEN BY Michael T. Wherry, CPA, Treasurer McClintock & Associates, P.C Mr. Clarence Anderson’s 1. Pray. Please pray on a regular basis for our patients, staff, board of 80th Birthday Judy and Jack Barkley Catherine Burke Mary and Daniel Forbeck .Benjamin Butler Director, Minority Business Opportunity Center directors and the neighborhoods of Pittsburgh’s East End, principally Dr. Gregory Anderson Dr. Brett and Jodie Anderson Mildred Dean Mr. Stephen Hill and Ms. Department of Veterans Affairs East Liberty and Lincoln-Lemington. The needs of our people are great. Dr. Diane Balestrino Ted and Nancy Schaffer Jane Benedum Rev. Etta Calvert Parish Associate, Mt. Ararat Baptist Church Judi Bobenage Peggy Lindvig Arnold Greenwald But our God is even greater. Bower Hill Community Church Stephen Paschall Mary Sweeney Sean Conroy Vice President, Business Banking, Fifth Third Bank Drs. Eileen Boyle and David Hall Stephen Paschall Eleanor R. Johnson Rev. Douglas A. Dunderdale James and Joan McAnulty Harold and Anne Hall Presbyterian Pastor, Honorably Retired 2. Give generously. East Liberty Family Health Terri Hastings & Family W. Craig Esterly I/we will give now (or pledge for payment within six months) the Care Center Sobel Veltum & Associates Sidney R. Boland Partner, S.D. Asset Group, LLC amount of ______. George Moses David I. Dumond, Sr. Hazel Dumond Chair, National Low Income Housing Coalition To give immediately through our website, go to www.elfhcc.org Johanna Dudt Harold and Linda Clark Eva Padilla-Garcia Resident Physician, Family Medicine Dr. David Hall Hazel Dumond Ernest Hesse. Paul Hesse UPMC St. Margaret’s Hospital 3. Volunteer. We need help in special events, administration, Jane Hollman Janice Zahurak Gerri Jackson T.M. Konefal Deborah K. Redmond clerical, communications, hospitality, clinical, maintenance/painting and Bruce and Barbara Carney Phillip David Kuhn Susan R. Mayhall Vice President of Clinical Affairs Insurance Services Division of UPMC Health Plan much more. Marcia and Glen Klepac Cynthia Peterson-Handley Debbie and Tom Burke Richard Sheffey th Dr. Mark Meyer’s 47 Birthday Rev. and Mrs. William Meyer Barbara and Steve Mortimer Assistant Store Manager, Casual Male XL Yes! I/we will help. George and Nancy Steffey Gwen Keough Jefferson R. McMichael Dennis and Mona Otto Kristen Wilson Dr. Lawrence Wei Douglas Ronsheim and Homemaker Name______Mattie Woods Maureen Emerling Jerry and Jonathan Rohland Mr. and Mrs. Robert Royer Executive Director, Center for Healthy Hearts and Souls Address______Louise Symons Harold and Anne Hall Reid Carpenter, Emeritus Director City______State______Zip______President, Council of Leadership Foundations Phone______Email______PEO Sisterhood Chapter “G” Janet Heindel, Judith Douglas, Donna Weiss Cynthia Alison Moskal Stephen P. Paschall, Esq., Emeritus Director Virginia Cochrane, Anne Hall, Jean Wiegand Lutz Virginia Plavetich Attorney, Lovett Bookman Harmon Marks LLP ___ Helen Braithwaite, Dorothy Wagner, Judy Shack Harold and Anne Hall Barbara Watson, Carol Weise, and family Nancy Morgan, Priscilla Utzig, East Liberty Family Gretchen Woeste, Virginia Plavetich Health Care Center Gwendolyn Lammert, The mission of the Elizabeth Lindebert, Anne Hoffman, East Liberty Family Catherine Schaughency, 7171 Churchland Street Kathryn S. Atman, Mary Lee Irwin, Health Care Center is Pittsburgh, PA 15206 Joan W. Keadle to witness to God’s love, known in Jesus Lincoln-Lemington (412) 361-8284 medical Christ, by empowering (412) 345-0400 dental our patients through community centered, East Liberty whole-person qual- (412) 661-2802 ity health care for all, www.elfhcc.org which includes those who are uninsured, un- derinsured, and under- served.

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