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Northwest Community Health Care

FQHC Rural ★ Health Center Quality Leader · Gold (top 10%) 2025
17,350patients served (2024)
13quality measures reported
10/13at or above the national median
2HRSA quality badges in 2025
Location
Pascoag, RI 02859
Grant number
H80CS00308
Project director
Peter Bancroft

Who this health center serves · 2024

The population behind the quality numbers — from this center's HRSA UDS report.

3%uninsured
30%on Medicaid
53%at/below 200% poverty
1%best served in another language
26%racial/ethnic minority
9%children (under 18)

Special populations served

  • 22 experiencing homelessness
  • 126 veterans

7 delivery sites.

Clinical quality measures · 2024

Self-reported to HRSA on the Uniform Data System (UDS) — covers all the center's patients, every payer. "National median" and percentile are vs all health centers reporting the measure (denominator ≥ 30). How UDS differs from other programs →

Cancer screening

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Cervical cancer screening 69.3% 51.3% Top quartile · 90th
Breast cancer screening 68.7% 52.3% Top quartile · 88th
Colorectal cancer screening 66.7% 40.5% Top 10% · 96th pctile

Chronic disease control

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Blood-pressure control 78.7% 66.2% Top 10% · 92th pctile
Diabetes: HbA1c poor control (>9%) (lower=better) 14.7% 27.2% Top 10% · 97th pctile
Statin therapy 79.4% 78.1% Above median · 58th
Aspirin/antiplatelet for heart disease 80.5% 75.7% Above median · 67th

Behavioral health

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Depression screening & follow-up 70.8% 75.3% Below median · 41th

Prevention & wellness

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Adult BMI screening & follow-up 55.7% 68.5% Below median · 34th
Child BMI counseling 87.3% 73.5% Top quartile · 77th
Tobacco screening & cessation 99.1% 85.7% Top 10% · 99th pctile
HIV screening 37.2% 47.0% Below median · 37th

Maternal & oral health

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Dental sealants 81.8% 59.6% Top quartile · 79th

HRSA quality recognition

Health Center Quality awards, 2021–2025. Quality Leader = top 10/20/30% nationally on clinical quality; National Quality Leader = best-in-class on a clinical domain.

★ Health Center Quality Leader · Gold (top 10%)2025
Advancing Health IT for Quality2025
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Gold (top 10%)2024
Advancing Health IT for Quality2024
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Gold (top 10%)2023
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Gold (top 10%)2022
Access Enhancer2022
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Gold (top 10%)2021

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Source: HRSA Uniform Data System 2024 (H80 / look-alike file); population context from the same UDS report. US-government public domain, republished with provenance. Spot an error? Tell us — corrections are published, not buried.