Chartered by President Abraham Lincoln in 1861, Providence Hospital is the oldest continuously operating hospital in the Nation's Capital. Our strengths in medicine, surgery and diagnostics distinguish us as a major DC metropolitan hospital. And as a community hospital, we also are committed to long-term services and outpatient programs that encourage health maintenance, prevention and education.
The Daughters of Charity founded Providence, and the hospital has consistently maintained a simple, yet intensely challenging mission: To provide healthcare that works, healthcare that is safe and healthcare that leaves no one behind.
Providence is a member of the Ascension Health System, the nation's largest Catholic nonprofit health system, serving patients through a network of hospitals and related health facilities providing acute care services, long-term care, community health services, psychiatric, rehabilitation and residential care.
Providence Hospital operates a variety of facilities including:
Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Providence's 250-bed, state-of the-art nursing home provides long term care for a 90% Medicaid-dependent resident population.
Center for Life, a reduced-fee maternity care program provides prenatal care to 1,200 Medicaid and uninsured mothers annually and has provided care for over 20,000 mothers and infants in its 25-year history.
Congress Heights Senior Center and Model Cities Senior Center, provides wellness services to seniors of the District of Columbia through a partnership of the DC Office on Aging and Providence Hospital's Wellness Institute. Services include fitness and exercise classes, lectures and seminars, health screenings, nutrition education, social activities and computer access.
Ft. Lincoln Family Medicine Center, a primary health care facility, staffed by faculty and family practice residents from the Georgetown Hospital/Providence Hospital Family Practice Residency Program.
Perry Family Health Center, a Joint Commission-accredited healthcare facility that offers a full range of primary care and other services for all members of the family including prenatal care, pediatrics, adolescent care and adult care including geriatrics. Specialty services include counseling and behavioral health treatment, diabetes education, podiatry and ENT (ear, nose, and throat) care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, commercial insurance plans and has a sliding fee scale.
Police and Fire Clinic, an occupational health center recently opened on the hospital campus, provides health care for all police, fire, uniformed Secret Service and Park Police in the National Capital region.
Seton House, a comprehensive outpatient substance abuse and psychiatric treatment center that helps hundreds of people return whole and drug-free to their families each year.
