Longwood Deserves Better Healthcare

Why Longwood Residents Struggle to Find Care

Longwood is one of the Bronx neighborhoods hardest hit by chronic disease. With a diabetes rate of 17%, double the citywide average, and asthma hospitalizations three times higher than the rest of New York City, residents here face serious health challenges compounded by poverty and limited access to care.

The federal government has designated Longwood as both a Health Professional Shortage Area and a Medically Underserved Area, meaning there simply aren’t enough healthcare providers for the people who live here. The median household income of $22,000 means most residents rely on Medicaid for their coverage, and many have struggled to find specialists who accept it.

Moses Medical is less than one mile from Longwood. We accept every major Medicaid managed care plan, employ specialists who trained at Albert Einstein, Montefiore, and Columbia, and operate an on-site CLIA-certified lab so patients can get bloodwork and results without visiting a separate facility. For a community where diabetes, asthma, and obesity are at crisis levels, having internal medicine, wound care, and weight management all under one roof isn’t a convenience. It’s a necessity.

Our providers speak Spanish, French, Creole, Arabic, and Hindi, matching the languages spoken in over 80% of Bronx households. We fight for your coverage, handling prior authorizations in-house so you don’t have to navigate insurance bureaucracy on your own.

Sources: NYC Community Health Profiles (2024), NYC DOHMH Neighborhood Health Data, HRSA HPSA Finder, U.S. Census American Community Survey.