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ABOUT GBMS

About GBMS

GBMS is a non-profit organization that provides primary and preventive care services for both insured and uninsured patients. GBMS provides services to underserved individuals in three Maryland counties – Charles, Prince George’s, and St. Mary’s – which include 96 zip codes. The map shows the GBMS service area map and sites.

We are proud to provide the same high quality health care to the insured and uninsured. Services are provided at eight (8) clinical sites and 3 WIC locations in Prince George’s County, Charles County, and St. Mary’s County, Maryland to meet the needs of medically underserved and physician-shortage areas.

GBMS is proud to be recognized by NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home.

“NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health information technology and coordinated care focused on patients,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “Recognition shows that Greater Baden Medical Services has the tools, systems and resources to provide its patients with the right care, at the right time.”

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About GBMS

GBMS is a non-profit organization that provides primary and preventive care services for both insured and uninsured patients. GBMS provides services to underserved individuals in three Maryland counties – Charles, Prince George’s, and St. Mary’s – which include 96 zip codes. The map shows the GBMS service area map and sites.

We are proud to provide the same high quality health care to the insured and uninsured. Services are provided at eight (8) clinical sites and 3 WIC locations in Prince George’s County, Charles County, and St. Mary’s County, Maryland to meet the needs of medically underserved and physician-shortage areas.

GBMS is proud to be recognized by NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home.

“NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health information technology and coordinated care focused on patients,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “Recognition shows that Greater Baden Medical Services has the tools, systems and resources to provide its patients with the right care, at the right time.”

SEE OUR LOCATIONS
MEET OUR PROVIDERS

Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc. (GBMS) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides primary and preventive care services for both insured and uninsured patients.

Mission

Greater Baden Medical Services is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the delivery of high quality, accessible primary and preventive health care in our community.

Vision

We will eliminate health disparities and improve the health of the community through the provision of quality, affordable health care services.

Values

Our values will be demonstrated by the Quality, Respect, Professionalism, Teamwork, and Commitment we embody as a staff.

About Our Services

As a Health Center Program grantee, GBMS provides comprehensive primary and preventive health care services, including medical, dental, and behavioral health.

Primary Care / Family Medicine

Medical services are available to patients of all ages, including:

  • Annual Physical Examinations
  • Care Coordination
  • Case Management
  • Chronic Disease Management
  • Health Education
  • HIV/AIDS Counseling, Testing and Treatment
  • Immunizations
  • Laboratory Services
  • Non-emergency sick visits
  • Pediatric Exams
  • Referrals to Specialists
  • Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Veteran’s Medical Care
  • Women’s Health Exams

Dental Services

Dental services are available for children and adults, including:

  • Restorative Dentistry
  • Preventive Dentistry
  • Cleanings
  • Crowns
  • Fillings
  • Fluoride Treatment
  • Root Canal
  • Tooth Extractions
  • X-rays
  • Dentures/Partials

Behavioral Health Services

GBMS takes a holistic approach to patient care and helps individuals strive for self-improvement and manage emotional or behavioral issues. As such, GBMS offers behavioral health services to both adults and children in a safe and confidential environment, including:

  • Individual, Family, and Group Counseling
  • Case Management
  • Medication Management
  • Substance Abuse Assessment, Education, and Treatment
  • Assessment and Diagnosis
  • Psychiatric Evaluations

Specialty Programs

GBMS also administers several specialty programs, including:

  • Babies Born Healthy, which helps women of child bearing age achieve optimal health before, during, and after pregnancy.
  • Ryan White Program, which provides HIV-related services to patients who do not have sufficient health care coverage or financial resources for managing their disease.
  • Title X, which provides comprehensive family planning options and other related preventive health services
  • Women, Infants & Children (WIC), which offers nutrition and wellness services.

Supportive Services

GBMS also provides a wide range of supportive services to maximize patient access to care, including case management, language interpretation and translation, transportation, eligibility assistance, and outreach.

Special Population Services

GBMS also receives special population funding from HRSA to provide care for migrant and seasonal agricultural workers and their families

  • Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Medical Care

GBMS Board of Directors

Greater Baden is a board-governed organization. Fifty-one percent (51%) of our Board of Directors are users of our services, and all members of our volunteer board are committed to our mission and vision. Board Members hold regular meetings, oversee the organization’s operations and finances, attend community events, and advocate for Greater Baden. GBMS’ Board of Directors works with our Executive Team to strategically plan for our organization’s future.

MEET OUR BOARD MEMBERS

Chairman
Brandon Jones

Vice-Chair
Mary Ann Friis

Treasurer
Robert Eaton

Secretary
Lakeysha Boyd-Moore

Members
Nick Charles
Joan Hepburn
Dale Speake
Rev. Ruth Jackson
Roxann Cooper
Vivian Rivera DeLeon

GBMS Executive Leadership

Chris DeMarco, MBA, PhD
Chief Executive Officer

With over 3 decades of healthcare experience, including eleven years of strategic consulting to FQHCs and twelve years in FQHC operations, Chris DeMarco is an accomplished and committed leader and advocate for health and social justice. Prior to stepping into the Chief Executive Officer Role, he spent three years serving as Chief Administrative Officer for Greater Baden. While in that role, he was named Employee of the year in 2022 by The Health Care Council. Prior to Greater Baden, he spent 11 years providing consulting services to FQHCs across the country after spending 17 years in various leadership positions in New York City, most of which were FQHCs. He also received his Master’s and Doctorate degrees from Syracuse University’s School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. In Addition, Chris holds an M.B.A in Business of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University’s Carey School of Business. His Bachelor’s degree in religion is From Bucknell University. He has numerous publications on FQHC-related and healthcare-related topics and serves on the boards of a Maryland managed care organization and another FQHC in Baltimore.

Dr. Patel, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Chintan Patel strongly believes in providing exceptional care to all patients. Equity and ensuring proper access to medical services are at the center of his approach to quality care. Dr. Patel’s personal mission is central to his role of leading the clinician team and quality improvement efforts of Greater Baden. As a board-certified pediatrician with experience in the emergency department, urgent care, and primary care he is on a mission to serve and enhance community health. Additionally, Dr. Patel’s work also places a strong emphasis on connecting all aspects of medicine, learning data science, and health I.T., ultimately improving the clinician and patient experience. Dr. Patel started with Greater Baden in early 2019 as Pediatric Physician, was promoted to Physician Co-Leader in August 2020. He served as Interim Chief Medical Officer prior to becoming Greater Baden’s Chief Medical Officer in January 2022.

Dr. Patel earned a Bachelor of Biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and his Doctor of Medicine from the American University of Antigua College of Medicine. Dr. Patel was born in India and raised in Maryland. Dr. Patel spends his spare time traveling with his wife and two daughters.

Jeffrey A. Kurcab
Chief Financial Officer, MBA

Mr. Jeffrey Kurcab serves as Chief Financial Officer of Greater Baden Medical Services. Mr. Kurcab adds to the team three decades of proven experience in healthcare, serving for the last 14 consecutive years as Chief Financial Officer within the acute care hospitals and clinic environment. Prior to that role, he served for four (4) years as Chief Financial Officer with two facilities and eighteen clinics that accounted for over $1.7 billion in gross revenue and $231 million in net revenue annually. His experience as Chief Financial Officer is both deep and diverse. He is uniquely poised to provide financial leadership to Greater Baden while developing new initiatives to maximize opportunities for business growth. Jeff’s responsibilities include continuing to improve the revenue cycle’s overall process, improving the efficiencies of financial reporting, and enhance service line reporting systems to capture services provided.

Jeff holds a Master of Business Administration from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. Jeff and his wife have five sons and five grandchildren.

Julie London Brewer, BS, SPHR
Chief Human Resources Officer

Julie London Brewer, BS, CDP, SPHR has served as Chief Human Resources Officer of Greater Baden Medical Services (GBMS) since July 2019. Julie’s key responsibilities are the strategic design and execution of GBMS’ talent strategy that encompasses recruiting, hiring, developing and retaining team members; utilizing data analytics to set team member compensation rates, ensuring the organization stays competitive with pay, bonuses and benefits; and overseeing HR policies and practices to elevate team member experience and foster engagement. Her previous roles include East Coast Director Human Resources for Solis Mammography, Einstein-Solis, and Washington Radiology. She has also served as Northeast Regional Director of Human Resources for DaVita Kidney Care supporting DC, VA and MD. In addition, Julie has also served as head of Diversity & Inclusion for the national restaurant chain, Waffle House, Inc. Julie’s core HR leadership belief is that Human Capital is key to any organization’s success. She believes that having fully engaged, competent, confident, passionate team members working toward our organizational mission is the goal! Julie has a special combination of integrity, political savvy, and fortitude to deliver results in a collaborative manner, ensuring the FUN agenda is always incorporated.

Julie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and Marketing from Spalding University, Master Certification in Cross-Cultural Diversity & Inclusion form University of Houston’s, C T Bauer College of Business, Executive Management Certificate Program at Georgia Institute of Technology. She also holds SHRM – SPHR (Sr. Professional Human Resources) and numerous other HR certifications. Julie is married and has two wonderful sons.

J. Wyndy Webb, PharmD., M.B.A., PMP
Chief Pharmacy Officer/Vice President, Special Projects

J. Wyndy Webb is a dedicated leader at Great Baden Medical Services with 20+ years of FQHC experience. Dr. Webb offers a rich level of executive experience to GBMS, built on long tenure in her previous leadership toles with Total Healthcare, a Federally Qualitied Health Center based in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Webb currently serves as Greater Baden Medical Services Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President of Special Projects. She provides strategic direction, business plan development, quality oversight, executive leadership, planning, organization, and general management for all aspects of Pharmacy, complex organizational projects, and capital projects. As Chief Pharmacy Officer, she provides the leadership and direction to develop, recommend, and implement programs, policies, procedures, and standards for GBMS Pharmacy operations. As Vice President of Special Projects, Dr. Webb manages organizational-wide projects that advance innovation and create value to include large capital projects. Additionally, she serves as Project Manager for multi-million dollar Capital Projects.

J. Wyndy Webb earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, M.B.A., and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees. Additionally, Dr. Webb is a certified Project Management Professional with extensive experience and expertise in operations, project management, internal controls, risk reduction, policy and procedure development, business process improvement, regulatory compliance, financial analysis, and I.T. System Lifecycle Development (SDLC).

Roopak Manchanda
Chief Information Officer

More than 20 years of experience as an senior information technology executive in healthcare. Extensive experience and expertise including successful delivery and integration of mission-critical EHR applications at community at health centers and safety net organizations, nationally.

Portfolio chief information officer (CIO) for multiple Federally Qualified Health Centers and Primary care Associations including, California Primary Care Association (CPCA) and Virginia Community Health Care (VCHA). Roopak is a national expert and frequent presenter on topics including value based healthcare, predictive analytics, generative AI, and cybersecurity.

Roopak received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He also graduated from the Laboratory of Healthcare Informatics (LHI) and the Department of Information Systems at the University Of Maryland Baltimore County with a Masters in Information Systems. Roopak is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and holds numerous technical certifications.

CALL THE NUMBERS BELOW TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT

Medical Appointments

301-888-2233

Dental Appointments

301-836-9645

Behavioral Health Appointments

301-798-4297

Administration

301-599-0460 Ext. 3321

Patient Services

301-888-2233

In an emergency, always call 911

Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc. (GBMS) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides primary and preventive care services for both insured and uninsured patients.

Greater Baden Medical Services receives U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funding and has Federal Public Health Services (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.

Greater Baden Medical Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Please review the full details of our non-discrimination statement here.

GBMS is proud to be recognized by NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home. “NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition raises the bar in defining high-quality care by emphasizing access, health information technology and coordinated care focused on patients,” said NCQA President Margaret E. O’Kane. “Recognition shows that Greater Baden Medical Services has the tools, systems and resources to provide its patients with the right care, at the right time.”

The American Heart Association (AHA) would like to congratulate Greater Baden Medical Services for earning Participant level recognition as part of the 2023 Target: Type 2 Diabetes℠ Recognition Program! The data your organization submitted showed a commitment to improving quality of care through awareness, detection and management of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors.

The Joint Commission has reviewed Greater Baden Medical Services and found it to meet Level I criteria for the Maternal Levels of Care Program.