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Northern Counties Health Care, Inc.

FQHC Rural
26,058patients served (2024)
14quality measures reported
8/14at or above the national median
3HRSA quality badges in 2025
Location
St Johnsbury, VT 05819
Grant number
H80CS00632
Project director
Christopher Towne

Who this health center serves · 2024

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

9%uninsured
28%on Medicaid
24%at/below 200% poverty
1%best served in another language
21%racial/ethnic minority
18%children (under 18)

Services

MedicalDentalBehavioral healthEnabling services

Special populations served

  • 114 experiencing homelessness
  • 98 migrant/seasonal agricultural workers
  • 1,010 veterans
  • 22,409 public-housing residents

10 delivery sites · 79,373 patient visits in 2024.

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 51.5% 51.3% Above median · 51th
Breast cancer screening 64.9% 52.3% Top quartile · 82th
Colorectal cancer screening 56.8% 40.5% Top quartile · 87th

Chronic disease control

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Blood-pressure control 79.6% 66.2% Top 10% · 93th pctile
Diabetes: HbA1c poor control (>9%) (lower=better) 13.6% 27.2% Top 10% · 98th pctile
Statin therapy 79.2% 78.1% Above median · 57th
Aspirin/antiplatelet for heart disease 56.3% 75.7% Bottom quartile · 6th

Behavioral health

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Depression screening & follow-up 47.5% 75.3% Bottom quartile · 11th
Depression remission 27.9% 12.7% Top quartile · 79th

Prevention & wellness

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Childhood immunization 36.2% 28.4% Above median · 68th
Adult BMI screening & follow-up 38.6% 68.5% Bottom quartile · 15th
Child BMI counseling 13.1% 73.5% Bottom quartile · 4th
Tobacco screening & cessation 77.4% 85.7% Below median · 28th
HIV screening 17.8% 47.0% Bottom quartile · 16th

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.

★ National Quality Leader · Behavioral Health2025
Access Enhancer2025
Advancing Health IT for Quality2025
Access Enhancer2024
Advancing Health IT for Quality2024
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Bronze (top 21–30%)2023
Access Enhancer2023
Advancing Health IT for Quality2023
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Silver (top 11–20%)2022
Access Enhancer2022
Advancing Health IT for Quality2022
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Silver (top 11–20%)2021
Advancing Health IT for Quality2021

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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.