In 1963, Blue Ridge Health was founded by a compassionate nurse with the vision to eliminate health disparities among our regions most vulnerable populations. Today, Blue Ridge Health is a patient-centered medical home for anyone in the western North Carolina communities, delivering high-quality healthcare for more than 40,000 individuals annually. Blue Ridge Health is uniquely prepared to serve all of our communities. With health center locations in eight counties and thirteenSchool-Based Health Centers (SBHCs), we provide healthcare services with the patient in mind. All of our patients are offered the best care, close to home, and all under one roof.
This health center is a FQHC Health Center Program grantee under 42 I.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).BRCHS is an FTCA deemed organization that receives HHS funding and has Federal Public Health Service (PHS) deemed status with respect to certain health or health-related claims, including medical malpractice claims, for itself and its covered individuals.
Blue Ridge Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), a non-profit, community-based health organization. FQHCs provide comprehensive primary care, dental, and mental health services to patients within their area of service.
A part of FQHC guidelines requires Blue Ridge Health to have a Board of Directors comprised of at least 51% patient board members. This means that our organization and the care it provides to WNC is directly impacted by real patients and members of our communities.
As an FQHC Blue Ridge Health offers healthcare services to the underinsured and uninsured populations of Buncombe, Transylvania, Henderson, Rutherford, Polk, and Haywood counties while offering the same high-quality care to insured patients as well.
More than 50 years ago, The Migrant Health Center was started by Claire Heyden Burson, a Public Health nurse who had moved to Hendersonville after spending time working in the Caribbean. She and her colleagues and friends worked together to staff the early center. It was a time when farmworker rights were being noticed. When President John Kennedy signed the Migrant Health Act into law in 1962, the Migrant Health Center could receive federal funds.
Opened in 1963, Blue Ridge Health has its roots in providing migrant farmworkers with healthcare. In fact, Blue Ridge Health is the nations oldest migrant health center and today provides family and pediatric medical services as well as dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, school-based care, and outreach services to patients across western North Carolina.
In 1987, The Migrant Health Center evolved to become Blue Ridge Community Health Services (BRCHS) a year-round health center open to the entire community. At first, the health center was a full-time family practice. In 1992, a pediatric practice was opened, followed by a dental clinic for children in 1995.
In 1993, BRCHS opened the first school-based health center (SBHC) in Henderson County, providing students access to comprehensive nursing, medical, behavioral health, and nutrition services. In 2008, three additional SBHCs opened at two elementary schools, and a high school, providing healthcare for over 2,000 students. In 2013, five additional schools were linked to existing SBHCs, providing access to more than 6,000 students in Henderson County.
In 2009, Blue Ridge Community Health Services began planning for the construction of a new medical facility, Blue Ridge Health at Chimney Rock Road, which opened in late 2011. The state-of-the-art building serves as the medical home to thousands of individuals and houses family medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, on-site pharmacy, lab, and radiology. Dental services and administrative offices reside in a separate building also located on the campus.
In October 2012, BRCHS opened a second health center in Transylvania County. Then, in 2013, Blue Ridge Community Health Services assumed the operations of Hendersonville Family Health Center as part of a partnership with Pardee Hospital and Mountain Area Health Education Center Family Practice Residency to establish the first Health Resource Services Administration-funded teaching health center in North Carolina. Two additional sites one in Rutherford County and the other in Buncombe county were opened in 2014.
This year Blue Ridge Community Health Services grew even further by adding new health center locations in Polk County and Haywood County. The Haywood County location was established in collaboration with Haywood Regional Medical Center.
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Rating 2.8 out of 5 based on 9 reviews
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2 years ago
Constantly closed, the impression is that there is no one who does not work, but only receives a salary
Matthew Hinson
2 years ago
By far the best and most friendly staff of any dentist I have been to. I would highly recommend them, all the staff were fantastic!
Alexis Stuart
2 years ago
This is the third time my son and I have been here, so if it changes in the next few visits I will update, but so far I've got to say I've been pleasantly surprised given the previous reviews on this office. Maybe it's new management or new people, but everyone has been incredible, patient, non judgemental, and very professional. My only "complaint" is it took a little while to get in touch with anyone to set up initial appointments, but they were updating their phone systems so that's understandable. Personally, I would highly recommend this office to anyone.
that one guy
2 years ago
This was one of the worst dentist's office I had ever gone to. The dentist is unproductive and has no idea what he's doing. I needed a root canal in my tooth and instead of doing it he did a filling and called it a day. Unclean and decrepit. Would not recommend anyone to here
Alexis Stuart
3 years ago
This is the third time my son and I have been here, so if it changes in the next few visits I will update, but so far I've got to say I've been pleasantly surprised given the previous reviews on this office. Maybe it's new management or new people, but everyone has been incredible, patient, non judgemental, and very professional. My only "complaint" is it took a little while to get in touch with anyone to set up initial appointments, but they were updating their phone systems so that's understandable. Personally, I would highly recommend this office to anyone.
that one guy
3 years ago
This was one of the worst dentist's office I had ever gone to. The dentist is unproductive and has no idea what he's doing. I needed a root canal in my tooth and instead of doing it he did a filling and called it a day. Unclean and decrepit. Would not recommend anyone to here
Effie Carter
4 years ago
It took 6 months to get them to make an appointment for sealants that they said my son needed 6 months ago. I called and left messages and 6 months later finally got an appointment. We arrived on time and they didn't call him back until well over 30 minutes after his appointment time. I had to pick up my other child from daycare by 3:45 so that was cutting it close. They came out and never told me they didnt finish the sealants. My son told me in the car, I couldn't (as always) get them on the phone so I drove back to find out what was going on with the sealants they didnt do? They said one was sticky so they need to make sure he doesnt need a filling, never said that when scheduling his cleaning before we left that day btw. I told them this wouldn't be a problem if in fact they had responded to my calls and given us an appointment 6 months earlier while I had called persistently in the last 6 months to get this appoinment. I told them I wanted the rest of the sealants and or the filling done at the next cleaning appointment which is in 2 weeks! They wrote that in their notes, and we will see if that happens. I will be changing dentists very soon!
Effie Carter
5 years ago
It took 6 months to get them to make an appointment for sealants that they said my son needed 6 months ago. I called and left messages and 6 months later finally got an appointment. We arrived on time and they didn't call him back until well over 30 minutes after his appointment time. I had to pick up my other child from daycare by 3:45 so that was cutting it close. They came out and never told me they didnt finish the sealants. My son told me in the car, I couldn't (as always) get them on the phone so I drove back to find out what was going on with the sealants they didnt do? They said one was sticky so they need to make sure he doesnt need a filling, never said that when scheduling his cleaning before we left that day btw. I told them this wouldn't be a problem if in fact they had responded to my calls and given us an appointment 6 months earlier while I had called persistently in the last 6 months to get this appoinment. I told them I wanted the rest of the sealants and or the filling done at the next cleaning appointment which is in 2 weeks! They wrote that in their notes, and we will see if that happens. I will be changing dentists very soon!
Princess Johnson
6 years ago
Constantly changing appointment times a few days before the appt. I ask off two months in advance and three times they have cancelled.once I say in the office for 45 min. Only for them to tell me that we will have to reschedule. Staff is very unprofessional.
My Last Name
6 years ago
Great for a cleaning, but seriously that is it. You will get what you pay for.
Princess Johnson
7 years ago
Constantly changing appointment times a few days before the appt. I ask off two months in advance and three times they have cancelled.once I say in the office for 45 min. Only for them to tell me that we will have to reschedule. Staff is very unprofessional.
My Last Name
7 years ago
Great for a cleaning, but seriously that is it. You will get what you pay for.
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