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Metropolitan Community Health Services, Inc.

FQHC Rural ★ Health Center Quality Leader · Bronze (top 21–30%) 2025
8,807patients served (2024)
13quality measures reported
8/13at or above the national median
4HRSA quality badges in 2025
Location
Washington, NC 27889
Grant number
H80CS00864
Project director
Michael McDuffie

Who this health center serves · 2024

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

28%uninsured
22%on Medicaid
92%at/below 200% poverty
9%best served in another language
65%racial/ethnic minority
6%children (under 18)

Services

MedicalDentalBehavioral healthEnabling services

Special populations served

  • 66 experiencing homelessness
  • 372 migrant/seasonal agricultural workers
  • 134 veterans
  • 8,807 public-housing residents

8 delivery sites · 37,840 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 24.3% 51.3% Bottom quartile · 9th
Breast cancer screening 48.3% 52.3% Below median · 41th
Colorectal cancer screening 73.2% 40.5% Top 10% · 98th pctile

Chronic disease control

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Blood-pressure control 58.6% 66.2% Bottom quartile · 20th
Diabetes: HbA1c poor control (>9%) (lower=better) 38.5% 27.2% Bottom quartile · 10th
Statin therapy 86.5% 78.1% Top 10% · 91th pctile
Aspirin/antiplatelet for heart disease 78.4% 75.7% Above median · 59th

Behavioral health

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Depression screening & follow-up 83.4% 75.3% Above median · 70th
Depression remission 23.3% 12.7% Above median · 73th

Prevention & wellness

MeasureThis centerNational medianPercentile
Adult BMI screening & follow-up 88.3% 68.5% Top quartile · 80th
Child BMI counseling 72.4% 73.5% Below median · 48th
Tobacco screening & cessation 97.3% 85.7% Top 10% · 95th pctile
HIV screening 52.0% 47.0% Above median · 56th

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 · Bronze (top 21–30%)2025
★ Nql Cancer Screening2025
Access Enhancer2025
Advancing Health IT for Quality2025
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Gold (top 10%)2024
Advancing Health IT for Quality2024
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Silver (top 11–20%)2023
Advancing Health IT for Quality2023
★ Health Center Quality Leader · Bronze (top 21–30%)2022
Access Enhancer2022
Advancing Health IT for Quality2022
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.